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1.1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit which island ?
Niʻihau
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Maui
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Oʻahu
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Molokaʻi
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2.1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct over the River Dee. Which British canal it is on ?
Llangollen Canal
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Shropshire Union Canal
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Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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Grand Union Canal
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3.1825 – At Union College in Schenectady, New York, a group of college students form the first college social fraternity. What was it called ?
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Society
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Alpha Phi Alpha Society
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Sigma Pi Society
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Kappa Alpha Society
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4.1917 – Which UK newspaper publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France ?
London Illustrated News
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Sunday Telegraph
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Manchester Guardian
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Daily Mirror
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5.1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of which Pharaoh in over 3000 years ?
Tutankhamun
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Ramesses III
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Sekhemkhet
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Darius II
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6.1942 – Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and which actress, premieres in New York City ?
Lauren Bacall
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Ingrid Bergman
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Katharine Hepburn
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Mary Astor
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7.1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people. What was the shop ?
Marks and Spencer
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Boots Pharmacy
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Woolworth's
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Co-operative Society
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8.1944 – World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on which Belgian city ?
Brussels
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Charleroi
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Gent
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Antwerp
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9.1965 – Which country launches Asterix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster ?
United Kingdom
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Canada
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France
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China
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10.1977 – An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over which of Britain's Regional television stations for six minutes ?
Anglia TV
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Southern TV
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Granada TV
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Tyne Tees TV
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11.1983 – 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at which UK airport ?
Heathrow
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Gatwick
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Prestwick
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East Midlands
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12.1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the parliament of which other nation ?
France
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Spain
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Norway
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Ireland
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13.2003 – The Concorde makes its final flight over which English city ?
Manchester
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Bristol
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York
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Norwich
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14.2011 – NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a check post in a friendly fire incident. The checkpoint belonged to which nation ?
Pakistan
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Iran
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Uzbekistan
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Tajikistan
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15.2018 – The robotic probe Insight lands on which planet ?
I considered putting that event in, but to be honest, I'm trying not to put too much negative and tragic news. I can't put in every event as there would be hundreds of questions, so I have to be selective.