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1.1333 – The River Arno flooding caused massive damage in which Italian city as recorded by the chronicler Giovanni Villani ?
Florence
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Verona
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Perugia
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Bari
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2.1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights which island in the Caribbean Sea ?
St. Lucia
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Grenada
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Dominica
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Hispaniola
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3.1838 – The world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. What is it called nowadays ?
The Indian Times
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The Times of India
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The Mumbai Daily Times
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The News of India
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4.1881 – The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in which country ?
Uruguay
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Bolivia
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Venezuela
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Chile
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5.1911 – Which motor manufacturer officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T ?
Lincoln
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Buick
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Duesenberg
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Chevrolet
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6.1918 – The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in which city ?
Bremerhaven
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Kiel
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Hamburg
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Wilhelmshaven
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7.1943 – World War II: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate which harbour in Germany ?
Wilhelmshaven
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Bremerhaven
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Kiel
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Hamburg
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8.1957 – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named what ?
Laika
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Rex
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Tsarina
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Tovarich
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9.1973 – Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward which planet ?
Venus
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Mercury
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Jupiter
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Saturn
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10.1978 – Dominica gains its independence from which nation ?
France
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Spain
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United Kingdom
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Netherlands
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11.1979 – Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen during a "Death to the Klan" rally in which city ?
Augusta, Georgia
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Spartanburg, South Carolina
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Huntsville, Alabama
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Greensboro, North Carolina
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12.1986 – The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands independence from which country ?
United States
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Australia
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United Kingdom
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France
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13.1997 – The United States imposes economic sanctions against which country in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens ?
North Korea
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Sudan
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Venezuela
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Albania
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14.2019 – McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook is fired for what reason ?
Buying sub standard produce
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Selling company secrets
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Having a relationship with an employee
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Internal company politics
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15.Today is celebrated as Mothers Day in which Asian country ?