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1.447 – A powerful earthquake destroys 57 towers and large portions of the walls of which city ?
Baghdad
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Constantinople
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Cairo
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Damascus
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2.1217 – The Charter of the Forest is sealed in which English building by King Henry III ?
Nottingham Castle
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York Minster
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St. Pauls Cathedral
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Lincoln Cathedral
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3.1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University in the first official intercollegiate game of which sport ?
Baseball
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American Football
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Basketball
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Field Hockey
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4.1936 – Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to which city, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead ?
Barcelona
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Aragon
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Tarragona
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Valencia
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5.1943 – The 1st Ukrainian Front, led by general Nikolai Vatutin, liberates which city from fascist occupation ?
Odessa
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Sevastopol
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Kiev
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Lviv
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6.1947 – The longest running television program in history, makes its debut. What is it called ?
Meet the Press
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The Sky at Night
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News at 6
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The Tonight Show
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7.1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor is born. With which band is he associated ?
Beach Boys
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Doors
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Grateful Dead
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Eagles
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8.1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on which Aleutian island ?
Tanaga Island
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Amchitka Island
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Atka Island
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Great Sitkin Island
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9.1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, fails killing 39 in which state of the US ?
Alabama
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Kansas
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Georgia
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Maine
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10.1986 – A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. Sumburgh is in which island group ?
Shetland
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Orkney
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Scilly
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Outer Hebrides
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11.1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to which city ?
Detroit
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Boston
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Cincinatti
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Baltimore
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12.2004 – An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England. In which county is Ufton Nervet ?
Wiltshire
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Berkshire
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Suffolk
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Kent
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13.2012 – Tammy Baldwin becomes the first politician to be elected to the United States Senate that is what ?
Blind
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Hispanic
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Openly Gay
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Deaf
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14.2012 – Clive Dunn, English actor dies at the age of 92. He is best known for starring in which popular UK sitcom ?
Dad's Army
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Porridge
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'Allo 'Allo
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Open All Hours
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15.Which food is celebrated on this day in the USA ?