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1.1384 – Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland. What was different about this king ?
Blind
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Female
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Originally the court jester
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Of African Descent
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2.1793 – French Revolution: Marie Antoinette is executed in the Place de la Revolution in ParisPlace de la Bastille. Place de la Revolution is now known by what name ?
Place de la Concorde
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Jardins du Trocadero
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Place de la Bastille
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Place de la Nation
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3.1847 – Which novel by Charlotte Bronte is published in London ?
Villette
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Shirley
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Jane Eyre
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The Professor
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4.1882 – The The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad opens for business. By what name was it commonly known ?
Nickel Plate Railroad
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Steel Track railroad
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Golden Spike Railroad
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Gateway to the Lakes Railroad
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5.1916 – Margaret Sanger opens the first what in the United States ?
Fast Food Restaurant
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Childrens Nursery
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Gymnasium
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Family Planning Clinic
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6.1923 – Which media and film company is founded ?
Universal Studios
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20th Century Fox
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The Walt Disney Company
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Paramount Studios
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7.1946 – Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by what means ?
Firing Squad
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Hanging
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Lethal Injection
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Electric Chair
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8.1947 – The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from which country ?
Japan
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France
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Netherlands
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United Kingdom
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9.1951 – The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in which city ?
Lahore
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Islamabad
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Rawalpindi
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Karachi
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10.1968 – Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in which field ?
Literature
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Peace
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Chemistry
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Physiology or Medicine
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11.1975 – Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists in which country ?
Indonesia
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Malaysia
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East Timor
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Papua New Guinea
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12.1978 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since what year ?
1645
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1523
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1285
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1496
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13.1995 – A bridge is opened connecting which UK island to the mainland for the first time ?
Isle of Wight
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Anglesey
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Isle of Sheppey
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Skye
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14.1998 – Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in which city on a murder extradition warrant ?
Berlin
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Tokyo
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London
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Johannesburg
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15.1943 – Fred Turner, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player is born. He was a founding member of which rock band ?