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1.1548 – Which national capital city is founded by Alonso de Mendoza ?
Panama City, Panama
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La Paz, Bolivia
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Quito, Ecuador
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Santiago, Chile
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2.1720 – Which pirate of the Caribbean is captured by the Royal Navy ?
Calico Jack
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Blackbeard
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Henry Morgan
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Captain Kidd
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3.1910 – The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in which city ?
Liverpool
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Glasgow
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Belfast
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Southampton
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4.1944 – World War II: The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate which city ?
Zagreb
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Dubrovnik
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Skopje
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Belgrade
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5.1944 – Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks in which US city ?
Detroit
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Oklahoma City
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Cleveland
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Jacksonville
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6.1951 – Al Greenwood, American keyboard player is born. Which band was he a founder member of ?
Foreigner
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Toto
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Alabama
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7.1952 – The Governor declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising in which African country ?
Somalia
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Kenya
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Mozambique
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Equatorial Guinea
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8.1961 – Which country performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile ?
Soviet Union
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United Kingdom
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France
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United States
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9.1968 – Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis on which Greek island ?
Lesbos
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Zakynthos
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Skorpios
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Santorini
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10.1973 – Which iconic building is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction ?
The Gherkin, London
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The Lotus Temple, New Delhi
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São Paulo Museum of Art
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Sydney Opera House
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11.1976 – The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing which river ?
Thames
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Mississippi
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Zambezi
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Ganges
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12.1977 – Which rock band's airplane crashes killing the lead singer and a guitarist ?
Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Grateful Dead
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Def Leppard
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Rammstein
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13.1981 – Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army in which US state ?
New Jersey
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New York
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California
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Texas
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14.1982 – During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster in which European city ?