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1.1066 – In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England. The battle took place in which modern day English county ?
Lincolnshire
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East Yorkshire
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Greater London
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Derbyshire
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2.1237 – England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of what ?
Ports suitable for International trade
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Capital cities
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Military bases
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Border between the two countries
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3.1513 – Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as what ?
Pacific Ocean
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Cape of Good Hope
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Tristan da Cunha
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Maldives
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4.1775 – American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture which city during the Battle of Longue-Pointe ?
Pondicherry
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Savannah
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Montreal
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Gibraltar
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5.1868 – The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off the coast of which island while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia ?
Sakhalin
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Jutland
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Gotland
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Crete
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6.1890 – The United States Congress establishes which National Park ?
Yosemite
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Yellowstone
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Glacier
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Sequoia
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7.1906 – Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates what is considered to be the first use of a what ?
Opening Roof Window
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Remote Control Device
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Electric Toothbrush
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Automatic Gearbox
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8.1915 – World War I: The Second Battle of which French province begins ?
Champagne
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Loire
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Brittany
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Auvergne
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9.1955 – The Royal Air Force of which country is founded ?
United Kingdom
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Cambodia
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Morocco
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Jordan
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10.1959 – Solomon Bandaranaike is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.He was the Prime Minister of which country ?
Malaysia
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Sri Lanka
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Bangladesh
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Vietnam
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11.1964 – Which country's War of Independence begins ?
Angola
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Algeria
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Mozambique
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Indonesia
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12.1977 – About 4,200 people take part in the first running of which city's Marathon ?
Chicago
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London
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Boston
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Berlin
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13.1981 – Which Central American country joins the United Nations ?
El Salvador
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Panama
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Honduras
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Belize
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14.1983 – Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns escape from the Maze Prison. By what means ?
Helicopter
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Hijacked food delivery truck
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Climbed over the wall
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Tunnelled into sewers
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15.2018 – Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for what crime ?