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1.1504 – Which of Michelangelo's creations is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence ?
Medici Madonna Statue
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Statue of David
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Statue of Moses
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Statue of Madonna and Child
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2.1727 – A barn fire during a puppet show in which village in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people ?
Swavesey
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Little Downham
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Burwell
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Great Shelford
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3.1775 – The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests occurs in which European country ?
Malta
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Italy
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England
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Denmark
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4.1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of which country ?
Sweden
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Luxembourg
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Belgium
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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5.1860 – The steamship PS Lady Elgin sinks on which of the Great Lakes ?
Superior
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Huron
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Michigan
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Erie
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6.1883 – The Northern Pacific Railway was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, in which state ?
North Dakota
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Montana
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Washington
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Wisconsin
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7.1888 – In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found in which area of the city ?
Spitalfields
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Whitechapel
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Shadwell
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Limehouse
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8.1916 – In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in which city, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles ?
San Francisco
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Washington DC
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New York
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Los Angeles
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9.1921 – Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her what ?
Miss New Jersey
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Miss Atlantic
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Miss America
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Miss East Coast
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10.1926 – Which country is admitted to the League of Nations ?
Spain
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Germany
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United States
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Italy
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11.1946 – A referendum abolishes what in Bulgaria ?
The Monarchy
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Slavery
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Ban on women voting
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Coalition with Greece
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12.1966 – Which American science fiction television series premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap" ?
The Twilight Zone
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The Jetsons
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Star Trek
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Lost in Space
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13.1988 – Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to what ?
Earth Tremors
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Wildfires
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Volcanic Activity
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Heavy Snowfalls
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14.1991 – Which European nation becomes independent ?
Macedonia
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Kosovo
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Moldova
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15.2004 – NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open on which planet ?