Day
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On this day in...
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Answer
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1
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1565, this famous Brazilian city is founded
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Rio de Janeiro
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2
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1946, this revolutionary is elected president of North Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh
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3
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1991, a video of this man beaten by LAPD officers surfaces
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Rodney King
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4
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1980, this nationalist becomes first black PM of Zimbabwe
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Robert Mugabe
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5
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1770, Crispus Attucks and four other Americans are killed by British soldiers in this city
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Boston
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6
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1953, succeeds Stalin as leader of the USSR
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Georgy Malenkov
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7
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1936, Germany reoccupies this area and violates the Treaty of Versailles
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Rhineland
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8
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1942, Japanese forces capture this Burmese city
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Yangon
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9
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1842, the first discovery of gold occurs here
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California
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10
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1876, this inventor makes the first telephone call
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Alexander Graham Bell
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11
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2004, train bombings here kill 191
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Madrid
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12
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1930, this pacifist leads the Salt March
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Mahatma Gandhi
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13
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2013, the 266th Pope is elected
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Francis
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14
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1794, the cotton gin is patented by this inventor
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Eli Whitney
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15
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44 BC, this dictator is stabbed on the Ides of March
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Julius Caesar
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16
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1958, the Thunderbird is the 50 millionth automobile produced by this company
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Ford
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17
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1941, the National Gallery of Art is opened in this city
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Washington D.C.
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18
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1845, legendary American missionary and apple gardener dies
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Johnny Appleseed
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19
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1931, gambling is legalized in this state
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Nevada
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20
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1602, the Dutch East India Company is founded here
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Amsterdam
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21
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2006, this social media site is founded
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Twitter
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22
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1873, a law is passed to ban slavery on this American island territory
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Puerto Rico
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23
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1775, this Founding Father says "give me liberty or give me death!"
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Patrick Henry
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24
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1989, this tanker spills thousands of barrels of oil into Prince William Sound
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Exxon Valdez
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25
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1807, the trade of this is banned in the British Empire
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Slaves
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26
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1812, an earthquake destroys this Venezuelan city
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Caracas
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27
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1794, Denmark forms a neutrality agreement with this country
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Sweden
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28
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1969, this famous American general and president passes away
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Dwight Eisenhower
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29
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1947, the Malagasy Uprising occurs on this island
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Madagascar
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30
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1853, this massively influential Dutch painter is born
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Vincent van Gogh
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31
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1889, this famous Parisian landmark is opened
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Eiffel Tower
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