On This Day (August 28th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1859 – The Carrington event is the strongest of which type of storm on record to strike the Earth ? Geomagnetic Storm
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1957 – U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on the Civil Rights Act. How long did he speak for ? 24 hours and 18 minutes
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1521 – The Ottoman Turks occupy which city ? Belgrade
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1993 – The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon. What was it named ? Dactyl
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1609 – English explorer Henry Hudson discovers which North American bay ? Delaware Bay
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1789 – William Herschel discovers which moon of Saturn ? Enceladus
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1930 – Windsor Davies, British actor is born. He is best known for playing Battery Sergeant Major Williams in which British sitcom ? It Ain't Half Hot Mum
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1955 – Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in which state Mississippi
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1898 – Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed as what ? Pepsi-Cola
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475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city. What was his capital city ? Ravenna
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1845 – The first issue of which magazine is published ? Scientific American
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1944 – World War II: Marseille and which other city are liberated ? Toulon
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1937 – Which Japanese motor manufacturer becomes an independent company ? Toyota
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1963 – The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech in which city ? Washington
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1917 – Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing which building ? White House
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