On This Day (February 19th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1913 – Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country, how long was his presidency ? 45 minutes
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2006 – A methane explosion kills 65 workers in what type of facility near Nueva Rosita, Mexico ? Coal Mine
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1942 – World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack which Australian city, killing 243 people ? Darwin
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1945 – World War II: About 30,000 United States Marines land on which island ? Iwo Jima
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1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers which Dutch colony to England? New Amsterdam
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1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party, a group of pioneers stranded by snow for 4 months in which mountain range ? Sierra Nevada
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1819 – British explorer William Smith discovers which island chain and claims them in the name of King George III ? South Shetland Islands
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2011 - The first exhibition of artifacts from the Belitung shipwreck begins in Singapore. The exhibits are from which Chinese dynasty? Tang
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1807 – Former Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr, is arrested in Wakefield, Alabama for what crime ? Treason
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1985 – William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of which replacement body part to leave hospital ? Artificial Heart
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1995 - "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson weds rocker Tommy Lee in which Mexican city ? Cancun
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1985 - Which canned & bottled Coke variation is introduced by Coca-Cola ? Cherry
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1981 - Which "Beatle" is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" ? George Harrison
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2019 - New York city bans discrimination on the grounds of what ? Hair Style
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2012 - Forty-four people are killed in a prison fight in which country? Mexico
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1924 – Lee Marvin, American actor, was not born under a "Wanderin' Star" but was in fact born in which city ? New York
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