On This Day (February 20th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1962 – Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in what time ? 4 hours 55 minutes
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1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of what ? A Dowry
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1935 – Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in which part of the world ? Antarctica
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1913 – King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of which capital city ? Canberra
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2010 – Heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of which island ? Madeira
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1816 – Which of Rossini's operas premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome ? The Barber of Seville
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1927 - Golfers in South Carolina are arrested for what reason ? Violating the Sabbath
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1998 - "Kung Fu" actor David Carradine weds actress Marina Benjamin on the back lot of which movie studio ? Warner Brothers
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1943 – American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to do what ? Censor movies
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2013 - Which country becomes the first to establish a national system of fast chargers for electric cars ? Estonia
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2003 - During a rock concert in Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets fire to the club killing 100 people. Which rock band were playing? Great White
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1947 - A chemical mixing error causes an explosion that destroys 42 blocks in which US city ? Los Angeles
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1927 – Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat is born in which city ? Miami
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1931 – The U.S. Congress approves the construction of which bridge ? San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
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1872 – Which museum in New York opens its doors for the first time ? The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1673 - First recorded auction of which commodity is held in London ? Wine
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