On This Day (February 9th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1986 - Halley's Comet makes it's last appearance in the Inner Solar System, in how many years will it return? 75-79 Years
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1996 – The Provisional IRA declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in which part of London, killing two people ? Canary Wharf
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1995 - Irish music and dance show "Riverdance" first opens in which European city ? Dublin
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1941 – World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in which Italian city is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate ? Genoa
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1540 - The first recorded horse race meeting in England takes place at which course ? Roodee Fields, Chester
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1978 – The Budd Company unveils its first "SPV-2000" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, what is the SPV-2000 ? Self-propelled Railcar
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2018 - The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics is performed in which country? South Korea
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1964 – Which musical act makes its first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA ? The Beatles
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1895 – William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as what ? Volleyball
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1981 - Bill Haley, American rock vocalist known as the father of Rock 'n' Roll, dies of a heart attack probably caused by alcoholism, at what age ? 55
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1923 - Which airline, that is still operational, is founded on this day ? Aeroflot
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1886 - US President Grover Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle for what reason ? Anti Chinese Violence
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1555 – The Bishop of Gloucester, John Hooper, is executed in which manner ? Burned at the Stake
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1909 – Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer, famous for wearing fruit hats, was born in which city ? Porto, Portugal
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1907 – What is the name of the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies in the UK ? The Mud March
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1870 – US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing what ? US Weather Bureau
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