On This Day (March 16th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1995 – Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery after how many years ? 130
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1984 – William Buckley, the CIA station chief, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists in which city ? Beirut, Lebanon
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1978 – The Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time, off the coast of where ? Brittany
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1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant after the Fall of Montségur are killed in which manner? Burned
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1818 – In the Second Battle of Cancha Rayada, Spanish forces defeated soldiers of which nationality ? Chilean
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2003 – American activist Rachel Corrie is killed in Rafah, Palestine trying to obstruct what ? Demolition of a Home
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1991 – An airplane crashes on the side of Otay Mountain, California carrying eight members of which country singers band ? Reba McEntire
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1924 – In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy. Fiume is now in Croatia and known as what ? Rijeka
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1958 – The Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding. What model was it ? Thunderbird
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1935 – Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of which Treaty ? Treaty of Versailles
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1926 – Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, in which US city ? Auburn, Massachusetts
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1322 – The Battle of Boroughbridge takes place in which conflict ? Despenser Wars
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1968 – General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, what model is it ? Oldsmobile Toronado
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1940 – First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on which area ? Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands
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1872 – The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at which venue ? The Oval
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2010 - The Kasubi Tombs are destroyed by fire. They are the only World Heritage Site of which country? Uganda
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