Date
|
Year
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Clue
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Answer
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Aug 1
|
1834
|
This practice is abolished in the British Empire
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Slavery
|
Aug 2
|
216 BC
|
This Carthaginian general defeats the Romans at the Battle of Cannae
|
Hannibal
|
Aug 3
|
1778
|
Opera house "La Scala" opens in this city
|
Milan
|
Aug 4
|
70
|
Romans destroy the temple in this city
|
Jerusalem
|
Aug 5
|
1962
|
This actress is found dead at age 36 in a "probable suicide"
|
Marilyn Monroe
|
Aug 6
|
1945
|
An atomic bomb is dropped on this city
|
Hiroshima
|
Aug 7
|
1974
|
Philippe Petit walks between these two buildings on a tight rope
|
World Trade Center
|
Aug 8
|
1974
|
This U.S. President resigns
|
Richard Nixon
|
Aug 9
|
1965
|
This country gains independence unwillingly after being expelled from Malaysia
|
Singapore
|
Aug 10
|
1921
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt first shows signs of this disease
|
Polio
|
Aug 11
|
1919
|
The new constitution of this country is signed in the city of Weimar
|
Germany
|
Aug 12
|
30 BC
|
This Egyptian ruler commits suicide, possibly snake bite
|
Cleopatra
|
Aug 13
|
1961
|
Borders are closed in this European city
|
Berlin
|
Aug 14
|
1980
|
Lech Wałęsa leads labor strikes in this country
|
Poland
|
Aug 15
|
1281
|
For the second time, a "divine wind" destroys the Mongol fleet attempting to invade this island nation
|
Japan
|
Aug 16
|
1829
|
Chang and Eng, conjoined twins from this country, arrive in the U.S.
|
Siam
|
Aug 17
|
1807
|
The world's first commercial steamboat service is started on this river, connecting New York City and Albany
|
Hudson River
|
Aug 18
|
1969
|
Jimi Hendrix plays the American national anthem at this music festival
|
Woodstock
|
Aug 19
|
1991
|
A failed coup attempt is launched against this Soviet leader
|
Mikhail Gorbachev
|
Aug 20
|
1882
|
This Tchaikovsky overture debuts in Moscow, using cannon shots as part of the music
|
1812 Overture
|
Aug 21
|
1959
|
This state becomes the 50th to join the U.S.
|
Hawaii
|
Aug 22
|
1642
|
This king declares Parliament to be traitors, sparking the English Civil War
|
Charles I
|
Aug 23
|
1305
|
This Scottish rebel is executed in London
|
William Wallace
|
Aug 24
|
2006
|
This Kuiper Belt object is demoted to "dwarf planet" status
|
Pluto
|
Aug 25
|
1875
|
Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across this body of water
|
English Channel
|
Aug 26
|
1768
|
This explorer sets sail from England aboard the HMS Endeavour
|
James Cook
|
Aug 27
|
479 BC
|
Ancient Greeks win the battles of Plataea and Mycale, ending the attempted invasion by this empire
|
Persian Empire
|
Aug 28
|
1879
|
In South Africa, the British capture Cetshwayo, the last king of this tribe
|
Zulu
|
Aug 29
|
2005
|
This hurricane makes landfall in Louisiana
|
Hurricane Katrina
|
Aug 30
|
1963
|
The so-called "red phone" is established, connecting this city and Moscow
|
Washington D.C.
|
Aug 31
|
1997
|
This celebrity dies in a car crash after being chased by paparazzi
|
Princess Diana
|
Rebels rebel against their own, patriots fight against would-be invaders.
"In South Africa, the British capture Cetshwayo, the last king to head up this tribe as an independent nation".