Date
|
Year
|
Clue
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Answer
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Dec 1
|
1955
|
This woman refuses to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama
|
Rosa Parks
|
Dec 2
|
1848
|
Franz Josef I becomes the leader of this empire
|
Austrian Empire
|
Dec 3
|
1984
|
Thousands die after a toxic gas leak near the city of Bhopal in this country
|
India
|
Dec 4
|
1965
|
This rock band performs at a California "acid test"
|
The Grateful Dead
|
Dec 5
|
1933
|
This period of American history comes to an end, following the ratification of the 21st amendment
|
Prohibition
|
Dec 6
|
1998
|
This socialist is elected President of Venezuela
|
Hugo Chávez
|
Dec 7
|
1941
|
This American naval base is attacked by Japan
|
Pearl Harbor
|
Dec 8
|
1980
|
This musician is killed by Mark David Chapman in New York City
|
John Lennon
|
Dec 9
|
1979
|
This disease is declared to be eradicated
|
Smallpox
|
Dec 10
|
1901
|
In Stockholm, these awards are given for the first time
|
Nobel Prizes
|
Dec 11
|
1936
|
This British king abdicates
|
Edward VIII
|
Dec 12
|
1901
|
This Italian inventor receives the first international radio transmission
|
Guglielmo Marconi
|
Dec 13
|
1972
|
Gene Cernan becomes the last of twelve people to walk here
|
The Moon
|
Dec 14
|
1994
|
Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on this river
|
Yangtze
|
Dec 15
|
1978
|
The U.S. announces it will establish official diplomatic relations with China, and sever them with this country
|
Taiwan
|
Dec 16
|
1653
|
This leader becomes Lord Protector of England
|
Oliver Cromwell
|
Dec 17
|
2011
|
This notorious dictator dies, leaving his doughy young son in charge
|
Kim Jong-il
|
Dec 18
|
1892
|
This Tchaikovsky ballet is performed for the first time
|
The Nutcracker
|
Dec 19
|
1998
|
This politician is impeached
|
Bill Clinton
|
Dec 20
|
1999
|
Portugal returns this territory to China
|
Macau
|
Dec 21
|
1988
|
Pan Am flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland. This country later admits responsibility.
|
Libya
|
Dec 22
|
1942
|
Hitler orders the mass production of this technically impressive, but largely useless, ballistic missile
|
V-2
|
Dec 23
|
1815
|
"Emma", by this British novelist, is first published
|
Jane Austen
|
Dec 24
|
1777
|
This English sea captain discovers Kiritimati, aka, Christmas Island
|
James Cook
|
Dec 25
|
271
|
A temple to the sun god Sol Invictus is dedicated in this city
|
Rome
|
Dec 26
|
2004
|
A deadly tsunami is caused by 9.3 earthquake off the coast of this country
|
Indonesia
|
Dec 27
|
1831
|
This naturalist embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle
|
Charles Darwin
|
Dec 28
|
1065
|
This abbey, burial place of British monarchs, is consecrated
|
Westminster Abbey
|
Dec 29
|
1916
|
This "mad monk" is murdered in St. Petersburg, Russia
|
Grigori Rasputin
|
Dec 30
|
2006
|
This former Iraqi leader is hanged
|
Saddam Hussein
|
Dec 31
|
1991
|
This country is officially dissolved
|
Soviet Union
|
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