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1407 – Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama visits the Ming dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded the which title ?
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1500 – Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to which nations authorities ?
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1809 – Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade where ?
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1868 – At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. 700 Ethiopians are killed , how many British / Indian soldiers perish ?
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1939 – Which charity's "Big Book" is first published ?
British Heart Foundation
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1968 – The ferry "TEV Wahine" sinks in which harbour due to a fierce storm ?
Wellington, New Zealand
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Plymouth, United Kingdom
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1970 – Who announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons ?
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1971 – In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. national sports team from which sport for a week-long visit ?
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1973 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm, killing 108 people, on approach to which city ?
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1991 – A tropical storm develops and is the first to be documented by satellites, in which ocean ?
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2009 – President Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis in which island nation ?
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2019 – Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of what ?
A Planet orbiting a White Dwarf Star
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1849 - Walter Hunt of New York sold the rights of his patent for $400, what did he invent ?
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1877 - Which circus act is performed for the first time in London ?
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1912 - RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton for her maiden (and final) voyage under the charge of Captain who ?