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1.627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of which city ?
Canterbury
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York
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Rome
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Paris
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2.1012 – Duke Oldřich of Bohemia deposes and does what to his brother Jaromír who then flees to Poland ?
Blinds him
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Tries to Imprison him
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Leaves him Penniless
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Orders his Death
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3.1204 – The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls and enter which city ?
Rome
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Carthage
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Athens
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Constantinople
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4.1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and what other country's ships ?
Wales
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Scotland
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Ireland
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Malta
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5.1820 – Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow whos rule over Greece ?
Serbia
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Italy
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Ottoman Empire
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Egypt
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6.1831 – Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in England, cause it to collapse. In which city ?
Manchester
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Liverpool
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Birmingham
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Bristol
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7.1877 – The United Kingdom annexes which South African region ?
Cape Province
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Transvaal
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KwaZulu-Natal
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Gauteng
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8.1937 – Sir Frank Whittle tests what for the first time in Rugby, England ?
Helicopter
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Hovercraft
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Wind Turbine
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Jet Engine
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9.1955 – A vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective against which disease ?
Polio
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Smallpox
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Tubercolosis
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Measles
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10.1961 – The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, aboard which spacecraft ?
Rodnik 2
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Elektro B
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Vostok 1
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Kosmos 4
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11.1963 – The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in which body of water ?
Gulf of Finland
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Norwegian Sea
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Bay of Biscay
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Danish Straits
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12.1983 – Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of which city ?
New Orleans
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Chicago
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Las Vegas
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Denver
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13.1992 – Which theme park has its official opening today ?
Disneyland Paris
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Epcot
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Universal Studios Japan
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Legoland Windsor
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14.2009 – Which country officially abandons its own currency ?
North Korea
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Liechtenstein
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Zimbabwe
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Suriname
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15.1947 – Alex Briley, American disco singer, and member of the Village People was born today, which character did he portray in the band ?