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1. 1071 – The last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard. Which city was it ?
2. 1755 – "A Dictionary of the English Language" is published in London by which author ?
3. 1817 – Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded a school for what type of student in Hartford, Connecticut ?
4. 1896 – Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in which city ?
5. 1924 – Rand McNally publishes its first what ?
6. 1941 – Two-hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack which city, killing around one thousand people ?
7. 1952 – First flight of which Boeing aircraft ?
8. 1955 – McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, now a suburb of which city ?
9. 1989 – A human crush occurs, resulting in the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans, at Hillsborough Stadium, home of which soccer team ?
10. 2013 – Two bombs explode killing three people and injuring 264 near the finish line at which sporting event ?
11. 2019 – Which cathedral is seriously damaged by a large fire ?
12. 1793 - The Bank of England issues its first note of which denomination ?
13. 1965 - The NFL changes its penalty flag to yellow from which colour ?
14. 2010 - Volcanic ash from the eruption of which volcano leads to the closure of airspace over most of Europe ?
15. 1997 - America On Line (AOL) begins a service in which country ?
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