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1.1753 – In Sweden February 17 is followed by which date as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar ?
February 26th
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March 7th
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March 1st
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February 20th
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2.1854 – The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of which now defunct country ?
Orange Free State
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Abyssinia
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Mesopotamia
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Zanzibar
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3.1859 – Cochinchina Campaign: The French Navy captured the Citadel of which city ?
Rangoon
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Saigon
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Constantinople
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Peking
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4.1863 – A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which would later become known as what ?
Red Crescent
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Medecin sans Frontieres
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Red Cross
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UNHCR
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5.1864 – American Civil War: The "H. L. Hunley" becomes the first what to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic ?
Submarine
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Ironclad Battleship
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Land based Field Gun
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Hot Air Balloon
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6.1867 – The first ship passes through which Canal ?
Erie Canal
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Kiel Canal
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Panama Canal
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Suez Canal
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7.1904 – Which opera receives its première at La Scala in Milan, Italy ?
La Boheme
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Madama Butterfly
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Carmen
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The Marriage of Figaro
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8.1934 – Barry Humphries, Australian comedian, actor, and author, known for his character portrayal of Dame Edna Everage is born in which Australian city ?
Sydney
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Melbourne
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Perth
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Darwin
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9.1972 – Cumulative sales of which car exceed those of the Ford Model T ?
Volkswagen Beetle
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Austin Mini Cooper
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Citroen 2CV
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Hindustan Ambassador
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10.1974 – Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes which building in a stolen helicopter ?
Pentagon
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Empire State Building
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Capitol Building
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The White House
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11.1995 – The Cenepa War between which two countries ends with a ceasefire brokered by the UN ?
Venezuela and Colombia
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Peru and Ecuador
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Iran and Iraq
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Haiti and Dominican Republic
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12.1996 – In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats which opponent in a chess match ?
Alexander Beliavsky
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Anatoly Karpov
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Deep Blue super-computer
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Nigel Short
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13.2006 – A massive mudslide, with an official death toll of 1,126, occurs in the area of Southern Leyte, in which Asian country ?
Philippines
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Indonesia
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Malaysia
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Thailand
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14.2008 – Kosovo declares independence from which nation ?
Montenegro
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Albania
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Serbia
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15.2015 - Eighteen people die in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in which country?
Haiti
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St. Lucia
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Guyana
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United States
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16.2016 - Military vehicles explode in an attack outside an Armed Forces barracks in which city?