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1919 – Oregon places a tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax. How much per US gallon was the tax? | 1 cent | 100%
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1939 – The first of how many Anderson air raid shelters appeared in North London ? | 2.5 million | 100%
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1870 – Hiram Rhodes Revels, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first American of which ethnicity to sit in the U.S. Congress ? | African | 100%
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1933 – The USS Ranger is launched. It is the first US Navy ship to be designed from the start of construction as which type of vessel ? | Aircraft Carrier | 100%
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1951 – The first Pan American Games were officially opened in which city ? | Buenos Aires | 100%
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1866 – Miners in Calaveras County, California, discover human remains that are now known by which name? | Calaveras Skull | 100%
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1908 - The first tunnel opens under which river ? | Hudson River | 100%
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1980 – The government of which country is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse ? | Suriname | 100%
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1901 - Which of the Marx brothers is born this day in Manhattan ? | Zeppo | 100%
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1928 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a license for which activity ? | Broadcasting Television | 0%
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2009 – Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashed during landing at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, primarily due to what reason ? | Faulty Radio Altimeter | 0%
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1843 – Lord George Paulet occupies which Kingdom in the name of Great Britain ? | Hawai'i | 0%
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2018 - China briefly bans which letter as part of widespread censorship efforts ? | N | 0%
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2019 - Robert Kraft is charged in Florida with solicitation. Which NFL team does he own? | New England Patriots | 0%
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1957 - Buddy Holly & the Crickets record which of their hit songs ? | That'll Be The Day | 0%
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1916 – World War I: The Germans capture Fort Douaumont during which battle ? | Verdun | 0%
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