On This Day (February 25th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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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
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1939 – The first of how many Anderson air raid shelters appeared in North London ? 2.5 million
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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
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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
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1951 – The first Pan American Games were officially opened in which city ? Buenos Aires
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1866 – Miners in Calaveras County, California, discover human remains that are now known by which name? Calaveras Skull
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1908 - The first tunnel opens under which river ? Hudson River
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1980 – The government of which country is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse ? Suriname
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1901 - Which of the Marx brothers is born this day in Manhattan ? Zeppo
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1928 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a license for which activity ? Broadcasting Television
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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
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1843 – Lord George Paulet occupies which Kingdom in the name of Great Britain ? Hawai'i
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2018 - China briefly bans which letter as part of widespread censorship efforts ? N
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2019 - Robert Kraft is charged in Florida with solicitation. Which NFL team does he own? New England Patriots
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1957 - Buddy Holly & the Crickets record which of their hit songs ? That'll Be The Day
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1916 – World War I: The Germans capture Fort Douaumont during which battle ? Verdun
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