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On This Day (January 3rd) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 3rd ?
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Last updated: January 11, 2020
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1.
1870 – Construction work begins on which New York City landmark ?
Empire State Building
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Statue of Liberty
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Brooklyn Bridge
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Grand Central Station
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1833 – The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over which overseas territory ?
Falkland Islands
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Gibraltar
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Ascension Island
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British Indian Ocean Territory
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3.
1932 – Martial law is declared in which Central America country to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company?
El Salvador
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Guatemala
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Costa Rica
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Honduras
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1956 – A fire damages the top part of which iconic building?.
Empire State Building, USA
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Eiffel Tower, France
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Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
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Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia
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5.
1953 – Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to simultaneously do what ?
Serve in the U.S. Congress
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Serve on the same Navy Ship
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Run the Boston Marathon
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Climb Mount Rainier
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6.
1892 - Author of fantasy novels The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit , J.R.R.Tolkien, is born in which city?
Copenhagen , Denmark
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Bombay (now Mumbai), British India
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Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now South Africa)
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Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe)
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1911 – A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys which Asian city ?
Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Tokyo, Japan
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Manila, Philippines
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Tehran, Iran
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8.
January 3rd is National what Day in the U.S.A. ?
National Give a Cop a Donut Day
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National Bow-Tie Day
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National Cheerleaders Day
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National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
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9.
1980 - Joy Adamson, author of Born Free dies in which African country ?
Kenya
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Malawi
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Uganda
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Rwanda
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10.
1959 - Which state becomes the newest edition to the United States ?
Texas
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Hawaii
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Alaska
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Puerto Rico
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11.
1999 - A research craft is launched by NASA to which destination in the Solar System?
Moon
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Mars
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Venus
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Ganymede
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1977 - Which technology company is incorporated on this day ?
Samsung
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Microsoft
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Huawei
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Apple
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13.
2004 – Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into which body of water, resulting in 148 deaths ?
Red Sea
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Persian Gulf
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Tasman Sea
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Gulf of Mexico
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1961 – The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in which of the United States?
Oregon
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Wyoming
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Idaho
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New Mexico
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15.
1848 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of which African country ?
Sierra Leone
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Togo
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Benin
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Liberia
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