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1.138 – Which Roman Emperor dies of heart failure at the then popular resort of Baiae near Naples ?
Hadrian
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Trajan
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Antoninus Pius
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Lucius Verus
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2.988 – The Norse King Glúniairn recognises and agrees to pay taxes to Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill. The event is considered to be the founding of which city ?
Edinburgh
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Helsinki
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Gothenburg
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Dublin
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3.1499 – The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon after discovering the sea route to where ?
India
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China
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Southern Africa
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North America
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4.1553 – Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England. How long is her reign ?
Nine Months
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Nine Days
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Nine Years
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Nine Hours
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5.1869 – Which Swedish city is largely destroyed in a fire leaving 80% of its residents homeless ?
Sundsvall
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Uppsala
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Gävle
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Karlstad
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6.1890 – Which state is admitted as the 44th U.S. state ?
Montana
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North Dakota
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South Dakota
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Wyoming
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7.1921 – Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in which UK city ?
Glasgow, Scotland
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Belfast, NI
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Birmingham, England
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Liverpool, England
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8.1942 – Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and which nation are established ?
United Kingdom
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United States
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China
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Soviet Union
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9.1942 – An American pilot spots a downed, intact airplane on Akutan Island that the US Navy uses to learn it's flight characteristics. What type of airplane was it ?
Dornier Flying Boat
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Kawasaki Ki-100
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Mitsubishi Zero
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Nakajima Kate
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10.1943 – World War II: Operation Husky begins on which island ?
Jersey
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Sicily
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Crete
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Malta
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11.1973 – Which nation gains full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations ?
Bahamas
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Barbados
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Tonga
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Zimbabwe
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12.1985 – The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in which city's harbour by French DGSE agents ?
Sydney
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Hong Kong
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Auckland
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Port Moresby
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13.1991 – Which cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following a change of regime in the country ?
South Africa
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Zimbabwe
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Sri Lanka
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Pakistan
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14.2007 – Erden Eruç begins the first solo circumnavigation of the world by what means ?
Following the Equator
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Via both Poles
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With no money
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Using only human power
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15.2019 – The last of which iconic car rolls off the production line in Puebla, Mexico ?