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1933 – The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in which city ? | Cape Town | 60%
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1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of which city by marching in a religious procession as its Muslim defenders watch ? | Jerusalem | 60%
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1879 – Sailing ship "USS Jeannette" departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to where ? | North Pole | 60%
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2011 – Which Space Shuttle is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program ? | Atlantis | 40%
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1730 – An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000 km (620 mi) of which country's coastline ? | Chile | 40%
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1497 – Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to which region ? | Indian Subcontinent | 40%
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1934 – Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter is born. What prominent physical feature did he have ? | Misaligned Eyes | 40%
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1663 – Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to colonise which modern day state of the US ? | Rhode Island | 40%
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1889 – The first issue of which well known newspaper is published ? | The Wall Street Journal (USA) | 40%
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1972 – Which intelligence agency assassinates Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani ? | Mossad | 20%
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1960 – Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the which nation ? | Soviet Union | 20%
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1966 – King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi in which African country ? | Burundi | 0%
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Which food is celebrated in the USA on this day ? | National Chocolate with Almonds Day | 0%
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1822 – Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in which Canadian province to the United Kingdom ? | Ontario | 0%
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1898 – The death of crime boss Soapy Smith releases which city from his iron grip ? | Skagway, Alaska | 0%
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