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1.1749 – Which Canadian city is founded ?
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Saint John, New Brunswick
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London, Ontario
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Quebec City, Quebec
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2.1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at which battle ?
Battle of Salt Road
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Battle of Vinegar Hill
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Battle of Pepper Lake
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Battle of Mayo Fields
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3.1898 – The United States captures which island from Spain ?
Midway
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Puerto Rico
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Key West
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Guam
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4.1900 – Boxer Rebellion. In an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi, China declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, and which other two nations ?
Italy and France
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France and Japan
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India and Pakistan
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Malaysia and Thailand
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5.1919 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the general strike in which city ?
Calgary
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Montreal
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Winnipeg
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Vancouver
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6.1919 – Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in which body of water ?
Scapa Flow, Orkney, UK
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Jade Bight, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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Skaggerak, Norway / Denmark
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Gulf of Gdansk, Poland
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7.1942 – World War II: Which North African port falls to Italian and German forces ?
Sfax, Tunisia
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Tobruk, Libya
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Marsa Matrah, Egypt
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Benghazi, Libya
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8.1942 – World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near which river, firing 17 shells in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland ?
Chehalis River, Washington
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Mad River, California
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Snohomish River, Washington
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Columbia River, Oregon
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9.1957 – Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female what ?
Police Chief
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City Mayor
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Cabinet Minister
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Member of Parliament
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10.1963 – Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as which Pope ?
Pope John XXIII
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Pope Paul VI
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Pope John Paul I
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Pope Pius XII
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11.1978 – The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opened at which London theatre ?
Prince Edward Theatre
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Playhouse Theatre
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Prince of Wales Theatre
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Dominion Theatre
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12.2004 – The first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight takes off. What was it called ?
SpaceShipOne
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Opportunity
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Pathfinder 1
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Gaganyaan
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13.2006 – Which heavenly body's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra ?
Neptune
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Uranus
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Pluto
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Saturn
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14.2009 – Which territory assumes self-rule ?
Cook Islands
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Greenland
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New Caledonia
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Svalbard
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15.1950 – Joey Kramer, American drummer and songwriter is born. He is the drummer of which band ?