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1.222 – Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with which of his relations, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt ?
His Son
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His Mother
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His Daughter
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His Cousin
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2.1702 – England's first national daily newspaper is published for the first time. What was it called ?
Oxford Gazette
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Berrow's Worcester Journal
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Stamford Mercury
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The Daily Courant
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3.1787 - Naval officer Horatio Nelson weds Frances Nisbet at the Montpelier Estate on which Caribbean island ?
Nevis
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Barbuda
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Anguilla
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Grand Cayman
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4.1869 - The West first learns of which creature via French missionary Armand David who receives a skin from a hunter ?
Platypus
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Anaconda
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Manatee
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Giant Panda
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5.1872 – Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery begins, located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain, in which regional area?
South Wales
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Yorkshire
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East Midlands
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Potteries
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6.1927 – Samuel Lionel Rothafel opens which theatre in New York City?
Times Square Theatre
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Roxy Theatre
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Palace Theatre
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Lyceum Theatre
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7.1941 – World War II: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs which Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan ?
Provisions Act
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Supplies Act
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Allied Help Act
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Lend-Lease Act
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8.1945 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in which island group ?
Caroline Islands
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Northern Mariana Islands
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Gilbert Islands
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Shortland Islands
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9.1946 – Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of which German concentration camp, is captured by British troops ?
Dachau
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Auschwitz
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Buchenwald
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Sachsenhausen
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10.1978 – Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack a bus in which country ?
Yemen
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Egypt
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Syria
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Israel
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11.1986 - Today marks 1 million days since the foundation of Rome on April 21st, in which year ?
753 BC
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625 BC
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1025 BC
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567 BC
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12.1990 – Which country declares itself independent from the Soviet Union ?
Lithuania
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Kazakhstan
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Georgia
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Tajikistan
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13.1993 – Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female to hold which government post ?
Secretary of the Treasury
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Ambassador to the United Nations
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Attorney General
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Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
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14.2011 – Which Japanese nuclear power station was destroyed by a tsunami that also killed thousands of people?
Takahama
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Fukoshima
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Sendai
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Ashihama
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15.2013 - Falkland Islands’ sovereignty referendum: What percentage of residents choose to remain an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom ?
95.2%
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89.9%
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99.8%
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78.4%
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16.2021 - US President Joe Biden signs into law the American Rescue Package following which event?