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1834 – Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia on what charge ?
Forming a Worker's Union
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1850 – Which financial institution is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo ?
Citizens Financial Group
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1608 – Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of which empire ?
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1874 – Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting what rights ?
Free Movement of Citizens
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Exclusive Trading Rights
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1892 – Which former Governor General pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada ?
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
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1921 – The second Peace (or Treaty) of Riga is signed between the Soviet Union and which other country ?
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1940 – World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom on which mountain pass ?
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1965 – Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov becomes the first person to do what ?
Orbit the Earth five times
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Travel to Space for a second time
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Abort a Mission and survive
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1969 – The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail, used by communist forces to infiltrate Vietnam, in which country ?
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1990 – In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.They are collectively worth around how much ?
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1882 - Morgan Earp (Brother of Wyatt) is assassinated by outlaws in Tombstone while playing what game ?
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1899 - Which of Saturn's moons is discovered by William Pickering ?
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1902 -Turkey grants Germany a concession to construct a railroad through Turkish territory for the first time to link Berlin with which city ?
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1965 - The members of the Rolling Stones are fined £5 each for what crime ?
Obstruction of the Highway
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2003 - Which language is recognised as an official British language ?