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1.708 – Pope Constantine succeeds which Pope to become the 88th pope ?
Pope John VII
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Pope Sisinnius
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Pope Gregory III
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Pope Benedict II
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2.717 – Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire in order to do what ?
Enter the Clergy
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Travel to Spain
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Marry
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Become a Merchant
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3.1150 - The Tichborne family of Hampshire, England start the tradition (that continues to this day) of giving a gallon of what to residents to keep a deathbed promise ?
Flour
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Ale
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Mead
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Olive Oil
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4.1655 – Which moon of Saturn is discovered by Christiaan Huygens ?
Enceladus
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Iapetus
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Dione
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Titan
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5.1807 – The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in which Empire ?
British Empire
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Dutch Empire
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French Colonial Empire
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Spanish Empire
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6.1807 – The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world, it is also known as what ?
Worms Head Railway
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Oystermouth Railway
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Black Pill Railway
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Rams Tor Railway
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7.1931 – The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with what ?
Theft
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Assault
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Rape
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Murder
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8.1937 - It is revealed that Babe Ruth receives $25,000 per year for ads for which company ?
Coca-Cola
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Ford
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Marlboro
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Quaker Oats
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9.1954 - RCA manufactures it's first colour TV set with a 12½" screen costing how much ?
$2500
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$1000
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$750
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$3000
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10.1957 – United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on what grounds ?
Obscenity
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Incitement to Riot
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Description of Criminal Acts
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Racism
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11.1957 – The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and which other country as the first members ?
Austria
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United Kingdom
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Spain
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Luxembourg
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12.1969 – During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first "Bed-In for Peace" at which hotel ?
Claridge's, London
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Amsterdam Hilton
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The Plaza, New York City
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Raffles, Singapore
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13.1988 – The Candle demonstration is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in which country ?
Yugoslavia
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Czechoslovakia
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Soviet Union
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Poland
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14.1996 – The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of what ?
Foot and Mouth Disease
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Tuberculosis in Cattle
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Mad Cow Disease (BSE)
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Price Rigging
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15.2015 - British musician Zayn Malik announces he is leaving which band ?
Back Street Boys
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Busted
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One Direction
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Arctic Monkeys
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16.1979 - The first fully functional Space Shuttle is delivered to the Kennedy Space Centre, what was it's name?