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1296 – During armed conflict between Scotland and England, Edward I sacks which town ?
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1841 – What institution is founded in Athens, Greece ?
Athens University of Economics and Business
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National Archaeological Museum
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National Bank of Greece
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National Hellenic Research Foundation
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1867 – Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, the equivalent of how much per acre ?
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1912 – Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a protectorate of which country ?
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1949 – A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins which organisation ?
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1959 – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet and is granted political asylum in which country ?
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1945 – Eric Clapton, English guitarist and singer-songwriter is born in which English village ?
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1893 - Thomas F Bayard becomes the first what in the United Kingdom ?
Blood Transfusion Recipient
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1961 - The Single Convention on what is signed in New York City ?
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1964 - Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from the senate race in which US state ?
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1979 - Airey Neave, a British politician, is killed by an Irish National Liberation Army car bomb as he exits which London building ?
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1984 - New York police detective Robert Cunningham offers waitress Phyllis Penzo half of a $1 lottery ticket, they win how much on the following day ?
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1987 - Which of Vincent van Gogh's paintings sells for a record £22.5 million ?
Road with Cypress and Star
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1997 - Which TV channel begins broadcasting in the UK for the first time ?
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2013 - North Korea declares it is at a state of war with who ?