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On This Day (May 20th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 20th ?
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1.
1497 – John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, looking for a route to the west. What is the name of his ship ?
Matthew
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Mark
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Luke
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John
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1570 – Abraham Ortelius issues "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", the first modern what ?
Theatre Guide
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Almanac
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Atlas
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Dictionary
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3.
1802 – Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates what in the French colonies ?
Taxation
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Slavery
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Conscription
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Immigration
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1840 – York Minster, in the UK, is badly damaged by what ?
Vandalism
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Earthquake
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High Winds
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Fire
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1861 – American Civil War: Which state proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state ?
Oklahoma
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Ohio
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Kentucky
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Virginia
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1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with what feature ?
Copper Rivets
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Watch Pocket
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Double Belt Loops
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Adjustable Turnups
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1883 – Which volcano begins to erupt; it explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people ?
Etna
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Tambora
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Merapi
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Krakatoa
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1902 – Cuba gains independence from which nation ?
Spain
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United States
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France
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Russia
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9.
1932 – Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing where the next day ?
Ireland
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Scotland
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Spain
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Norway
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10.
1940 – The first prisoners arrive at a new German concentration camp called what ?
Bergen-Belsen
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Dachau
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Buchenwald
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Auschwitz
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1956 – The first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean under the codename of Operation what ?
Bluebird
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Toadstool
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Redwing
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Barracuda
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12.
1969 – Which battle of the Vietnam War ends ?
Battle of Ia Drang
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Battle of Hamburger Hill
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Battle of Coral–Balmoral
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Battle of Hat Dich
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1980 – A referendum calling for independance is rejected by 60% of the voters in which region ?
Quebec, Canada
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Catalonia, Spain
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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Dagestan, Russia
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1990 – The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in which European country ?
Hungary
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Poland
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Estonia
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Romania
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15.
1946 – Cherilyn Sarkisian, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress, is born. By what name is she better known ?
Pink
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Madonna
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Cher
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Twiggy
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