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Name The Year: (USA) Joesph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, born.`1805
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Name The Year: (USA) John Denver singer, born.`1943
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Name The Year: (USA) John Steinbeck, author, died.`1968
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Name The Year: (USA) Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st int'l radio distress signal.`1904
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Name The Year: US Ambassador tells Iraq, US won't take sides in Iraq-Kuwait dispute.`1990
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Name The Year: U.S. and Britain invade Sicily in WWII.`1943
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Name The Year: U.S. and Canada begin the use of standard time zones (standard time zones established by the railroads in both countries).`1883
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Name The Year: US and Canada sign the Migratory bird treaty.`1916
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Name The Year: US and Libya clash in the Gulf of Sidra.`1986
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Name The Year: US and North Vietnam signed a cease-fire agreement.`1973
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Name The Year: US and Panama agree to resume diplomatic relations.`1964
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Name The Year: U.S. and Philippine forces recaptured Corregidor.`1945
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Name The Year: US and Russia severed diplomatic ties. `1918
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Name The Year: US and USSR sign $10 billion grain pact.`1983
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Name The Year: US and USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement during World War II.`1942
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Name The Year: (USA) Nicolas Cage, actor (The Rock, Face/Off), born.`1964
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Name The Year: (USA) Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill.`1857
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Name The Year: (USA) Plane broke height altitude record at 11474 feet.`1910
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Name The Year: US Apollo 15 lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon.`1971
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Name The Year: US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran.`1980
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Name The Year: (USA) President Truman officially proclaims end of WW-II.`1946
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Name The Year: (USA) Pres Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb.`1953
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Name The Year: (USA) Ratification of UN Charter completed.`1945
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Name The Year: (USA) Richard Clayderman, pianist, born.`1953
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Name The Year: US Army accepts delivery of 1st military airplane.`1909
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Name The Year: US Army turned over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army.`1972
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Name The Year: (USA) Robert Englund, actor (V, Nightmare on Elm Street), born.`1949
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Name The Year: (USA) Rube Goldberg, inventor and cartoonist, dies.`1971
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Name The Year: (USA) Rutan and Yeager make first around-the-world flight without refueling.`1986
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Name The Year: (USA) Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph.`1838
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Name The Year: (USA) "Tarzan," one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears.`1929
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Name The Year: (USA) Theodore Roosevelt dies at his home in Oyster Bay, NY, at 60.`1919
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Name The Year: (USA) The opera "The Pirates of Penzance" is produced (NYC).`1879
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Name The Year: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission confirmed.`1947
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Name The Year: (USA) Tom Mix silent screen cowboy actor, born.`1880
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Name The Year: (USA) Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs.`1947
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Name The Year: US, Australia and New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty.`1951
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Name The Year: (USA) Val Kilmer, actor, born.`1959
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Name The Year: (USA) Walt Disney born.`1901
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Name The Year: U.S. backed Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba. Ended in failure.`1961
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Name The Year: US began its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam.`1972
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Name The Year: US begins air drops to Kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq`1991
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Name The Year: US bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France.`1942
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Name The Year: U.S. breaks relations with Cuba.`1961
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Name The Year: U.S. casts first veto in UN Security Council (Support England).`1970
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Name The Year: U.S. Congress authorizes smallest U.S. silver coin, the 3-cent piece.`1851
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Name The Year: U.S. Congress backs war in Gulf.`1991
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Name The Year: U.S. Congress established Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.`1919
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Name The Year: U.S. declares martial law in Dominican Republic.`1916
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Name The Year: US declares war on Germany (WWI).`1917
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Name The Year: US denounces Soviet blockade of Berlin. `1948
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Name The Year: US Dept of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive.`1934
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Name The Year: US diplomats find at least 40 secret mics in the Moscow embassy.`1964
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Name The Year: US drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion).`1946
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Name The Year: US drops second atomic bomb on Japan destroying part of Nagasaki. An estimated 74,000 people died. The original target was Kokura.`1945
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Name The Year: U.S. ends participation in multinational peace force in Lebanon.`1984
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Name The Year: US explodes world's first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll.`1952
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Name The Year: U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen were placed in custody.`1985
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Name The Year: US forces defeat Japanese at Iwo Jima.`1945
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Name The Year: U.S. forces invade Korea by crossing the 38th parallel.`1950
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Name The Year: US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion.`1941
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Name The Year: US forces land on Corregidor (complete conquest on March 3).`1945
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Name The Year: US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease.`1940
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Name The Year: (US) Gugliemo Marconi sends the first wireless message across the Atlantic.`1911
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Name The Year: US House of Representatives begins TV broadcasts of its day-to-day business. C-SPAN is born.`1979
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Name The Year: Using phone lines TV was sent from Washington DC to New York City.`1927
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Name The Year: US invades Grenada, a country with 1/2000 its population.`1983
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Name The Year: U.S. invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya.`1909
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Name The Year: US & Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages.`1981
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Name The Year: US, Japan, UK & France sign a treaty aimed at controlling naval build-up in the Pacific Ocean.`1921
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Name The Year: US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus.`1956
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Name The Year: US launches 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1.`1958
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Name The Year: US launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned.`1964
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Name The Year: U.S. launches Pioneer Venus probe.`1978
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Name The Year: US liberates Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, Germany.`1945
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Name The Year: US Marines attack shores of Tripoli.`1805
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Name The Year: US Marines landed in Nicaragua to protect US citizens.`1896
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Name The Year: US Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo and statue.`1945
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Name The Year: US missile shot down an incoming missile in space for 1st time. `1984
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Name The Year: US Navy destroys 41 Japanese ships in the Battle of South China Sea.`1945
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Name The Year: U.S. Navy frigate USS Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston.`1797
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Name The Year: US Navy is created.`1775
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Name The Year: US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court.`1946
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Name The Year: US Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony.`1968
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Name The Year: U.S. Patent system established`1790
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Name The Year: U.S. presented with oldest known copy of the Magna Carta.`1976
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Name The Year: U.S. President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam.`1968
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Name The Year: US Ranger 7 transmits the 1st lunar close-up photos before impact. Takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on moon.`1964
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Name The Year: US recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa.`1977
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Name The Year: U.S. receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii.`1887
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Name The Year: U.S. recognized Franco govt in Spain at end of the Spanish civil war.`1939
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Name The Year: US, Russia and England sign nuclear test ban treaty.`1963
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Name The Year: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission imposes a record $100 million penalty against inside-trader Ivan Boesky.`1986
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Name The Year: US sells Hawk anti-aircraft missiles to Israel.`1962
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Name The Year: U.S. Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for second time.`1920
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Name The Year: U.S. sent 20,000 troops to the Mexican border.`1911
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Name The Year: U.S.'s First automobile seat belt legislation is enacted in Illinois.`1955
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Name The Year: US's first commercial radio, 8MK (later WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting`1920
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Name The Year: US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia and disintegrates.`1979
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Name The Year: US's Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus.`1990
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Name The Year: US-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic.`1988
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Name The Year: US space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000 miles of Saturn.`1980
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Name The Year: U.S. sprinter, Jesse Owens sets 100 meter record at 10.2 seconds.`1936
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Name The Year: USSR adopts experimental calendar.`1923
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Name The Year: USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics.`1984
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Name The Year: USSR announces plan for 2-yr manned mission to Mars.`1989
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Name The Year: USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile.`1957
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Name The Year: USSR calendar conversion.`1918
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Name The Year: USSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb.`1949
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Name The Year: USSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continued. `1937
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Name The Year: USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov (Zhukov lead USSR into Berlin during WW2).`1957
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Name The Year: USSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile.`1986
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Name The Year: USSR Kosmos 186 and 188 make first automatic docking. Also, Venera 13 is launched.`1967
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Name The Year: USSR launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile.`1957
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Name The Year: USSR launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit `1967
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Name The Year: USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon.`1966
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Name The Year: USSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility.`1970
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Name The Year: USSR launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars.`1971
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Name The Year: USSR launches Mars 6.`1973
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Name The Year: USSR launches Mars 7.`1973
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Name The Year: USSR launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), 1st animal in orbit.`1957
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Name The Year: USSR launches Sputnik I, the first artificial earth satellite.`1957
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Name The Year: USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars.`1964
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Name The Year: USSR Luna 3 sent back first photos of Moon's far side.`1959
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Name The Year: USSR Pres Mikhail S Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.`1989
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Name The Year: USSR recognizes independence of the 3 Baltic republics (Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia).`1991
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Name The Year: USSR recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space.`1960
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Name The Year: USSR releases US journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges.`1986
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Name The Year: USSR's Kosmos 186 and 188 complete the 1st automatic docking.`1967
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Name The Year: USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit.`1989
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Name The Year: USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs.`1960
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Name The Year: USSR Venera 10 made day Venus landing.`1975
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Name The Year: U.S. sub locates missing hydrogen bomb in Mediterranean.`1966
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Name The Year: U.S. Supreme Court struck down segregation of races on public buses.`1956
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Name The Year: U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 19th Amendment (woman's right to vote).`1922
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Name The Year: US Surveyor III lands on Moon`1967
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Name The Year: US Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched.`1963
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Name The Year: US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million).`1867
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Name The Year: US trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins.`1991
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Name The Year: US troops captured Aachen, first large German city to fall (WW II).`1944
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Name The Year: US troops occupy Lebanon, stay 3 months.`1958
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Name The Year: US troops withdraw from Korea after WW II.`1949
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Name The Year: US/UK launch of Ariel satellite; 1st international payload.`1962
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Name The Year: US underground nuclear test, "Boxcar", 1 megaton device.`1968
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Name The Year: US/USSR signed an agreement to discuss joint space efforts.`1970
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Name The Year: U.S. Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after an 11-month flight from Earth.`1976
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Name The Year: U.S. Voyager I takes the first space photograph of the earth and moon together.`1977
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Name The Year: US warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in Persian Gulf.`1987
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Name The Year: U.S. wins Battle of Bismark Sea over Japan.`1943
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Name The Year: Uta Hagen, born. `1919
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Name The Year: U. Thant, Burma, 3rd UN sec-genl (1962-72), born.`1909
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Name The Year: Valentina Tereshkova, first woman in space, returns to earth.`1963
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Name The Year: Valentina Tereshkova (in Russia), cosmonaut, first woman in space, born.`1937
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Name The Year: Valentinian III Roman emperor (425-55), born.`419
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Name The Year: Valentino, Milan Italy, fashion designer (Jacquline Kennedy Onasis), born.`1932
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Name The Year: Valerie Harper (in Sufferin, NY), actor (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda), born.`1940
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Name The Year: Valeri V. Ryumin, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32), born.`1939
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Name The Year: Vanessa Redgrave (in London, England), actor, born.`1937
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Name The Year: Vanessa Williams (in Millwood, NY), first black Miss America, born.`1963
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Name The Year: Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for record $53.6 million at auction.`1987
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Name The Year: Vanity [Dee Dee Williams], singer/actress (Action Jackson), born.`1965
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Name The Year: Van Morrison Belfast, singer (Here Comes the Night), born.`1945
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Name The Year: Vanna White (in South Carolina), game show hostess (Wheel of Fortune), born.`1957
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Name The Year: "Variety", covering all phases of show business, first published.`1905
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Name The Year: Vasco da Gama Portuguese navigator dies in Cochin, India.`1524
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Name The Year: Vasco Nuez de Balboa is the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.`1513
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Name The Year: Vatican City becomes a soverign state.`1929
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Name The Year: Vatican City (world's Smallest Country) is made an enclave of Rome.`1929
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Name The Year: V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe.`1945
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Name The Year: Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus.`1965
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Name The Year: Venera 3 launched. (Later, the first man-made object to land on another planet when it crashed into Venus.)`1965
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Name The Year: Venera 3, Venus landing.`1966
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Name The Year: Venera 5 launched. First successful landing on another planet.`1969
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Name The Year: Venera 5, Venus landing. First successful landing on another planet.`1969
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Name The Year: Venera 7 launched by USSR for soft landing on Venus.`1970
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Name The Year: Venera 9, first craft to orbit the planet Venus launched.`1975
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Name The Year: Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope.`1609
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Name The Year: Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain.`1811
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Name The Year: Vera Miles, actor, born.`1930
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Name The Year: Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiers, in Rome.`1853
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Name The Year: Verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea.`1875
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Name The Year: Veronica Hamel (in Philadelphia, PA), actor (Hill Street Blues)`1943
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Name The Year: Veronica Lake, actress`1919
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Name The Year: Veronica Lake actress, dies at 58.`1973
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Name The Year: Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated.`1980
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Name The Year: Victor Borge, pianist, comedian, born.`1909
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Name The Year: Victor Emmanuel II, the King of Italy, born.`1820
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Name The Year: Victor Hugo, French author, born.`1802
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Name The Year: Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery.`1856
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Name The Year: Victoria Principal, actress, born.`1951
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Name The Year: Victoria Principal (in Japan), actor (Dallas), born.`1950
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Name The Year: Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for US president.`1872
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Name The Year: Videotapes released showing sunken remains of the Titanic.`1986
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Name The Year: Vietnam declares independence from France (National Day).`1945
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Name The Year: (Vietnam) Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge.`1979
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Name The Year: Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington, DC.`1982
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Name The Year: Viking 1 launched toward orbit around Mars, soft landing.`1975
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Name The Year: Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars.`1976
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Name The Year: Viking 2 launched toward orbit around Mars, soft landing.`1975
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Name The Year: Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos.`1976
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Name The Year: Vincent Price St Louis Mo, actor (The Fly, Laura), born.`1911
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Name The Year: Vincent Van Gogh, artist who always lent an ear, born.`1853
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Name The Year: Violent bread riots at Montreal.`1875
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Name The Year: Virginia Madsen Chicago Ill, actress (Dune, Highlander, Class), born.`1961
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Name The Year: Virginia Mayo (in St Louis, MO)`1920
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Name The Year: Virginia McMath (a.k.a. Ginger Rogers), dancer, actor`1911
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Name The Year: Virginia Woolf, author, born.`1882
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Name The Year: Viscount Dunrossil, Scotland, Governor General of Australia (1959-61), born.`1893
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Name The Year: Viscount Goderich (Tory), British PM (1827-28)`1782
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Name The Year: Vitali I. Sevastyanov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 9, 18), born. `1935
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Name The Year: Vitus Bering, Dutch navigator and explorer, died.`1741
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Name The Year: Vivian Blaine, actor (Guys and Dolls)`1923
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Name The Year: Vivian Leigh Scarlet in Gone with the Wind, dies at 53.`1967
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Name The Year: Vivien Leigh, actress (Gone With Wind), born.`1913
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Name The Year: V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri.`1945
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Name The Year: Vladimir Horowitz, pianist`1904
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Name The Year: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 54.`1924
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Name The Year: Vladimir Mayakovsky, Soviet Georgia, poet (Ode to Revolution), born.`1893
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Name The Year: Vladimir Mayakovsky, Soviet poet, born.`1893
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Name The Year: Vladimir Remek, first Czechoslovakian space traveler (Soyuz 28), born.`1948
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Name The Year: Vladislav N. Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 11)`1935
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Name The Year: Vol 1, No 1, of "The Wall Street Journal" published.`1889
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Name The Year: Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 2,000.`1986
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Name The Year: Volcano eruptions on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic).`1961
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Name The Year: Volstead Act passed by U.S. Congress, starting Prohibition.`1919
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Name The Year: Voltaire, thinker`1694
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Name The Year: Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide.`1979
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Name The Year: Voyager 2 begins a flyby of the planet Neptune.`1989
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Name The Year: Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune.`1989
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Name The Year: Voyager 2 encounters Saturn.`1981
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Name The Year: Voyager 2, first Uranus flyby.`1986
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Name The Year: Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. It carries a record containing greetings.`1977
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Name The Year: Voyager 2 makes its closest approach to Neptune (0400 GMT).`1989
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Name The Year: Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km).`1981
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Name The Year: Voyager II flies past Jupiter.`1979
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Name The Year: Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter`1979
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Name The Year: Voyager's closest approach to Saturn enroute to Uranus and Neptune.`1981
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Name The Year: Waffle iron invented.`1869
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Name The Year: Wagner's opera Tannhauser performed for 1st time.`1845
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Name The Year: (Wales) Anthony Hopkins, actor, born.`1937
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Name The Year: Wally Schirra, astronaut, born.`1923
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Name The Year: Walt Disney Art School created.`1932
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Name the year. Walt Disney dies, Hastings Banda becomes Malawi's first President, and Nelson's pillar in O'Connell Street, Dublin is blown up`1966
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Name The Year: Walt Disney's "Alice In Wonderland" released.`1951
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Name The Year: Walt Disney's "Bambi" is released`1942
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Name The Year: Walt Disney's "Dumbo" is released.`1941
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Name The Year: Walt Disney's "Fantasia" is released.`1940
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Name The Year: Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released.`1967
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Name The Year: Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released.`1964
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Name The Year: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in New York in "Steamboat Willie".`1928
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Name The Year: Walt Disney's "Robin Hood" is released.`1973
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Name The Year: Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released.`1959
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Name The Year: Walt Disney's "Song Of The South" released.`1946
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Name The Year: Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" is released. (First appearance of Mickey Mouse)`1928
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Name The Year: Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with KC Slide Co..`1920
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Name The Year: Walt Disney's "The Fox and The Hound" is released.`1980
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Name The Year: Walt Disney's "The Rescuers" released.`1977
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Name The Year: Walt Disney World's 100-millionth guest.`1979
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Name The Year: Walt Disney World's 200-millonth guest.`1985
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Name The Year: Walter Baade discovers asteroid Icarus inside orbit of Mercury. `1949
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Name The Year: Walter Chrysler, founded a car company, born.`1875
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Name The Year: Walter Koenig Chicago Ill, actor (Chekov-Star Trek), born.`1938
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Name The Year: Walter Matthau, actor (Odd Couple, Bad News Bears, Hopscotch)`1920
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Name The Year: Walter Percy Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation.`1925
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Name The Year: Walter Reed, who proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever, born.`1851
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Name The Year: Walter Susskind, Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor, born.`1913
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Name The Year: Walther Bauersfeld, invented first modern projection planetarium`1919
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Name The Year: Walt Whitman (in West Hills, NY), poet, born.`1819
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Name The Year: Waltz introduced into English ballrooms. Most observers consider it disgusting & immoral. No wonder it caught on!`1812
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Name The Year: War broke out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacked the French.`1946
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Name The Year: War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain.`1812
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Name The Year: War of the Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz.`1858
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Name The Year: Warren Beatty, actor, ladies man, born.`1937
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Name The Year: Warren Commission finds that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.`1964
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Name The Year: Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement.`1968
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Name The Year: Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec. `1824
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Name The Year: Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River.`1776
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Name The Year: Washington Irving, writer (Rip Van Winkle, Legend of Sleepy Hollow), born.`1783
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Name The Year: Washington lays cornerstone of the Executive Mansion (White House).`1792
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Name The Year: Wayne Gretzky born, hockey player`1961
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Name The Year: Wayne Newton, singer, born.`1942
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Name The Year: W. C. Fields, actor, Philadelphian, born.`1879
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Name The Year: W.C. Fields [Claude William Dukenfield], actor (Bank Dick), born.`1880
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Name The Year: Weekly airmail route starts between Australia and the United Kingdom.`1934
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Name The Year: Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup).`1923
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Name The Year: Wenceslas II king of Bohemia and Poland (1278-1305), born.`1271
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Name The Year: Wendell Stanley, biochemist, first to crystallize a virus (Nobel '46), born.`1904
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Name The Year: Werner Klemperer, actor (Col. Klink of "Hogan's Heroes"), born.`1920
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Name The Year: Werner von Braun, rocket scientist, born.`1912
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Name The Year: Wernher von Braun named head of German liquid-fuel rocket program.`1932
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Name The Year: West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade.`1949
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Name The Year: West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern.`1954
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Name The Year: West Germany beats Neth 2-1 for soccer's 10th World Cup in Munich.`1974
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Name The Year: West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).`1954
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Name The Year: West Germany was proclaimed.`1949
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Name the year: When was the great plague of London`1665
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Name The Year: Whitney Houston, singer, born.`1963
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Name The Year: Whitsunday Term Day.`1753
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Name The Year: Wilbur Wright, of aeroplane fame, born.`1867
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Name The Year: Wild Bill Hickok cowboy, born.`1837
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Name The Year: Wild Bill Hickok shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while poker. He held a pair of Aces and a pair of 8's.`1876
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Name The Year: Wilfred Burchett, Australian Communist, journalist, writer, born.`1911
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Name The Year: Wilhelm Beer, first to map Mars`1797
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Name The Year: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach`1710
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Name The Year: Wilhelm Karl Grimm, story teller, born.`1786
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Name The Year: Wilhelm Olbers, discoverer of asteroids Pallas and Vesta, born.`1758
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Name The Year: Wilhelm Ostwald, German physical chemist (Nobel 1909)`1853
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Name The Year: Wilhelm Rintgen discovers x-rays.`1895
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Name The Year: Willard Frank Libby, invented carbon-14 "atomic clock", born.`1908
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Name The Year: Willard Scott, weatherman, original Ronald McDonald, born.`1934
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Name The Year: Willem Dafoe, actor, born.`1955
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Name The Year: Willem Drees PM of Netherland (1948-58), born.`1886
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Name The Year: William A. Anders, astronaut (Apollo 8), born.`1933
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Name The Year: William A. Fowler, US astrophysicist (Nobel 1983), born.`1911
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Name The Year: William Beaumont, surgeon, studied digestion`1785
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Name The Year: William Blake, poet (Songs of Innocence and Experience)`1757
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Name The Year: William Bligh nasty ship's captain and New South Wales governor (HMS Bounty), born.`1754
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Name The Year: William Bond obtains first photograph of moon through a telescope.`1849
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Name The Year: William Booth founded Salvation Army in London.`1865
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Name The Year: William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, born.`1829
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Name The Year: William "Buffalo Bill" Cody (near Davenport, Iowa), frontiersman, born.`1846
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Name The Year: William Bundy invents the first timecard clock.`1888
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Name The Year: William Butler Yeats Ireland, poet (Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923), born. `1865
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Name The Year: William Butler Yeats Irish poet, dies in France at 73.`1939
|
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Name The Year: William "Count" Basie jazz pianist, born.`1904
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Name The Year: William "Count" Basie jazz pianist, born.`1906
|
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Name The Year: William Cowper, English poet`1731
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Name The Year: William Crapo Durant incorporates General Motors.`1908
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Name The Year: William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft company`1881
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Name The Year: William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer`1848
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Name The Year: William Golding, English novelist (Lord of the Flies) (Nobel 1983), born.`1911
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Name The Year: William Handy, blues musician, established the popularity of the blues in band music`1873
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Name The Year: William Hanna, animator (Hanna-Barbera), born.`1910
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Name The Year: William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia and becomes the first U.S. president to die in office.`1841
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Name The Year: William Herschel discovered Uranus, dies at 85.`1822
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Name The Year: William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris.`1780
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Name The Year: William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn.`1789
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Name The Year: William H. Seward, who bought Alaska at $0.02/acre, born.`1801
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Name The Year: William Huggins discoverer of stellar nature of Andromeda, dies.`1910
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Name The Year: William I The Conqueror, King of England and Duke of Normandy, dies.`1087
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Name The Year: William IV king of England (1830-37), born.`1765
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Name The Year: William James, Philospher, born.`1842
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Name The Year: William Lassell discovers Ariel and Umbriel, satellites of Unranus.`1851
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Name The Year: William Makepeace Thackeray, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair)`1811
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Name The Year: William Morris first uses ether in the first tooth extraction under anesthesia at Charlestown, Mass.`1846
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Name The Year: William Morris (in England), artist and poet`1834
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Name The Year: William of Holland Holy Roman emperor, dies at about 28.`1256
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Name The Year: William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII.`1328
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Name The Year: William Parson, third Earl of Rosse and maker of large telescopes dies.`1865
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Name The Year: William "Pete" Knight, X-15 pilot, born.`1929
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Name The Year: William Pitt the Elder (Whig), British PM (1756-61, 1766-68)`1708
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Name The Year: William Schroeder, becomes second to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart.`1984
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Name The Year: William Seward Burroughs inventor (recording adding machine), born.`1855
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Name The Year: William Shakespeare, bard, born.`1564
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Name The Year: William Shatner, actor (Star Trek, T.J. Hooker), author (Tek War), born.`1931
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Name The Year: William the Conqueror lands in England.`1066
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Name The Year: William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, engineer/mathematician/physicist, born. `1824
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Name The Year: William Walker filibuster, president of Nicaragua (1856-57), born.`1824
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Name The Year: William Webster, FBI director, born.`1924
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Name The Year: William Wordsworth (in England), poet`1770
|
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Name The Year: Willie Nelson, singer, actor`1933
|
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Name The Year: Willis Haviland Carrier, developed air-conditioning equipment`1876
|
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Name The Year: Willis Reed, basketball player`1942
|
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Name The Year: Willy Brandt (SD), chancellor of West Germany (1969-74) (Nobel '71)`1913
|
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Name The Year: Wilt Chamberlain NBA great center (LA Laker, 5 time MVP), born.`1936
|
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Name The Year: Wings release "Band on the Run" & "Zoo Gang" in UK.`1974
|
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Name The Year: Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.`1953
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Name The Year: Winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him`1955
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Name The Year: Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech`1946
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Name The Year: Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM.`1940
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Name The Year: Winston Churchill urged perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour."`1940
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Name The Year: Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary`1984
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Name The Year: W. K. Kellogg, founded a cereal company`1860
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Name The Year: Wladziu Valentino Liberace, pianist, born`1919
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Name The Year: Wolfe defeats Montcalm on Plains of Abraham; Canada becomes English.`1759
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Name The Year: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, musical prodigy, composer, born.`1756
|
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Name The Year: Women get the vote in Turkey`1934
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Name The Year: Women in France allowed to vote for the first time.`1945
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Name The Year: Women's Equality Day.`1973
|
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Name The Year: Woodrow Wilson holds the first Presidential Press Conference.`1913
|
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Name The Year: Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie folk singer (This Land Is Your Land), born.`1912
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Name The Year: Woodstock festival begins in New York.`1969
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Name The Year: Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in New York State.`1969
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Name The Year: Woody Allen [Allen Stuart Konigsberg] (Zelig, Annie Hall, Manhattan Murder Mystery), born.`1935
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Name The Year: Woody Harrelson, actor.`1961
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Name The Year: Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side.`1933
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Name The Year: World Food Day.`1945
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Name The Year: World Health Organization is established.`1948
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Name The Year: World's first commercial cheese factory is established in Switzerland.`1815
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Name The Year: World's first nuclear powered ship, USS Nautilus.`1955
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Name The Year: World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales.`1872
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Name The Year: World's largest office building, Pentagon, completed`1943
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Name The Year: World War II ends in Europe. Nazis surrender to General Eisenhower at Reims, France.`1945
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Name The Year: Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva.`1863
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Name The Year: Worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl USSR, 31 die.`1986
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Name The Year: Wrestler Antonino Rocca dies at 49.`1975
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Name The Year: Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins the term "Pencil neck geek".`1953
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Name The Year: Writer Oscar Wilde is arrested`1895
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Name The Year: WW I Battle of Verdun begins.`1916
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Name The Year: WW II Gestapo official Adolf Eichmann hung in Israel.`1962
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Name The Year: WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect.`1952
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Name The Year: WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig.`1939
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Name The Year: "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll.`1942
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Name The Year: WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France.`1919
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Name The Year: Wynton Marsalis, New Orleans La, jazz trumpeter (Grammy 1983), born.`1961
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Name The Year: Yakut ASSR formed in Russian SFSR.`1922
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Name The Year: Yalta Conference agreed that Russia would enter WWII against Japan.`1945
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Name The Year: Yamaoka Tesshu Japanese swordsman, master of kendo, born. `1836
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Name The Year: Yannick Noah France, tennis player (French 1983), born.`1960
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Name The Year: Yasuhiro Nakasone elected PM of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki.`1982
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Name The Year: Yehudi Menuhin, violinist, born.`1916
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Name The Year: Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced.`1932
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Name The Year: Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day).`1962
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Name The Year: Yen Jo-chu, Chinese scholar of Ch'ing dynasty`1636
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Name The Year: Yevgeny V Khrunov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 5), born.`1933
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Name The Year: Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Prime Minister Golda Meir.`1974
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Name The Year: Yoko Ono (in Tokyo, Japan), singer, wife of John Lennon, born.`1933
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Name The Year: Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel.`1973
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Name The Year: Yom Kippur War ends - Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus.`1973
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Name The Year: Yosemite Valley is discovered in California.`1851
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Name The Year: "You Bet Your Life", with Groucho Marx, premieres on American ABC radio.`1947
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Name The Year: Yo-Yo Ma, cellist, born.`1955
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Name The Year: Yuan Shik-K'ai elected the first President of the Republic of China.`1912
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Name The Year: Yugoslavia adopts new constitution, becomes a federal republic.`1946
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Name The Year: (Yugoslavia) Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia.`1929
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Name The Year: Yugoslavia elects it's 1st president (Marshal Tito).`1953
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Name The Year: Yugoslav Republic Day.`1945
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Name The Year: Yul Brynner actor (King and I, 10 Commandments), born.`1920
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Name The Year: Yuri A. Gagarin becomes first man to orbit Earth aboard Vostok 1.`1961
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Name The Year: Yuri A. Gagarin, first man in orbit.`1961
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Name The Year: Yuri Gagarin, first man into space, born.`1934
|
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Name The Year: Yuri N. Glazkov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 24)`1939
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Name The Year: Yuri P. Artyukhin, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 14), born.`1930
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Name The Year: Yuri V. Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev.`1982
|
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Name The Year: Yuri V. Malyshev, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-2, T-11)`1941
|
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Name The Year: Yves Montand actor, dies at 70 from a heart attack.`1991
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Name The Year: Yves Montand actor (Lets Make Love, Z), dies at 70.`1991
|
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Name The Year: Yves Montand, France, actor/singer (Z, Napoleon), born.`1921
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Name The Year: Yves Saint-Laurent fashion designer (Opium, Obsession), born.`1936
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Name The Year: Yvonne De Carlo, Vancouver BC, actress (Lily Munster in the Munsters), born.`1922
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Name The Year: YWCA is founded in New York City.`1870
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Name The Year: Zaire (then Belgian Congo) gains independence from Belgium.`1960
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Name The Year: Zambia (N. Rhodesia) gains independence from Britain (National Day).`1964
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Name The Year: Zanzibar gains independence from Britain.`1963
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Name The Year: Zero Mostel, actor (Fiddler on the Roof), born.`1915
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Name The Year: Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop.`1990
|
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Name The Year: Zsa Zsa Gabor (in Budapest), actress, ex-con, born.`1919
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Name The Year: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto former Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan`1979
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name the yellow tellytubby`laa laa
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Name the Zerg ground unit that does explosive damage`Hydralisk
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Name the Zerg worker`Drone
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Name this 1960's female American folk singer`joan baez
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Name this dried seawood used in Japanese cookery`kombu
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Name this great American jazz drummer`buddy rich
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Name this independent sultanate of SE Arabia`oman
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Name this Johnny Depp movie`what's eating gilbert grape
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Name this song: 1, 2, 3 o'clock, 4 o'clock rock 5, 6, 7 o'clock, 8 o'clock rock... (Bill Haley)`rock around the clock
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Name this song: A church house, gin house, a school house, out house... (Tina Turner)`nutbush city limits
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Name this song: Ah well, bless my soul, what's wrong with me... (Elvis Presley)`all shook up
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Name this song: Almost heaven, west virginia, blue ridge mountains... (John Denver)`take me home country roads
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Name this song: It's 9 o'clock on a saturday... (Billy Joel)`piano man
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Name this song: It's late September & i really should be back at school... (Rod Stewart)`maggie may
|
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Name this song: On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, warm smell of colitas... (Eagles)`hotel california
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Name this song: The lights are on, but you're not home... (Robert Palmer)`addicted to love
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Name this song: There goes my baby, with someone new... (The Everley Bros)`bye bye love
|
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Name this song: There is a house in new orleans... (The Animals)`house of the rising sun
|
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Name this song: when i find myself in times of trouble, mother mary comes to me... (the beatles)`let it be
|
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Name this song: & when i go away, i know my heart can stay with.... (Paul McCartney)`my love
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Name this song: wise men say, only fool rush in, but i ... (elvis presley)`can't help falling in love
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Name this song: you always won, every time you placed a bet, you're still damn good, no one's gotten to you yet... (bob seger)`still the same
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Name this song: you know that it would be untrue, you know that i would be a liar... (the doors)`light my fire
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Name this song: you've got a cute way of talking, you've got the better of me... (leo sayer)`you make me feel like dancing
|
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Name three of the seven Duffs.`Surly, Remorseful, Tipsy, or Queasy
|
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Name three planets with rings`jupiter,saturn,uranus
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Name used interchangeably for a disease of rye, for the fungus causing the disease, for the sclerotium (compact hardened mycelium, or fruiting surface) of the fungus, & for the dried sclerotium, what contains certain valuable drugs`ergot
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Name used interchangeably for a disease of rye, for the fungus causing the disease, for the sclerotium (compact hardened mycelium, or fruiting surface) of the fungus, & for the dried sclerotium, which contains certain valuable drugs`ergot
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Name U S politics four Kennedy brothers`john, robert, ted & joe
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Name Violent Femmes Album: Songs: Hallowed Ground, Never Tell`hallowed ground
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name was also the movie title. Name her`roxanne
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Name Woody Allen's black and white romantic study of his home town`manhattan
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name would be tied intimately with the prohibition era, namely`al capone
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Namib is an example of which geographical feature`desert
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Nancy Cartwright and Yeardley Smith provide the voices for which brother and sister on television`bart & lisa simpson
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Nancy reagan`ronald and nancy reagan
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Nanotechnology has produced a guitar no bigger than a ______ `blood cell
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Nantucket Island is part of which American state`massachusetts
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napolean had his boots worn by ---------- to break them in before he wore them`servants
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Napolean's last battle`waterloo
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napoleon bonaparte died in 1942, 1945 or 1949`1945
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napoleon bonaparte died in 1945 of injuries sustained from tripping over his ______`dog's leash
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Napoleon Bonaparte's sister, ________, suffered from periodic bouts of nymphomania, and was said to favor lovers with large member. She became physically exhausted and suffered from "vaginal distress" after engaging in a yearlong affair with the overly endowed Nicholas Philippe Auguste de Forbin, an Italian painter. With her health at risk, she was finally persuaded by her physician to end the relationship.`Pauline
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Napoleon drew his battle plans in a`sand pit
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Napoleon had connections with three islands, he was imprisoned on Elba and died on St. Helena, where was he born?`Corsica
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Napoleon longed to cover Josephine with a thousand whats?`Kisses
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Napoleon's Horse`Marengo
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Napoleon's penis was sold to an American Urologist for?`$40,000
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Napoleon's ____ was sold to an American Urologist for $40,000.`penis
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Napoleon was a fearless soldier, but he had a manic phobia of`cats
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Napthalene is commonly found in what household item`mothballs
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Narcolepsy is the uncontrollable need to ______`sleep
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Narcotics were prohibited in the u.s in 1905, 1909 or 1914`1909
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narrative continues that of a preexisting work`sequel
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Narrow channel seperating European & Asian Turkey`dardanelles
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narrow saw on frame for cutting thin wood in patterns`fretsaw
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Narrow strip of cloth attached to a string round waist for covering genitals`g-string
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Narrow trench made by a plough`furrow
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Nashville is the capital of ______`tennessee
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nashville is the capital of what state`tennessee
|
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nassau is the capital of ______`bahamas
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Nassau is the capital of which country`Bahamas
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Nasser and King Farouk were heads of state of which country`Egypt
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Natalie Merchant used to sing with this band`10000 maniacs
|
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natasha and miranda richardson are sisters true or false`false
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Natasha Gurdin was the real name of which film actress`natalie wood
|
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National Anthems: ...At your feet, two oceans roar for your noble mission.`panama
|
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National Anthems: Fellow Slavs, the spirit of your ancient breed triumphs...`yugoslavia
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National Anthems: ...The hope of 2000 years, To be a free people in our land, the land of ...`israel
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National Anthems: ...The United Provinces of the South, their throne full of dignity opened...`argentina
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National Anthems: Yes,we love this country,as it arises rugged, storm-scarred, above the water...`norway
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National capitals: Costa Rica`san jose
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National capitals: Honduras`tegucigalpa
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National capitals:__________ is the capital of China (east asia)`bejing
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National capitals:__________ is the capital of Luxembourg (europe)`luxembourg
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National capitals:__________ is the capital of Mexico`mexico city
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National capitals:__________ is the capital of Morocco (africa)`rabat
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National capitals:__________ is the capital of Portugal (europe)`lisbon
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National capitals:__________ is the capital of United States`washington dc
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National capitals:__________ is the capital of Uruguay (south america)`montevideo
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National Invitational Tournament`nit
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nationality of boutros-boutros ghali`egyptian
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Nationality of Composer Johann Strauss The Younger`Austrian
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National park what telephone company calls itself "the right choice"`atandt
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Nations What actor was married to Carole Lombard between 1939 to 1942`clark gable
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native americans never actually ate---------- ; killing such a timid bird was thought to indicate laziness`turkey
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native americans never actually ate turkey; killing such a timid bird was thought to indicate----------`laziness
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Native of naples`neapolitan
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Natives of New Zealand are called what`maoris
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Native to, inhabiting, or formed by the sea: '------ animals.'`marine
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Nativity The birth of Jesus`nativities
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Nat King Cole died in which year`1965
|
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nato is short for`north atlantic treaty organization
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Natural Disasters: The world's worst epidemic, killing an estimated 75,000,000 people between 1347-1351 in Europe and Asia`Black Death
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Natural endowment or ability of a superior quality`talent
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natural formations that are reminiscent of something else, such as camel rock in new mexico, are known as`simulacra
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Natural gas has no`smell
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Natural History : Name the largest of the dinosaurs`brachiosaurus
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Natural History : The remains of prehistoric organisms that have been preserved in rocks are called ________`fossil
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Naturally occuring community of flora and fauna adapted to the conditions in which they occur`biome
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Naturally occuring sand & gravel mix, used in making concrete`ballast
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Naturally occurring oily, bituminous liquid composed of various organic chemicals`petroleum
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Naturally unafraid: not timid: The sea otter is gentle and relatively ---- (Peter Matthiessen)`tame
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Naturally unafraid: not timid: The sea otter is gentle and relatively tame (Peter Matthiessen)`tamable
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Natural Name the largest of the dinosaurs.`brachiosaurus
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Natural rubber usually comes from what source`trees
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Natural The remains of prehistoric organisms that have been preserved in rocks are called ________.`fossil
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Natural vanilla flavoring comes from this plant`orchid
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Natural vanilla flavoring comes from this plant`The orchid
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Nature : A calm ocean region near the equator`doldrum
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Nature : A coral island consisting of a ring of rock enclosing a central lagoon is a(n) ________`atoll
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Nature : A group of gorillas is known as a ___________`band
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Nature : A group of kangaroos is known as a _______`troop
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Nature : A hot spring which shoots steam into the air is a _______`geyser
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Nature : An animal is a bird if it has _______`feathers
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Nature : An animal is a fish if it has _________`gill
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Nature : A one-humped camel is called a _________`dromedary
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Nature : A relationship between two different types of organism which live together for their mutual benefit`symbiosis
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Nature : A "sirocco" refers to a type of`wind
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Nature : A terrapin is a type of _________`turtle
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Nature : Corolla, filament and stigma are parts of a(n) _________`flower
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Nature : Dense sea-water swamps along coasts of hot countries are called ________`mangrove
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Nature : Dogs bark. What do donkeys do`bray
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Nature : Excluding man, what is the longest-lived land mammal`elephant
|
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Nature : Fandible, lateral line, and dorsal fin are parts of a(n) ________`fish
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Nature : From what animal is "ambergis" obtained`sperm whale
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Nature : How man legs does a crab have`ten
|
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Nature : How many teats does a cow have`four
|
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Nature : How many tentacles does a squid have`ten
|
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Nature : Imperial, Buck, and Luna are types of _________`moth
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Nature : Knife, Clown, and Pencil are types of __________`fish
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NATURE:Larva of the cranefly`Leatherjacket
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Nature : Linseed oil is obtained from the seed of which plant`flax
|
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Nature : Maxillary palps, abdomen, and metathorax are parts of a(n) ________`insect
|
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Nature : Name the fastest land animal over a prolonged distance (1,000 yd. plus)`antelope
|
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Nature : Name the heaviest breed of domestic dog`bernard
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Nature : Name the heaviest flying bird of prey`condor
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Nature : Name the largest living bird`ostrich
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Nature : Name the largest web-footed bird`albatross
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Nature : Name the longest venomous snake`cobra
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Nature : Name the mammal living at the highest altitude`yak
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Nature : Name the most venomous spider`black widow
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Nature : Name the only native North American marsupial`opossum
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Nature : Name the slowest moving land mammal`sloth
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Nature : Name the smallest breed of dog`chihuahua
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Nature : Name the wild dogs of Australia`dingo
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Nature : Paper is made from the pulp of`wood
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Nature : Snakes are reptiles. What are frogs`amphibians
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Nature : Some animals spend the winter in a sleep-like state known as _________`hibernation
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Nature : The "canebrake", "timber" and "pygmy" are types of what`rattlesnake
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Nature : The fins of which fish are made into a soup`shark
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Nature : The four stages in the life-cycle of an insect are: egg, adult, pupa, and ________`larva
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Nature : The koala bear eats the leaves from this tree`eucalyptus
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Nature : These marine crustaceans often attach themselves to the hulls of ships`barnacle
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Nature : This animal is armed with bony plates and rolls up into a ball if frightened`armadillo
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Nature : This animal is kept as a house pet to kill cobras`mongoose
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Nature : This animal is normally measured in "hands"`horse
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Nature : This animal is the symbol of the U.S. Democratic Party`donkey
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Nature : This animal is the symbol of the U.S. Republican Party`elephant
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Nature : This animal's name is the same as that given to a high church official`cardinal
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Nature : This animal's shell is used to make attractive jewelry`abalone
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Nature : This bird lays its eggs in the nests of other birds`cuckoo
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Nature : This is the largest of the deer family`moose
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Nature : This is the main food of the blue whale`plankton
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Nature : This is the only mammal with four knees`elephant
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Nature : This order of insects contains the most species`beetle
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Nature : This organic gem is a deep red secretion from a marine animal`coral
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Nature : This small animal is trained to hunt rats and rabbits`ferret
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Nature : This two ton animal can gallop at over 50 miles an hour`rhinoceros
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Nature : This ugly creature has patches of red on his rear-end`mandrill
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Nature : This ugly creature has patches of red on his rear-end`mandrill start
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Nature : Walrus tusks are made of ________`ivory
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Nature : What are the pouched animals called`marsupials
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Nature : What bird is an excellent swimmer, but can't fly`penguin
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Nature : What does a camel store in its hump`fat
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Nature : What fish is the fastest`sailfish
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Nature : What is a group of larks called`exaltation
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Nature : What is a group of peacocks called`muster
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Nature : What is a male goose called`gander
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Nature : What is a male swan called`cob
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Nature : What is a male swine called`boar
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Nature : What is an emasculated stallion called`gelding
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Nature : What is another term for a black leopard`panther
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Nature : What is a young goose called`gosling
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Nature : What is a young swan called`cygnet
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Nature : What is the horn of a rhinoceros made of`hair
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Nature : What is the only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue`chow
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Nature : What is the world's longest snake`python
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Nature : What large herbivore sleeps only one hour a night`antelope
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Nature : What name is given to a female calf`heifer
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Nature : What plant is opium derived from`poppy
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Nature : What travels in gaggles`geese
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Nature : What type of animal is a wallaby`kangaroo
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Nature : What type of animal lives in a formicary`ant
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Nature : What word is used for a female fox`vixen
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Nature : What word is used for a female sheep`ewe
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Nature : What word is used for a male ass (Other than that the word used for that `$^`&%@! ex-boyfriend`jack
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Nature : What word is used for a male deer`buck
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Nature : What word is used for a male duck`drake
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Nautical. A barge or boat equipped with a dredge`dredger
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Nautical. A bilge`bulge
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Nautical. A cabin on the after part of the quarterdeck of a ship`roundhouse
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Nautical. A cord or canvas strap used to secure a furled sail to a yard boom or gaff`gasket
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Nautical. A heavy fitting of metal or wood with two jaws curving inward, through which a rope or cable may be run`chock
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Nautical. A long light ship's boat, usually reserved for use by the ship's captain`gig
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Nautical. A long light ship's boat, usually reserved for use by the ship's captain`gigged
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Nautical. A long tapering spar slung to a mast to support and spread the head of a square sail, lugsail, or lateen`yard
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Nautical. An exterior covering on the underwater part of a ship's hull that protects it against marine growths`sheathings
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Nautical. A ring on a stay attached to the head of a jib or staysail`hank
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Nautical. A room in a ship used as living quarters by an officer or passenger`cabin
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Nautical. A rope for holding down the weather clew of a course`tack
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Nautical. A ship employed in foreign trade`trader
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Nautical. A spar attached to the mast and used to extend the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail`gaffed
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Nautical. A spar attached to the mast and used to extend the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail`gaffing
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Nautical. A strong rope that serves to steady and support the mainmast of a sailing vessel`mainstay
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Nautical. A thwart in a boat`bench
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Nautical. At or toward the upper rigging`aloft
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Nautical. A vessel attendant on other vessels, especially one that ferries supplies between ship and shore`tender
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Nautical. Below the water line of a vessel`underwater
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Nautical. Either of two lights, red to port, green to starboard, shown by ships at night`sidelight
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Nautical. The effect of the helm on a ship`steerage
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Nautical. The part of a ship at which the prow joins the keel`forefoot
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Nautical. To equip (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards`rig
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Nautical. To equip (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards`rigged
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Nautical. To equip (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards`rigging
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Nautical. To make (a boat) watertight by packing seams with a waterproof material, such as oakum or pitch`calked
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Nautical. To make (a boat) watertight by packing seams with a waterproof material, such as oakum or pitch`caulked
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Nautical. To provide (a ship) with interior planking or lining`ceiling
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Nautical. To take in (a sail) so that less canvas is exposed to the wind, thereby reducing speed`shorten
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Naval escort vessel`frigate
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Naval officer ranking next above cadet`midshipman
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Navy ranks: Stars a 'commodore' has`1
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Navy ranks: stars an admiral has`4
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Navy ranks: stars a 'rear admiral' has`2
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Nazi secret police`gestapo
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n boy meets world,what is the crazy older brother's name?`Eric
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ncaa: in what year was the first men's volleyball championship held?`1970
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NCAA: In what year was the Heisman Memorial Trophy first awarded`1935
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Ncaa: what team lost the men's basketball championship in 1985`georgetown
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Ncaa: what team won the men's basketball championship game in 1976`indiana
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Ncaa: which team lost the men's basketball championship in 1955`la salle
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Ncaa: who was the mvp in the men's basketball championship game in 1976`kent benson
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Ncaa: who were the finalists in the men's basketball championship in 1947`holy cross & oklahoma
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Ncaa: who were the finalists in the men's basketball championship in 1948`kentucky & baylor
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ncaa: who won 6 out of the first 7 men's voleyball national championships`ucla
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ncaa: who won the first 5 national championships in swimming and diving?`michigan
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ndjamena is the capital of ______`chad
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N'Djamena is the capital of which African country`chad
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Nearly a quarter of all human bones can be found in the`feet
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Nearly a third of all bottled drinking water purchased in the US is contaminated with _________`bacteria
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Nearly __% of workplace romances lead to marriage or a long-term relationship, according to a survey done by the American Management Association.`40
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Near or nearer to the end: 'the ------ part of the book.'`latter
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Near-sighted model, Grace Robin was the first to show off contact lenses in`1930
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nearsighted mr. magoo was voiced by which actor, who went on to sitcom fame`jim backus
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Near to which town were jaffa oranges first cultivated`jaffa
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Near what falls did jimmy angel crash his plane in 1937`angel falls
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Near what river is the temple of karnak`nile
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Near which Chinese City is the famous Terracotta Army to be found`xian
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Near which city is Copacabana Beach`rio de janeiro
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Near which French town did St. Bernadette have her vision of the Virgin Mary`lourdes
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Near which German town would you find Fredrick the Great's retreat, Shloss Sanssouci`potsdam
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Near which town in New Mexico is a U.F.O. believed by some to have crashed in 1947`roswell
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Neat: trim`feat
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Nebraska what is the mascot of the u.s naval academy`goat
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Nebuchadnezzer, rehoboam and jeroboam are all sizes of what`champagne bottles
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Nebulaphobia is the fear of`fog
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Necessary to the continuation of life: life-sustaining: 'a ----- organ: ----- nutrients.'`vital
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Neck-ties were first worn in what country`croatia
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necrophobia is a fear of`dead`flight
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Necrophobia is a fear of ______`dead things
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Necrophobia is the fear of`death
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Neds atomic dustbin asks the question are you`normal
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Needed to achieve a certain result or effect: requisite: 'the --------- tools.'`necessary
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Needlessly wordy or repetitive in expression: 'a student paper filled with --------- phrases.'`redundant
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Needless or superfluous: 'These are ------ words.'`wasted
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Needless profusion of words: prolixity`diffusion
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Needlework in which this stitch is used`hemstitch
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Needlework of hooked yarn producing lacy patterned fabric`crochet
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Negatives what is the term for the union of two dissimilar sexual cells or gametes to form a new individual`fertilisation
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Neglect in preventing or reporting a felony or treason by one not an accessory`misprision
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Negligee derives from the French word meaning`Neglected
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Negligence derives from the French word meaning`Neglected
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Neighboring: adjacent`contiguous
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Neighbors Were Frank And Irene Lorenzo`Archie Bunker's
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neighbors were frank & irene lorenzo`archie bunker's
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neighbours & home & away come from what country`australia
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Neil diamond wrote this song which was covered by tony tribe`red red wine
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Neil Young album containing "Old Man" and "Needle and the Damage Done"`harvest
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Neither active nor passive: intransitive. Used of verbs`neuter
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Nelophobia is the fear of`glass
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Neopharmaphobia is the fear of`new drugs
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Neophobia is the fear of`anything new
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nephew and companion of hercules on hercules' 12 labors`iolaus
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nephew & companion of hercules on hercules' 12 labors`iolaus
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Nephophobia is the fear of`clouds
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Nephrite is a variety of which substance`jade
|
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Neptune is _________ million kilometres from the Sun`4,500
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Neptune was the roman god of the ______`sea
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nerve gas that goldfinger intended to spray in the atmosphere above fort knox`delta nine`delta 9
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nerve gas that goldfinger intended to spray in the atmosphere above fort knox`delta nine`johnson
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Nervous and excited`aflutter
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Nervous: apprehensive: Camps got shot up all the time, but if there wasn't a shoot-up, they'd get antsy (Harper's)`antsier
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nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of`rocking`booth
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Nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of ______`rocking chairs
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Nervous: jittery`twitchier
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Ness What are panatelas`cigars
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NetHack: Never put this wand in your Bag of Holding!`cancellation
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NetHack: The genre of games which NetHack belongs to is called that`roguelike games
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NetHack: This beast can help you identify your gems`unicorn
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NetHack: This tool will instantly get your pets around you.`magic whistle
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NetHack: Wizards always start the game with this weapon.`athame
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NetHack: You can always buy these items in Minetown.`candles
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NetHack: You cannot enter shops while carrying this tool.`pick-axe
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Neture : What do oak trees grow from`acorns
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Nevada's Second Gambling City After Las Vegas`Lake Tahoe
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Neve campbell and courtney cox are terrorized by a murderous horror movie fan in what movie`scream
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---------- never gamble`eskimos
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Never having been used`unused
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"Never Say Never,"`Romeo Void
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Never to be forgotten: everlasting: '-------- words.'`immortal
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never to much was a hit for which soul singer`luther vandross
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Never wearying: tireless. tireless`unwearied
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---------- newborn babies will be dropped in the next month`2,500
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newcastle residents are called`novocastrians
|
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New Delhi is the capital of ______`india
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New Jersey has a spoon featuring over _________spoons from every state & almost every country`five thousand four hundred
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New jersey has a spoon featuring over _________spoons from every state and almost every country`five thousand four hundred
|
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New Jersey?"`Wiseguys
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Newkirk c3p0 is the first character to speak in which film`star wars
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Newly successful arrogant person`upstart
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'New Miserable Experience' was which group's first album in 1993`Gin
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'new miserable experience' was which group's first album in 1993`gin blossoms
|
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New Order song, perhaps about a colorful day of the week`blue monday
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New Orleans first mardi gras celebration was held in what year`1826
|
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New Orleans: "Laissez les bon temps rouler", one of N.O.'s mottos, means this`let the good times roll
|
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New Orleans: These buildings bordering Jackson Square are the oldest apt bldgs. in the US`pontalba apartments
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New Orleans: This is the largest housing project in the US-- located in New Orleans`desire housing project
|
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New Orleans: This open air market in the Vieux Carre is more like a huge garage sale`the french market
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NEWS 2002: Name of the defeated French Prime Minister who announced his retirement from politics following the success of the far-right in the presidential elections`Lionel Jospin
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NEWS 2002: Name of the TV presenter caught "distracting" the England Football coach Sven-Goran Eriksson in the run up to the world cup`Ulrika jonsson
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NEWS 2002: Name the first man to appear on the cover of Marie Claire`David Beckham
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NEWS 2002: The arts, Name of the autobiographical musical by Boy George`Taboo
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NEWS 2002: What is the Queen celebrating this year`Golden Jubilee
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NEWS 2002: Which French politician caused shock waves across Europe by coming second in the first round of the French Presidential elections`Jean-Marie Le Pen
|
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NEWS 2002: Which tv company went into receivership after its 178.5million deal with the Football League hit trouble`ITV Digital
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NEWS 2002: Who succeeded William Hague as leader of the Conservative party`Iain Duncan Smith
|
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Newtlike amphibian formerly supposed to live in fire`salamander
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newton's tome on the explanation of physical laws is the`principia mathematica
|
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New Year's Eve, or December 31st, is dedicated to which saint`st sylvester
|
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New year's eve, or december 31st, is dedicated to which saint`st sylvester`saint sylvester
|
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New York City contains ________ kilometres of shoreline`nine hundred & twenty
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New York City contains ________ kilometres of shoreline`nine hundred & twenty`920
|
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New york has the longest subway system in ______`north america
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new york paris london munich everyones talking about`pop music
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New York's Central Park opened in`1876
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New york's first St. Patrick's day parade was held on what date`march 17, 1762
|
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New York's Saratoga Springs is home to the ________ Hall of Fame`Horse Racing
|
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New York was once`new amsterdam
|
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New Zealand's first hospital was opened in`1843
|
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New Zealand's National Day, the 6th February, is named after a Treaty of 1840. What is the day called`waitangi day
|
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New Zealand's Rugby team is know as the __________________.`All Blacks
|
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New Zealand was discovered by whom`abel tasman
|
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Next in time, space, or order: immediately afterward: 'watched the late movie and ---- went to bed.'`then
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Next Lyric: (4 words) We are the ones who make a brighter day`so lets start givin
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Next Lyric: (4 words) When life is too much...`roll with it baby
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Next Lyric: (5 words) I chew my nails, then I twiddle my thumbs. I'm real nervous...`but it sure is fun
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Next Lyric: (5 words) Sex is natural. Sex is fun. Sex is best...`when its one on one
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Next Lyric: (6 words) ABC, easy as 1,2,3...`or simple as do re mi
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Next Lyric: (6 words) From a distance, you look like my friend...`even though we are at war
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Next Lyric: (6 words) Moon river, wider than a mile...`im crossing you in style someday
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Next Lyric: (7 words) Is this the little girl I carried...`is this the little boy at play
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Next to: alongside of: 'stood ---- the rabbi: sat ---- the family.'`with
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Next to or lower than in order or importance`after
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ngrophobia is a fear of ____`becoming angry
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nhl goalie who had the most penalty shots scored on him in 1990-91 (2)?.`jacques cloutier
|
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Nicholson what u.s president's home is located in columbia, tennessee`james polk
|
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Nick Cave's original band was called (2 possible answers):`the boys next door
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Nicknamed "Bocephus", he was a hit with the rednecks in Dexter's high school`hank williams jr
|
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Nickname Is 'The Canaries'`Norwich City
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Nickname Is 'The Villains'`Aston Villa
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nickname of the vancouver team who won the stanley cup in 1914-1915`millionaires
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Nicknames: Adam Horovitz's nickname`king adrock
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Nicknames: "Antonio Loco"`tone loc
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Nicknames: "Captain Fingers`lee ritenour
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Nicknames: "Clyde" (Commodores)`william orange
|
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Nicknames: "Crash"`billy craddock
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Nicknames: "Disco's Aphrodite"`donna summer
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Nicknames: Jumpin' Gene"`gene simmons
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Nicknames: "King of Jazz"`duke ellington
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Nicknames: "King of Swing"`goodman
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Nicknames: Musical Nicknames:"The Untouchable Sound"`bill blacks combo
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Nicknames: "Pearl"`janis joplin
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Nicknames: Richard Wayne Penniman's nickname`little richard
|
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Nicknames: Stanley Kirk Bunrell's nickname.`hammer
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Nicknames: "Th Boss"`bruce springsteen
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Nicknames: "The King"`elvis presley
|
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Nicknames: "The Man in Black"`johnny cash
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Nicknames: "The Practitioners of Pap," according to many critics.`chicago
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Nicknames: "The Reggae Rapper"`snow
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Nicknames: "The Rhinestone Cowboy"`glen campbell
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Nicknames: "The Tennessee Plowboy"`eddy arnold
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Nicknames: "The Untouchable Sound"`bill blacks combo
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Nickname Was 'Babe'`Mildred Ella Didrikson
|
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Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy star in this 1982 film`48 Hours
|
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Nicole's number one won the Eurovision Song Contest for which country`germany
|
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Nicosia is the capital of ______`cyprus
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Nicosia is the capital of which island`cyprus
|
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Nicotinic acid is listed on breakfast cereal boxes as`niacin
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Nigella Lawson has a regular column in which newspaper`the observer
|
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Night Court: harry had a statue of what animal in his office`armidillo
|
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Night Court: what was bull's iq`181
|
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Night Court: who was harry's idol`mel torme
|
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Night live to where did jackie gleason move his 1960's variety series`miami
|
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"Night of he Hunter' was the only film directed by which actor`charles laughton
|
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Night of the Hunter was the only film directed by which actor`charles laughton
|
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Night Ranger hit from a movie with the same title`the secret of my success
|
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Niklaus Wirth developed which programming language in 1968`pascal
|
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Nimble with the hands or body: dexterous`clever
|
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nina post and louise gordon of which group released 'seether' off 'american thighs' in 1994`veruca`browne
|
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Nina Post and Louise Gordon of which group released 'Seether' off 'American Thighs' in 1994`Veruca Salt
|
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Ninety eight per cent of the weight of water is made up from`oxygen
|
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Ninth month of Muslim year`ramadan
|
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Ninth planet from the sun & outermost known member of the solar system`pluto
|
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Ninth sign of the Zodiac`sagittarius
|
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Nirvana: Chris Novoselic changed his first name to this.`krist
|
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Nirvana: Dave Grohl formed this band after Nirvana.`foo fighters
|
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Nirvana: Kurt Cobain was born in this small Washington town.`aberdeen
|
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Nirvana's first album was called:`bleach
|
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Nirvana: The band was formed in this city.`seattle
|
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Nirvana: This song appears on both _Bleach_ and _Incesticide_`downer
|
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Nitrogen, a poisonous gas, makes up 78% of the that we breathe`air
|
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nitroglycerin is used to relieve _____ pain`angina
|
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Nitroglycerin was developed by`ascanio sobrero
|
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Nitrous oxide is better known as __________.`laughing gas
|
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Nitrous oxide is better known as `laughing gas
|
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Nitrous oxide is better known as`Laughing gas
|
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Niveveh and Assur were cities of which empire`assyrian
|
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Nixon what hans christian andersen fairy tale character is immortalized in a famous statue in copenhagen's harbor`the little mermaid
|
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nobel laureate and leader of the opposition in her country. husband died in mid-1999`aung san suu-kyi`aung san suu kyi
|
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Nobel Prizes: 1st Black American To Win Nobel P Prize`Ralph Bunche
|
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Nobel Prizes: Austrian Physicist And Nobel Laureate, Best Known For His Mathematical Studies Of The Wave Mechanics Of Orbiting Electrons`Schrodinger
|
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Nobel Prizes: Burmese Politician And Recipient Of The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize`Aung San Suu Kyi
|
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Nobel Prizes: He Received The Nobel Peace Prize In 1964 For His Civil Rights Leadership`Martin Luther King Jr
|
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Nobel Prizes: In 1833 Ernesto __________ Moneta, Italian Journalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1907) Born`Teodoro
|
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Nobel Prizes: In 1833 Ernesto Teodoro__________, Italian Journalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1907) Born`Moneta
|
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Nobel Prizes: In 1853 Wilhelm__________, German Physical Chemist (Nobel 1909)`Ostwald
|
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Nobel Prizes: In 1861 __________ Nansen, Norwegian Arctic Explorer, Humanitarian (Nobel 1922), Born`Fridtjof
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Nobel Prizes: In 1863 International Committee Of The __________ Is Founded (Nobel 1917,1944,1963)`Red Cross
|
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Nobel Prizes: In 1870 __________ Perrin, French Physicist, Studied Brownian Motion (Nobel 1926)`Jean
|
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Nobel Prizes: In 1888 Eugene __________, Playwright (Desire Under The Elms) (Nobel 1936)`O'neill
|
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Nobel Prizes: In 1888 __________ O'neill, Playwright (Desire Under The Elms) (Nobel 1936)`Eugene
|
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Nobel Prizes: In 1888 T.S.__________, Anglican, Playwright (Waste Land) (Nobel 1948), Born`Eliot
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Nobel Prizes: In 1892 __________ Andric, Yugoslav Novelist (Bridge On The Drina) (Nobel '61), Born`Ivo
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Nobel Prizes: In 1892 Ivo__________, Yugoslav Novelist (Bridge On The Drina) (Nobel '61), Born`Andric
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Nobel Prizes: In 1896 Alfred __________ Dies: Swedish Nobel Prize Ceremony On This Date`Nobel
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Nobel Prizes: In 1906 Pres. Theodore __________ (First American) Awarded Nobel Peace Prize`Roosevelt
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Nobel Prizes: In 1911 William _______, English Novelist (Lord Of The Flies) (Nobel 1983), Born`Golding
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Nobel Prizes: In 1913 Willy ______ (Sd), Chancellor Of West Germany (1969-74) (Nobel '71), Born`Brandt
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Nobel Prizes: In 1960 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Willard Frank Libby For His Method To Use Carbon-14 For Age Determination In Archaeology, Geology, Geophysics, And Other Branches Of`Science
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Nobel Prizes: In 1960 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Saint-John Perse (Pen-Name Of Alexis L ger), For The Soaring Flight And The Evocative Imagery Of His Poetry Which In A Visionary Fashion Reflects The`Conditions Of Our Time
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Nobel Prizes: In 1960 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Given To Donald A. Glaser For The Invention Of The Bubble`Chamber
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Nobel Prizes: In 1960 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet And Sir Peter Brian Medawar For Discovery Of Acquired Immunological`Tolerance
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Nobel Prizes: In 1961 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Melvin Calvin For His Research On The Carbon Dioxide Assimilation In`Plants
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Nobel Prizes: In 1961 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Ivo Andri'c For The Epic Force With Which He Has Traced Themes And Depicted Human Destinies Drawn From The History Of`His Country
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Nobel Prizes: In 1961 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Georg Von B k sy For His Discoveries Of The Physical Mechanism Of Stimulation Within The`Cochlea
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Nobel Prizes: In 1962 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Divided Equally Between Max Ferdinand Perutz And Sir John Cowdery Kendrew For Their Studies Of The Structures Of Globular`Proteins
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Nobel Prizes: In 1962 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To John Steinbeck For His Realistic And Imaginative Writings, Combining As They Do Sympathetic Humour And Keen`Social Perception
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Nobel Prizes: In 1963 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Divided Equally Between Karl Ziegler And Giulio Natta For Their Discoveries In The Field Of The Chemistry And Technology Of High`Polymers
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Nobel Prizes: In 1963 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Giorgos Seferis (Alias Seferiadis) For His Eminent Lyrical Writing, Inspired By A Deep Feeling For The Hellenic`World Of Culture
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Nobel Prizes: In 1963 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Divided, One Half Being Awarded To Eugene P. Wigner For His Contributions To The Theory Of The Atomic Nucleus And The Elementary Particles, Particularly Through The Discovery And Application Of Fundamental Symmetry Principles And The Other Half Jointly To Maria Goeppert-Mayer And J.Hans D. Jensen For Their Discoveries Concerning Nuclear`Shell Structure
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Nobel Prizes: In 1964 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin For Her Determinations By X-Ray Techniques Of The Structures Of Important Biochemical`Substances
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Nobel Prizes: In 1964 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Divided, One Half Being Awarded To Charles H. Townes, The Other Half Jointly To Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov And Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov For Fundamental Work In The Field Of Quantum Electronics, Which Has Led To The Construction Of Oscillators And Amplifiers Based On The Maser-Laser`Principle
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Nobel Prizes: In 1964 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Konrad Bloch And Feodor Lynen For Their Discoveries Concerning The Mechanism And Regulation Of The Cholesterol And`Fatty Acid Metabolism
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Nobel Prizes: In 1965 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Robert Burns Woodward For His Outstanding Achievements In The Art Of`Organic Synthesis
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Nobel Prizes: In 1965 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov For The Artistic Power And Integrity With Which, In His Epic Of The Don, He Has Given Expression To A Historic Phase In The Life Of`The Russian People
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Nobel Prizes: In 1965 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Francois Jacob, Andr Lwoff And Jacoues Monod For Their Discoveries Concerning Genetic Control Of Enzyme And`Virus Synthesis
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Nobel Prizes: In 1966 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Robert S. Mulliken For His Fundamental Work Concerning Chemical Bonds And The Electronic Structure Of Molecules By The Molecular Orbital`Method
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Nobel Prizes: In 1966 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Divided Equally Between Shmuel Yosef Agnon For His Profoundly Characteristic Narrative Art With Motifs From The Life Of The Jewish People And Nelly Sachs For Her Outstanding Lyrical And Dramatic Writing, Which Interprets Israel's Destiny With`Touching Strength
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Nobel Prizes: In 1966 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Given To Alfred Kastler For The Discovery And Development Of Optical Methods For Studying Hertzian Resonances In`Atoms
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Nobel Prizes: In 1966 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Peyton Rous For His Discovery Of Tumorinducing Viruses And The Other Half To Charles Brenton Huggins For His Discoveries Concerning Hormonal Treatment Of`Prostatic Cancer
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Nobel Prizes: In 1967 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Divided, One Half Being Awarded To Manfred Eigen And The Other Half Jointly To Ronald George Wreyford Norrish And Lord George Porter For Their Studies Of Extremely Fast Chemical Reactions, Effected By Disturbing The Equlibrium By Means Of Very Short`Pulses Of Energy
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Nobel Prizes: In 1967 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Miguel Angel For His Vivid Literary Achievement, Deep-Rooted In The National Traits And Traditions Of`Indian Peoples Of Latin America
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Nobel Prizes: In 1967 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Given To Hans Albrecht Bethe For His Contributions To The Theory Of Nuclear Reactions, Especially His Discoveries Concerning The Energy Production In`Stars
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Nobel Prizes: In 1967 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Ragnar Grant, Haldan Keffer Hartline And George Wald For Their Discoveries Concerning The Primary Physiological And Chemical Visual Processes In The`Eye
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Nobel Prizes: In 1968 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Lars Onsager For The Discovery Of The Reciprocal Relations Bearing His Name, Which Are Fundamental For The Thermodynamics Of Irreversible`Processes
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Nobel Prizes: In 1968 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Yasunari Kawabata For His Narrative Mastery, Which With Great Sensibility Expresses The Essence Of The`Japanese Mind
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Nobel Prizes: In 1968 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Given To Luis W. Alvarez For His Decisive Contributions To Elementary Particle Physics, In Particular The Discovery Of A Large Number Of Resonance States, Made Possible Through His Development Of The Technique Of Using Hydrogen Bubble Chamber And`Data Analysis
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Nobel Prizes: In 1968 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Robert W. Holley, Har Gobind Khorana And Marshall W. Nirenberg For Their Interpretation Of The Genetic Code And Its Function In Protein`Synthesis
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Nobel Prizes: In 1969 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Divided Equally Between Sir Derek H.R. Baron And Odd Hassel For Their Contributions To The Development Of The Concept Of Conformation And Its Application In`Chemistry
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Nobel Prizes: In 1969 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Samuel Beckett For His Writing, Which - In New Forms For The Novel And Drama - In The Destitution Of Modern Man Acquires Its`Elevation
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Nobel Prizes: In 1969 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Given To Murray Gell-Mann For His Contributions And Discoveries Concerning The Classification Of Elementary Particles And Their`Interactions
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Nobel Prizes: In 1969 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Max Delbr ck, Alfred D. Hershey And Salvador E. Luria For Their Discoveries Concerning The Replication Mechanism And The Gentic Structure Of`Viruses
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Nobel Prizes: In 1970 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Luis F. Leloir For His Discovery Of Sugar Nucleotides And Their Role In The Biosynthesis Of`Carbohydrates
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Nobel Prizes: In 1970 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn For The Ethical Force With Which He Has Pursued The Indispensable Traditions Of`Russian Literature
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Nobel Prizes: In 1970 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Divided Equally Between Hannes Alfven For Fundamental Work And Discoveries In Magneto-Hydrodynamics With Fruitful Applications In Different Parts Of Plasma Physics And Louis N el For Fundamental Work And Discoveries Concerning Antiferromagnetism And Ferrimagnetism Which Have Led To Important Applications In`Solid State Physics
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Nobel Prizes: In 1970 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Sir Bernard Katz, Ulf Von Euler And Julius Axelrod For Their Discoveries Concerning The Humoral Transmittors In The Nerve Terminals And The Mechanism For Their Storage, Release And`Inactivation
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Nobel Prizes: In 1971 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Gerhard Herzberg For His Contributions To The Knowledge Of Electronic Stucture And Geometry Of Molecules, Particularly`Free Radicals
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Nobel Prizes: In 1971 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Pablo Neruda For A Poetry That With The Action Of An Elemental Force Brings Alive A Continent's Destiny And`Dreams
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Nobel Prizes: In 1971 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Given To Dennis Gabor For His Invention And Development Of The Holographic`Method
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Nobel Prizes: In 1972 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Heinrich B ll For His Writing Which Through Its Combination Of A Broad Perspective On His Time And A Sensitive Skill In Characterization Has Contributed To A Renewal Of`German Literature
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Nobel Prizes: In 1972 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Gerald M. Edelman And Rodney R. Porter For Their Discoveries Concerning The Chemical Structure Of`Antibodies
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Nobel Prizes: In 1973 Henry __________ And Le Duc Tho Jointly Awarded Nobel Peace Prize`Kissinger
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Nobel Prizes: In 1973 Henry Kissinger And Le Duc ___ Jointly Awarded Nobel Peace Prize`Tho
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Nobel Prizes: In 1973 Henry Kissinger And Le ___ Tho Jointly Awarded Nobel Peace Prize`Duc
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Nobel Prizes: In 1973 __________ Kissinger And Le Duc Tho Jointly Awarded Nobel Peace Prize`Henry
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Nobel Prizes: In 1973 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Divided Equally Between Ernst Ott Fischer And Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson For Their Pioneering Work, Performed Independently, On The Chemistry Of The Organometallic, So Called Sandwich`Compounds
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Nobel Prizes: In 1973 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Patrick White For An Epic And Psychological Narrative Art Which Has Introduced A New Continent`Into Literature
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Nobel Prizes: In 1973 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Karl Von Frisch, Konrad Lorenz And Nikolaas Tinbergen For Their Discoveries Concerning Organisation And Elicitation Of Individual And Social`Behaviour Patterns
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Nobel Prizes: In 1974 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Divided Equally Between Eyvind Johnson For A Narrative Art, Farseeing In Lands And Ages, In The Ice Of Freedom And Harry Martinson For Writings That Catch The Dewdrop And`Reflect The Cosmos
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Nobel Prizes: In 1974 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Awarded Jointly To Sir Martin Ryle And Antony Hewish For Their Pioneering Research In Radio Astrophysics Ryle For His Obations And Inventions, In Particular Of The Aperture Synthesis Technique, And Hewish For His Decisive Role In The Discovery Of`Pulsars
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Nobel Prizes: In 1974 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Albert Claude, Christian De Duve And George E. Palada For Their Discoveries Concerning The Structural And Functional Organisation Of The`Cell
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Nobel Prizes: In 1975 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Divided Equally Between Sir John Warcup Cornforth For His Work On The Stereochemistry Of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions And Vladimir Prelog For His Research Into The Stereochemistry Of Organic Molecules And`Reactions
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Nobel Prizes: In 1975 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco And Howard Martin Temin For Their Discoveries Concerning The Interaction Between Tumour Viruses And The Genetic Material Of`The Cell
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Nobel Prizes: In 1976 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To William N. Lipscomb For His Studies On The Structure Of Boranes Illuminating Problems Of Chemical`Bonding
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Nobel Prizes: In 1976 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Saul Bellow For The Human Understanding And Subtle Analysis Of Contemporary Culture That Are`Combined In His Work
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Nobel Prizes: In 1976 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Divided Equally Between Burton Richter And Samule C.C. Ting For Their Pioneering Work In The Discovery Of A Heavy Elementary Particle Of A New`Kind
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Nobel Prizes: In 1977 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Ilya Prigogine For His Contributions To Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, Particularly The Theory Of Dissipative`Structures
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Nobel Prizes: In 1977 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Vicente Aleixandre For A Creative Poetic Writing Which Illuminates Man's Condition In The Cosmos And In Present-Day Society, At The Same Time Representing The Great Renewal Of The Traditions Of`Spanish Poetry
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Nobel Prizes: In 1977 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Divided Equally Between: Philip W. Anderson, Sir Nevill F. Mott And John H. Van Vleck For Their Fundamental Theoretical Investigations Of The Electronic Structure Of Magnetic And Disordered`Systems
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Nobel Prizes: In 1977 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Divided Equally, One Half Awarded Jointly To Roger Guillemin And Andrew V. Schally For Their Discoveries Concerning The Peptide Hormone Production Of The Brain And The Other Half Awarded To Rosalyn Yalow For The Development Of Radioimmunoassays Of`Peptide Hormones
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Nobel Prizes: In 1978 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Peter D. Mitchell For His Contribution To The Understanding Of Biological Energy Transfer Through The Formulation Of The Chemiosmotic`Theory
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Nobel Prizes: In 1978 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To For His Impassioned Narrative Art Which, With Roots In A Polish-Jewish Cultural Tradition, Brings`Universal Human Conditions To Life
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Nobel Prizes: In 1978 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Divided, One Half Being Awarded To Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa For His Basic Inventions And Discoveries In The Area Of Low-Temperature Physics And The Other Half Divided Equally Between Arno A. Penzias And Robert W. Wilson For Their Discovery Of Cosmic Microwave Background`Radiation
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Nobel Prizes: In 1978 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Werner Arber, Daniel Nathans And Hamilton O. Smith For The Discovery Of Restriction Enzymes And Their Application To Problems Of`Molecular Genetics
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Nobel Prizes: In 1979 Mother __________ Of India Was Awarded The Nobel Peace Prize`Teresa
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Nobel Prizes: In 1979 Mother Teresa Of __________ Was Awarded The Nobel Peace Prize`India
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Nobel Prizes: In 1979 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Divided Equally Between Herbert C. Brown And Georg Wittig For Their Development Of The Use Of Boron- And Phosphorus-Containing Compounds, Respectively, Into Important Reagents In Organic`Synthesis
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Nobel Prizes: In 1979 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Odysseus Elitis (Alias Alepoudhelis) For His Poetry, Which, Against The Background Of Greek Tradition, Depicts With Sensuous Strength And Intellectual Clear-Sightedness Modern Man's Struggle For Freedom And`Creativeness
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Nobel Prizes: In 1979 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Divided Equally Between Sheldon L. Glashow, Abdus Salam And Steven Weinberg For Their Contributions To The Theory Of The Unified Weak And Electromagnetic Interaction Between Elementary Particles, Including Inter Alia The Prediction Of The Weak Neutral`Current
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Nobel Prizes: In 1979 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Alan M. Cormack And Sir Godfrey N. Hounsfield For The Development Of Computer Assisted`Tomography
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Nobel Prizes: In 1981 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Kenichi Fukui And Roald Hoffmann For Their Theories, Developed Independently, Concerning The Course Of Chemical`Reactions
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Nobel Prizes: In 1981 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Elias Canetti For Writings Marked By A Broad Outlook, A Wealth Of Ideas And`Artistic Power
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Nobel Prizes: In 1981 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Awarded By One Half Jointly To Nicolaas Bloembergen And Arthur L. Schawlow For Their Contribution To The Development Of Laser Spectroscopy And The Other Half To Kai M. Siegbahn For His Contribution To The Development Of High- Resolution Electron`Spectroscopy
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Nobel Prizes: In 1981 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Divided Between Roger W. Sperry For His Discoveries Concerning The Functional Specialization Of The Cerebral Hemispheres. And The Other Half Awarded Jointly To David H. Hubel And Torstein N. Wiesel For Their Discoveries Concerning Information Processing In The`Visual System
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Nobel Prizes: In 1982 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Sir Aaron Klug For His Development Of Crystallographic Electron Microscopy And His Structural Elucidation Of Biologically Important Nuclei Acid-Protein`Complexes
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Nobel Prizes: In 1982 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Gabriel Garc a Marquez For His Novels And Short Stories, In Which The Fantastic And The Realistic Are Combined In A Richly Composed World Of Imagination, Reflecting A Continent's`Life And Conflicts
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Nobel Prizes: In 1982 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Given To Kenneth G. Wilson For His Theory For Critical Phenomena In Connection With Phase`Transitions
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Nobel Prizes: In 1982 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Sune K. Bergstr m, Bengt I. Samuelsson And Sir John R. Vane For Their Discoveries Concerning Prostaglandins And Related Biologically`Active Substances
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Nobel Prizes: In 1983 Lech __________ Wins The Nobel Peace Prize`Walesa
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Nobel Prizes: In 1983 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Sir William Golding For His Novels Which, With The Perspicuity Of Realistic Narrative Art And The Diversity And Universality Of Myth, Illuminate The Human Condition In The`World Of Today
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Nobel Prizes: In 1983 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Divided Equally Between Subramanyan Chandrasekhar For His Theoretical Studies Of The Physical Processes Of Importance To The Structure And Evolution Of The Stars And William A. Fowler For His Theoretical And Experimental Studies Of The Nuclear Reactions Of Importance In The Formation Of The Chemical Elements In The`Universe
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Nobel Prizes: In 1983 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Barbara Clintock For Her Discovery Of Mobile`Genetic Elements
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Nobel Prizes: In 1984 Anglican Bishop __________ Tutu Named Nobel Peace Prize Winner`Desmond
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Nobel Prizes: In 1984 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Robert Bruce Merrifield For His Development Of Methodology For Chemical Synthesis On A Solid`Matrix
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Nobel Prizes: In 1984 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Jaroslav Seifert, For His Poetry Which Endowed With Freshness, Sensuality And Rich Inventiveness Provides A Liberating Image Of The Indomitable Spirit And _________ __`Versatility Of Man
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Nobel Prizes: In 1984 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Awarded Jointly To Carlo Rubbia And Simon Van Der Meer For Their Decisive Contributions To The Large Project, Which Led To The Discovery Of The Field Particles W And Z, Communicators Of Weak`Interaction
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Nobel Prizes: In 1984 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Niels K. Jerne, Georges J.F.K hler And C sar Milstein For Theories Concerning The Specificity In Development And Control Of The Immune System And The Discovery Of The Principle For Production Of Monoclonal`Antibodies
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Nobel Prizes: In 1985 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Awarded Jointly To Herbert A. Hauptman And Jerome Karle For Their Outstanding Achievements In The Development Of Direct Methods For The Determination Of`Crystal Structures
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Nobel Prizes: In 1985 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Michael S. Brown And Joseph L. Goldstein For Their Discoveries Concerning The Regulation Of Cholesterol`Metabolism
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Nobel Prizes: In 1986 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Awarded Jointly To Dudley R. Herschbach, Yuan T. Lee And John C. Polanyi For Their Contributions Concerning The Dynamics Of Chemical`Elementary Processes
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Nobel Prizes: In 1986 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Stanley Cohen And Rita Levi-Montalcini For Their Discoveries Of`Growth Factors
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Nobel Prizes: In 1987 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn, And Charles J. Pedersen For Their Development And Use Of Molecules With Structure-Specific Interactions Of High`Selectivity
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Nobel Prizes: In 1987 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Joseph Brodsky, For An All-Embracing Authorship, Imbued With Clarity Of Thought And`Poetic Intensity
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Nobel Prizes: In 1987 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Awarded Jointly To J. Georg Bednorz And K. Alexander M ller For Their Important Breakthrough In The Discovery Of Superconductivity In`Ceramic Materials
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Nobel Prizes: In 1987 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Susumu Tonegawa For His Discovery Of The Genetic Principle For Generation Of`Antibody Diversity
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Nobel Prizes: In 1988 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Awarded Jointly To Leon M Lederman, Melvin Schwarts And Jack Steinberger For The Neutrino Beam Method And The Demonstration Of The Doublet Structure Of The Leptons Through The Discovery Of The`Muon Neutrino
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Nobel Prizes: In 1988 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Sir James W. Black, Gertrude B. Elion And George H. Hitchings For Their Discoveries Of Important Principles For`Drug Treatment
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Nobel Prizes: In 1989 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Sidney Altman And Thomas R. Cech For Their Discovery Of Catalytic Properties Of`Rna
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Nobel Prizes: In 1989 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Camilio Jos Cela For A Rich And Intensive Prose, Which With Restrained Compassion Forms A Challenging Vision Of Man's`Vulnerability
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Nobel Prizes: In 1989 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Divided Between Norman F. Ramsey For The Invention Of The Separated Oscillatory Fields Method And Its Use In The Hydrogen Maser And Other Atomic Clocks. And The Other Half Jointly To Hans G. Dehmelt And Wolfgang Paul For The Development Of The Ion`Trap Technique
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Nobel Prizes: In 1989 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To J. Michael Bishop And Harold E. Varmus For Their Discovery Of The Cellular Origin Of Retroviral`Oncogenes
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Nobel Prizes: In 1990 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Elias James Corey For His Development Of The Theory And Methodology Of`Organic Synthesis
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Nobel Prizes: In 1990 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Octavio Paz, For Impassioned Writing With Wide Horizons, Characterized By Sensuous Intelligence And Humanistic`Integrity
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Nobel Prizes: In 1990 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Awarded Jointly To: Jerome I. Friedman, Henry W. Kendall And Richard E. Taylor For Their Pioneering Investigations Concerning Deep Inelastic Scattering Of Electrons On Protons And Bound Neutrons, Which Have Been Of Essential Importance For The Development Of The Quark Model In`Particle Physics
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Nobel Prizes: In 1990 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Joseph Murray And E. Donnall Thomas For Their Discoveries Concerning Organ And Cell Transplantation In The Treatment Of`Human Disease
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Nobel Prizes: In 1991 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Given To Pierre-Gilles De Gennes For Discovering That Methods Developed For Studying Order Phenomena In Simple Systems Can Be Generalized To More Complex Forms Of Matter, In Particular To Liquid Crystals And`Polymers
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Nobel Prizes: In 1991 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Erwin Neher And Bert Sakmann For Their Discoveries Concerning The Function Of Single Ion Channels`In Cells
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Nobel Prizes: In 1992 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Rudolph A. Marcus For His Contributions To The Theory Of Electron Transfer Reactions In`Chemical Systems
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Nobel Prizes: In 1992 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Derek Walcott, For A Poetic Oeuvre Of Great Luminosity, Sustained By A Historical Vision, The Outcome Of A`Multicultural Commitment
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Nobel Prizes: In 1992 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Edmond Fischer And Edwin G. Krebs For Their Discoveries Concerning Reversible Protein Phosphorylation As A Biological`Regulatory Mechanism
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Nobel Prizes: In 1993 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Awarded For Contributions To The Developments Of Methods Within Dna-Based Chemistry Equally Between Kary B. Mullis For His Invention Of The Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr) Method. And Michael Smith For His Fundamental Contributions To The Establishment Of Oligonucleiotide-Based, Site-Directed Mutagenesis And Its Development For`Protein Studies
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Nobel Prizes: In 1993 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Awarded Jointly To Russel A. Hulse And Joseph H. Taylor Jr. For The Discovery Of A New Type Of Pulsar, A Discovery That Has Opened Up New Possibilities For The Study Of`Gravitation
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Nobel Prizes: In 1993 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Richard J. Roberts And Phillip A. Sharp For Their Independent Discoveries Of`Split Genes
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Nobel Prizes: In 1994 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To George A. Olah For His Contribution To`Carbocation Chemistry
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Nobel Prizes: In 1994 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Awarded For Pioneering Contributions To The Development Of Neutron Scattering Techniques For Studies Of Condensed Matter To Bertram N. Brockhouse For The Development Of Neutron Spectroscopy And Clifford G. Shull For The Development Of The Neutron Diffraction`Technique
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Nobel Prizes: In 1994 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Alfred G. Gilman And Martin Rodbell For Their Discovery Of G-Proteins And The Role Of These Proteins In`Signal Transduction In Cells
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Nobel Prizes: In 1995 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Awarded Jointly To Paul Crutzen, Mario Molina And F. Sherwood Rowland For Their Work In Atmospheric Chemistry, Particularly Concerning The Formation And Decomposition Of`Ozone
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Nobel Prizes: In 1995 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Seamus Heaney For Works Of Lyrical Beauty And Ethical Depth, Which Exalt Everyday Miracles And The`Living Past
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Nobel Prizes: In 1995 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Awarded For Pioneering Experimental Contributions To Lepton Physics, With One Half To Martin L. Perl For The Discovery Of The Tau Lepton. And The Other Half To Frederick Reines For The Detection Of The`Neutrino
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Nobel Prizes: In 1995 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Edward B. Lewis, Christiane N sslein-Volhard And Eric F. Wieschaus For Their Discoveries Concerning The Genetic Control Of Early`Embryonic Development
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Nobel Prizes: In 1996 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Awarded Jointly To David M. Lee, Douglas D. Osheroff And Robert C. Richardson For Their Discovery Of Superfluidity In`Helium-3
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Nobel Prizes: In 1996 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Peter C. Doherty And Rolf M. Zinkernagel For Their Discoveries Concerning The Specificity Of The Cell Mediated`Immune Defence
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Nobel Prizes: In 1997 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Divided, One Half Being Awarded Jointly To Paul D. Boyer And John E. Walker For Their Elucidation Of The Enzymatic Mechanism Underlying The Synthesis Of Adenosine Triphosphate (Atp) And With One Half To Jens C. Skou For The First Discovery Of An Ion-Transporting`Enzyme
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Nobel Prizes: In 1997 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Awarded Jointly To Steven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji And William D. Philips For Development Of Methods To Cool And Trap Atoms With`Laser Light
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Nobel Prizes: In 1997 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Stanley B. Prusiner For His Discovery Of Prions - A New Biological Principle Of`Infections
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Nobel Prizes: In 1998 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Awarded For Pioneering Contributions In Developing Methods That Can Be Used For Theoretical Studies Of The Properties Of Molecules And The Chemical Processes In Which They Are Involved. The Prize Was Divided Equally Between Walter Kohn For His Development Of The Density-Functional Theory And John A. Pople For His Development Of Computational Methods In`Quantum Chemistry
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Nobel Prizes: In 1998 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Awarded Jointly To Robert B. Laughlin, Horst L. Stormer And Daniel C. Tsui For Their Discovery Of A New Form Of Quantum Fluid With Fractionally Charged`Excitations
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Nobel Prizes: In 1998 The Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Was Given To Robert Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro And Ferid Murad For Their Discoveries Concerning Nitric Oxide As A Signalling Molecule In The __________`Cardiovascular System
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Nobel Prizes: In 1999 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Ahmed Zewail For His Studies Of The Transition States Of Chemical Reactions Using Femtosecond`Spectroscopy
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Nobel Prizes: In 1999 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Awarded Jointly To Gerardus Thooft And Martinus J.G. Veltman For Elucidating The Quantum Structure Of`Electroweak Interactions In Physics
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Nobel Prizes: In 2000 The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Was Given To Alan J. Heeger, Alan G. Macdiarmid And Hideki Shirikawa For The Discovery And Development Of Conductive`Polymers
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Nobel Prizes: In 2000 The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Given To Gao Xingjian For An Oeuvre Of Universal Validity, Bitter Insights And Linguistic Ingenuity, Which Has Opened New Paths For The`Chinese Novel And Drama
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Nobel Prizes: In 2000 The Nobel Prize In Physics Was Given To Zhores I. Alferov, And Herbert Kroemer For Developing Semiconductor Heterostructures Used In High-Speed- And Opto-Electronics And And One Half To Jack St. Clair Kilby For His Part In The Invention Of The`Integrated Circuit
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Nobel Prizes: Marie Curie Won Nobel Prizes In Which Two Categories`Physics And Chemistry
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Nobel Prizes: Martin Luther King Was The Youngest Recipient Of What`Nobel Peace Prize
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Nobel Prizes: She Won The 1979 Nobel Peace Prize For Her Work Among The Poor`Mother Teresa
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Nobel Prizes: The Caroline Institute Of Stockholm Won The Nobel Prize For What`Physiology And Medicine
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Nobel Prizes: The Nobel Peace Prize Medal Depicts Three Naked Men With Their Hands On Each Other's`Shoulders
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Nobel Prizes: This U.S. Secretary Of State Won The Nobel Peace Prize In 1973`Henry Kissinger
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Nobel Prizes: What African-American Leader Was Awarded The Nobel Peace Prize On October 14 1964`Martin Luther King, Jr
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Nobel Prizes: What Did Einstein Get The Nobel Prize For`The Photoelectric Effect
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Nobel Prizes: What, In 1975, Did 18 Nobel Laureates Claim Has No Basis On Fact`Astrology
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Nobel Prizes: What Is The Maths Equivalent Of The Nobel Prize`Fields Medal
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Nobel Prizes: What Nobel Peace Prize Winner Shares His Last Name With Ballet Apparel`Desmond Tutu
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Nobel Prizes: What Organisation Was Given The Only Nobel Peace Price Awarded During World War I`International Red Cross
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Nobel Prizes: Which Exponent Of Solidarity Was Awarded The 1983 Nobel Peace Prize`Lech Walesa
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Nobel Prizes: Which Organisation Was Awarded The Nobel Peace Prize During Wwii`The Red Cross
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Nobel Prizes: Which U.S. President Was Awarded The 1919 Nobel Peace`Woodrow Wilson
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Nobel Prizes: Which U.S. President Won The Nobel Peace Prize In 1906 For His Mediation In The Russo-Japanese War`Theodore Roosevelt
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Nobel Prizes: Which U.S. President Won The Nobel Peace Prize In 1919 For Securing The League Of Nations Covenant At Versailles`Woodrow Wilson
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Nobel Prizes: Why Was Boris Pasternak's Nobel Prize For Literature In 1958 Exceptional`He Refused
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Nobility of thought or behavior: magnanimity`generosity
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Nobility or greatness of character`grandeur
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Noble rank or status: 'Congress may not grant titles of nobility.'`nobilities
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Nobody puts baby in the corner.`Dirty Dancing
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Nobody remembers this 80s band whose only hit was "Unbelievable."`emf
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noctimania is an obsession or crazed desire for _______`night
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Noctiphobia is a fear of ______`night
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Noctiphobia is the fear of`the night
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Nocturnal burrowing animal with black and white striped head`badger
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Noel Cowards play, Private Lives was based on what taboo subject`Divorce & adultery
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Noel Cowards play, The Vortex, was based on what taboo subject`Drugs
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Noisy shouting or uproar`ballyhoo
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No longer burning or active: 'an ------- volcano.'`extinct
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No longer current or applicable: antiquated: '------- laws.' old`archaic
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No longer usable or practical: obsolete: '-------- machinery.'`outmoded
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Nomadic Arab of the desert`bedouin
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nomatophobia is the fear of ____`names
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No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than ______ times`seven
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No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than ______ times`seven`7
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"Nom de plume" means ____________`pen name
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Nomination To The Supreme Court Was Rejected By The Senate On Oct. 23 1987`Robert H. Bork
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no more heros made number 8 for this 80's punk band`the stranglers
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Non-dairy creamer is _________`flammable
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Nonexistence`nonentity
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No nfl team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a ______`super bowl
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Nonreligious in subject matter, form, or use: secular: 'sacred and ------- music.'`profane
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Nonsense: humbug`fudge
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Nonsense: rubbish`trumperies
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Nonstop Soliloquy Goes On For 24,000 Words Without A Stitch Of Punctuation In The Final Chapter Of James Joyce's 'Ulysses'`Molly Bloom
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No part: no portion: 'Nothing remains of the old house but the cellar hole.'`nothing
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No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than _____ times in half`seven
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No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than _____ times in half`seven`7
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No rain has ever been recorded falling in the Atacama desert in`chile
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norse mythology: father of thor`odin
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norse mythology: god of mischief and brother of thor`loki
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norse mythology: place where norse gods resided`asgard
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norse mythology: queen of the norse gods and odin's wife`freya
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norse mythology: what killed baldur`mistletoe
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norse mythology: winged creatures that carried the dead to valhalla`valkyries
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North American deer of the same species as the reindeer of Eurasia`caribou
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North American Indians ate Watercress to dissolve gravel and stones in the _______`bladder
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north american indians ate watercress to dissolve what in the bladder`gravel and`deuteronomy
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north american indians ate watercress to dissolve what in the bladder`gravel and stones
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North American Indian, Sitting Bull, died on 15 December`1890
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North American Indians used the teepee as their nomadic dwelling, however, what was the name of the their permanent living accommodation called`Longhouses
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North American poachers are paid $400-$600 for the __________ of the black bear, another sought-after aphrodisiac in the Far East.`gallbladder
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North Americans spend much of their summer leisure time going to Garage Sales. What is a garage sale known as in Britain`A Boot Sale
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North American tribe, of the Iroquoian linguistic family and the Southeast culture area?`Cherokee
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NorthAmericantribe,oftheIroquoianlinguisticfamilyandtheSoutheastculturearea`Cherokee
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North America's first underwater telegraph cables were laid by _____`frederick grisborne
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Northernmost capital in the world`reykjavik
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Northern most & western most state of the U S, & the largest state of the union`alaska
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Northern species of duck with soft feathers`eider
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Northern U.S., especially New England. Thin cornbread baked on a griddle`bannock
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North Sea Jazzfestival is held in what country`Holland
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Norweigan painter of 'The Scream'`munch
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Nose Grows Longer Every Time He Tells A Lie`Pinocchio
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Nosemaphobia is the fear of`illness
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Nose prints are used to identify`dogs
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nosocomephobia es the fear of ____`hospitals
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Nosocomephobia is the fear of`hospitals
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Nosophobia is the fear of`disease
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No species of wild plant produces a flower or blossom that is absolutely what color`black
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Nostophobia is the fear of`returning home
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No stopwatch was used for the first two shows of this program that aired October 8 and October 15, 1968. Can you name the program`60 Minutes
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Nostradamus was famous for making what`predictions
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Not able to rest, relax, or be still: 'a -------- child.'`restless
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Not accessible to view: hidden: 'mountain peaks --------- in the fog.'`invisible
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Not accustomed: unused`unwonted
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Not acquired by instruction: natural`untaught
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Not acting officially: 'an ---------- adviser.'`unofficial
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Not affected by a given influence: unresponsive: '------ to persuasion.'`immune
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Not agreeable or pleasant: repellent: I will not perform the ---------- task of comparing cases of failure (Abraham Lincoln)`ungrateful
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Not allowing contradiction or refusal: imperative: 'The officer issued ---------- commands.'`peremptory
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Not allowing something else: incompatible: 'mutually --------- conditions.'`exclusive
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Not any: 'None of my classmates survived the war.'`none
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Not applied or practical: theoretical. theoretical`abs
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Not at all: in no way: absolutely not: 'Never fear. That will ----- do.'`never
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Not at all: not by any degree. Often used with the comparative: 'no better: no more.'`nos
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Not being in accord with prescribed regulations or forms: unofficial: 'an -------- agreement.'`informal
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Not being used: idle`unemployed
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Not belonging to a particular place or society: '-------- refugees in a strange country.'`rootless
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Not bright or pure: 'a ----- color.'`muddy
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Not bright or pure: 'a muddy color.'`muddied
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Not capable of being accomplished: 'an ---------- goal.'`impossible
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Not capable of being moved: fixed`stat
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Not carrying, using, or displaying arms: 'an ------- spotter plane: ------- robbery.'`unarmed
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Not ceasing despite fatigue or frustration: indefatigable: '-------- efforts.' tireless`untiring
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Not centered on anything specific: my --------- broodings about love and loyalty (John le Carr )`unfocused
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Notch between the teeth of a saw blade`gullet
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Not civilized: barbaric: 'a ------ people.'`savage
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Not civilized: barbaric: 'a savage people.'`savages
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Not committed to or dependent on another person or group`unattached
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Not composed of organic matter`inorganic
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Not concealed or disguised: obvious: '--------- disgust.'`unabashed
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Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention: 'an --------- marriage.'`irregular
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Not congenial: incompatible`unsociable
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Not constant: fluctuating: '-------- vital signs.'`unstable
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Not controlled by obligation or the will of another: 'felt free to go.'`freed
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Not controlled by obligation or the will of another: 'felt free to go.'`freeing
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Not controlled by obligation or the will of another: 'felt free to go.'`freely
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Not controlled by obligation or the will of another: 'felt free to go.'`freer
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Not deceptive or fraudulent: genuine: '------ weight.'`honest
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Not derived from something else: fresh and unusual: 'an -------- play, not an adaptation.'`original
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Not deserved: '-------- luck.'`unearned
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Not dexterous: clumsy`awkward
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Not distinguished or distinguishable on the basis of sex: androgynous in appearance: 'cultivated a ------ look.'`unisex
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Noteable Quotes: Who stated, In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart`Anne Frank
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Note equal to 4 crochets`semibreve
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Note equal to half a quaver`semiquaver
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Not elaborated, perfected, or completed: 'an ---------- performance.'`unpolished
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Not equal, as in amount`unlike
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Not equipped to meet a contingency`unprepared
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Not excited or agitated: composed: 'The President was ---- throughout the global crisis.'`calm
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Not existent: lacking: 'a country in which morality is ------.'`absent
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Not expected to change in status, condition, or place: 'a ----anent address: ----anent secretary to the president.'`perm
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Not experiencing the effects of gravity`weightless
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Not exposed or subjected to stress`unstressed
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Not famous: obscure: 'an ---------- young writer.'`inglorious
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Not friendly or sociable: aloof`withdrawn
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Not frugal: generous`unsparing
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Not fully examined or explored: '--------- ideas.'`unplumbed
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Not fully ready or prepared`unripe
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Not functioning or operating: out of use: '-------- machinery.'`inactive
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Not functioning properly: broken`haywire
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Not furnished with funds: 'an -------- project.'`unfunded
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Not gained by study or instruction: '--------- talent.'`unstudied
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Not given a hearing: not listened to: '------- objections.'`unheard
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Not giving or expending freely: sparing: 'was ----- of compliments.'`chary
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Not giving way to pressure or persuasion: obdurate`unyielding
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Not great in diameter or cross section: fine: 'thin wire.'`thinly
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Not guilty of a specific crime or offense: legally blameless: 'was -------- of all charges.'`innocent
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Not habitual: infrequent: 'took an ---------- glass of wine.'`occasional
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Not hallowed or consecrated`unholier
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Not harmful to the environment`eco-friendly
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Not harsh or severe: mild and soft: 'a gentle scolding: a gentle tapping at the window.'`gentleness
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Not harsh or severe: mild and soft: 'a ------ scolding: a ------ tapping at the window.'`gentle
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Not having any recognized citizenship in a state or nation`stateless
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Not having or showing good taste`tasteless
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Not having reached a decision: uncommitted: '--------- voters.'`undecided
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Not having received special processing, such as dyeing or varnishing: '---------- furniture.'`unfinished
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Not having traveled`untraveled
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Not hesitating or wavering: firm: '---- convictions.'`sure
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Not hesitating or wavering: firm: 'sure convictions.'`sureness
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Nothing's so loyal as love whose headstone reads 'looking into the portals of eternity teaches that the brotherhood of man is inspired by god's word; then all prejudice of race vanishes away'`george washington
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Not holding a title, as of nobility`untitled
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Noticeably contrived: artificial`hokey
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Not identified or ascertained: 'received flowers from an ------- admirer.'`unknown
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Not in accord with the standards implied by one's character or position: 'conduct ---------- an officer.' improper`unbecoming
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Not in accord with the standards or mores of a specified group: trying to teach children simply to reject drugs as ------ (Larry Martz)`uncool
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Not inclined to speak: not talkative`silent
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Not inhabited or farmed: 'remote, ---- country.'`wild
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Not inhabited or farmed: 'remote, wild country.'`wilder
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Not inhabited or farmed: 'remote, wild country.'`wildly
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Not in perfect shape: faulty`amiss
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Not in residence: '-------- landlords.'`absentee
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Not intended: unintentional: 'an --------- admission of guilt.'`unwitting
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Not interrupted: steady: '--------- noise: a --------- diet of vegetables.'`continual
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Not intoxicated or affected by the use of drugs`sober
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Not invited: 'Unasked guests arrived at the party.'`unasked
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Not involved or complicated: easy: 'a ------ task.' easy`simple
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Notional environment in which electronic communication occurs`cyberspace
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Not irritating or stimulating: soothing: 'a ----- diet.'`bland
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Not just, proper, or legal: '----- use of force.'`undue
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Not likely to be appreciated: 'a --------- job.'`thankless
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Not likely to offend or provoke to strong emotion: insipid`innocuous
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Not moving: fixed`rigidly
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Not moving: motionless`immobile
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Not moving or operating easily or freely: resistant: 'a ----- hinge.'`stiff
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Not normal: unsound: 'an ill condition of body and mind.'`ills
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Not normal: unsound: 'an ill condition of body and mind.'`worst
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Not obscured or darkened: bright: '----- daylight: a ----- yellow.'`clear
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Not observed or noticed`unmarked
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Not occupied: unfilled`void
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Not of or belonging to a particular profession: nonprofessional: 'a --- opinion as to the seriousness of the disease.'`lay
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Not of the nobility: common`ignobly
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Not original: derivative`imitative
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Not physically or mentally healthy`unsound
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Not pleasant: disagreeable: 'an unlovely personality.'`unlovelier
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Not possessing nuclear weapons`nonnuclear
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Not previously read or studied: 'an ------ translation.'`unseen
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Not proceeding straight to the point or object`indirect
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Not productive of a good or useful result`unfruitful
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Not promising: likely to fail`unlikelier
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Not promoting sexual stereotypes: '--------- terminology such as firefighter and flight attendant.'`nonsexist
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Not purified by religious rite: unclean`impure
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Not recognizing or dealing with a labor union or employing union members: 'a -------- shop.'`nonunion
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Not reflecting light: having no luster: 'an ------ finish.'`opaque
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Not regulated: disorderly`inordinate
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Not rigorous or meticulous: 'an ------- mind: an ------- method.'`inexact
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Not satisfied: displeased or discontented: 'unhappy with her raise.'`unhappier
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Not savory: 'an -------- meal.'`unsavory
|
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Not shiny or glossy`matt
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Not so Classic TV: What does the title of the TV show C.S.I. stand for`Crime Scene Investigation
|
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Not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body: '------- music.'`secular
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Not spurious or counterfeit: authentic. authentic`genuine
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Not straightforward: circuitous: devious: 'a -------- plot: -------- reasoning.'`tortuous
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Not subdued: unyielding: My head is bloody but ------- (W.E. Henley)`unbowed
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Not subject to racial prejudices`colorblind
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Not subject to sudden or extreme change or fluctuation: 'a ------ economy: a ------ currency.'`stable
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Not suited to the circumstances: inappropriate`unseemlier
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Not sung: '------ hymns.'`unsung
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Not taut, firm, or compact: slack. loose`laxer
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Not taut, fixed, or rigid: 'a loose anchor line: a loose chair leg.'`looseness
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Not taut, fixed, or rigid: 'a loose anchor line: a loose chair leg.'`looser
|
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Not telling ;-P : What are these: chrysolite, beryl, jasper, and tourmaline`gem
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Not Telling ;-P : What are white dwarfs and red giants`stars
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Not Telling ;-) : What would be kept in an "aviary"`bird
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Not Telling ;-) : Where is the Ocean of Storms located`on the moon
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Not the result of training: natural: 'an artist of ---------- talents.'`unschooled
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Not the same as another in rank or social position`unequal
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Not thinking or expressing oneself clearly`vague
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Not to be uttered: taboo: 'the --------- name of God.'`ineffable
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Not traversed before: untrodden: 'an -------- path through jungle growth.'`unbeaten
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Not true or constant to one's sexual partner`unfaithful
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Not try this yourself who was the emcee for tvs let's make a deal`monty hall
|
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Not using critical standards or methods, as in evaluation`uncritical
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Not violated or breached: '-------- promises.'`unbroken
|
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Not violent or subject to extremes: mild or calm: temperate: 'a -------- climate.'`moderate
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Not welcome or acceptable: unattractive`ungracious
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Not within one's knowledge: strange: '---------- faces.'`unfamiliar
|
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Not workable or practicable: 'a --------- idea.'`nonviable
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Not yet appeared: future: '------ inventions.'`unborn
|
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Not yet developed to maturity: a headstrong, -------- young man (Rod Nordland)`unformed
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Not yet dry or firm: '--- paint.'`wet
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Not yet established`unfounded
|
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nouakchott is the capital of ______`mauritania
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Nova scotia is the new name for which canadian province`acadia
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novel`joseph conrad
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Novels Include 'Restoration' And 'The Way I Found Her'`Rose Tremain
|
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Novels Include 'The Cement Garden' And 'Comfort Of Strangers'`Ian Mcewan
|
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Novels Include 'The Ice-Cream Wars' And 'Brazzaville Beach'`William Boyd
|
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Novelty Songs: 1987 spoof of Star Trek which hit #1 in the UK`star trekkin
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Novelty songs: 1987 spoof of star trek which hit number one in the uk`star trekkin
|
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Novelty Songs: Article of clothing worn by little girl in Brian Hyland's chart- topper`itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polkadot Bikini
|
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Novelty Songs: Country Right Too Said was too sexy for.`japan
|
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Novelty Songs: Gift Igor receives in "Monster's Holiday"`brace
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Novelty Songs: Group killed just before cop's arrival in "The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun"`glee club
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Novelty Songs: Instrument used for "Popcorn"`moog synthesizer
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Novelty Songs: Last word spoken by the Purple People Eater in that song`tequila
|
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Novelty Songs: Name of camel in "Ahab the Arab"`clyde
|
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[Novelty songs name the artist] "Charlie brown"`The coasters
|
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[Novelty songs name the artist] "Does your chewing gum lose its flavour"`Lonnie donnegan
|
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[Novelty songs name the artist] "Eat it"`Weird al yankovic
|
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[Novelty songs name the artist] "Hello muddah hello faddah"`Allen sherman
|
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[Novelty songs name the artist] "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"(original)`Brian hyland
|
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[Novelty songs name the artist] "My boomerang wont come back"`Charlie drake
|
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[Novelty songs name the artist] "Purple people eater"`Sheb wooley
|
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[Novelty songs name the artist] "See you later alligator"`Bill haley and the comets
|
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[Novelty songs name the artist] "Speedy gonzales"`Pat boone
|
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[Novelty songs name the artist] "They're coming to take me away"(original)`Napoleon XIV
|
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[Novelty songs name the artist] "Tie me kangaroo down sprot"`Rolf harris
|
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[Novelty songs name the artist] "Tip toe through the tulips"`Tiny tim
|
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[Novelty songs name the artist] "Witch doctor"(original)`David seville
|
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Novelty Songs: "The Terror of Colorado Boulevard"`little old lady from pasadena
|
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Novelty Songs: The two muppets who have hit the top 40`ernie and kermit
|
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Novelty Songs: The two muppets who have hit the top 40`ernie & kermit
|
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Novelty Songs: This dance asked you to move your body . . .front-to-back in a rock-like motion`the bartman
|
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Novelty Songs: Tiny Tim's signature song`tip toe thru the tulips with me
|
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Novelty Songs: Type of car outpacing the Cadillac in "Beep Beep"`nash rambler
|
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Novelty Songs: Where Irving shoots himself in "The Ballad of Irving"`frontier deli
|
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Novelty Songs: Written for a Donald Duck cartoon, this song was the most popular Nazi parody`der fuehrers face
|
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november of 1963 saw the introduction of this new device, from at&t.`touch tone phone
|
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Novercaphobia is the fear of`step mother
|
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Now excuse me, for example, I'm the inspiration of a whole generation`slam
|
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Now in modern Tanzania, which port is the historic meeting place of Stanley and Livingstone in 1871`ujiji
|
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'now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it ..' what is the dire straits song title`money for nothing
|
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No woman may go in public without wearing a ______ in Norfolk, Virginia.`corset
|
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No word in the English language rhymes with`month
|
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Nuclear, biological, chemical, or explosive material, such as rockets or grenades, that are used as weapons`ammunition
|
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nuclear membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus are parts of a ______`cell
|
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Nuclear membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus are parts of a(n) __________.`cell
|
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Nuclear membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus are parts of a(n) `cell
|
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Nuclear membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus are parts of a(n) `Cell
|
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Nuclear membrane, cytoplasm, & nucleus are parts of a ______`cell
|
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Nucleomituphobia is the fear of`nuclear weapons
|
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Nudophobia is a fear of ______`nudity
|
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Nudophobia is the fear of`nudity
|
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nuku'alofa is the capital of ______`tonga
|
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Number 1 Songs: #1 song ``I Am Woman'' was by`reddy
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Number 1 Songs: Blue Swede might have invented heavy metal with this #1 hit`hooked on a feeling
|
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Number 1 Songs: Don McLean's symbolic #1 song`american pie
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Number 1 Songs: Elvis said people had these kind of minds in 1969`suspicious
|
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Number 1 Songs: George McRae #1 disco hit`rock your baby
|
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Number 1 Songs: Gitarzan singer's #1 hit`everything is beautiful
|
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Number 1 Songs: Jackson Five's #1 lyrics about the alphabet`abc
|
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Number 1 Songs: Only number 1 hit of the Tornadoes`telstar
|
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Number 1 Songs: Osmond's February 13, 1971 hit`one bad apple
|
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Number 1 Songs: Sammy Davis, Jr.'s only #1 hit`candy man
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Number 1 Songs: Sang ``Hello, I Love You''`doors
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Number 1 Songs: Sang ``Venus'', #1 hit on 2/7/70`shocking blue
|
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Number 1 Songs: S&G's solution to crossing troubled waters (#1 on 2/28/70)`bridge
|
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Number 1 Songs: Zager & Evans song subtitled ``Exordium and Terminus'' titled with this year`2525
|
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Numbering houses in London streets only began in`1764
|
|
Number Of Books in the Old Testiment`39
|
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Number Of Letters Is Equal To Its Value`Four
|
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Number of medals awarded Norway at the 1968 winter olympics`13
|
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Number of medals awarded the USSR at the 1972 summer olympics`99
|
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Number of times a Time Lord can "regenerate"`12
|
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Number of times the average male will ejaculate from masturbation during his lifetime?`2,000 times
|
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Number One Songs: #1 song from "Back To The Future"`the power of love
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Number One Songs: Bobbie Gentry says that song is "a study in unconscious cruelty."`ode to billie joe
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Number One Songs: Elton John sang with her on "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"`kiki dee
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Number One Songs: Franki Valli sang the theme for this movie.`grease
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Number One Songs: He sang "I Don't Have The Heart"`james ingram
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Number One Songs: He sang "Monkey"`george michael
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Number One Songs: Janet Jackson's second #1`miss you much
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Number One Songs: Name of girl in Looking Glass hit, shares her name with a type of alcohol.`brandy
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Number One Songs: Rod Stewart's first #1 was about this woman.`maggie may
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Number One Songs: Sting says this song is "about surveillance and ownership and jealousy"`every breath you take
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Number One Songs: The only single to make the top 20 during the 70s by Herb Alpert`rise
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Number One Songs: The reason Stevie Wonder Called`to say i love you
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Number One Songs: This is the most covered song of all time.`yesterday
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Number One Songs: This Madonna song became an athem for Pro-life activists.`papa dont preach
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Number One Songs: This novelty song about a "toy" is Chuck Berry's only #1`my ding a ling
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Number One Songs: This Rolling Stones hit was released the day after Brian Jones' funeral.`honky tonk women
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Number One Songs: Weird Al's parody of this song is "Rye Or The Kaiser"`eye of the tiger
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Number One Songs: What Mariah Carey had a Vision Of`love
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Numbers: how is the year 2000 written in roman numerals`mm
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Numbers: how many times is a roman numeral's value increased if it has a line over it`1,000
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Numbers: what does c minus lxxix equal`xxi
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Numbers What's the capital of Wyoming`cheyenne
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Numbers Where's the famed Arch of Hadrian`ahtens
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numerology: how do you write the number 99 (ninety nine) in roman numerals`xcix
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Numerophobia is a fear of ______`numbers
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Numerophobia is the fear of`numbers
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numismatics is a term for collecting and studing which objects`coins
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Nunaat Island, southern Indonesia, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in the Indian Ocean`bali
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Nungatta National Park is nearest what large Australian city`brisbane
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Nursery Rhymes : Name the nursery rhyme mother whos last name is that of a bird`goose
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Nusic: Irish Rovers recorded a song in 1968 about what animal of folklore`unicorn
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Nutagak, perksertok and pokaktok are Eskimo words for what`Snow
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Nutmeg is extremely _______ if injected intravenously`poisonous
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Nut used to make marzipan`almond
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Nyctophobia is the fear of ________.`Dark
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Nyctophobia is the fear of`the dark`night
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Nyctophobia is the fear of`the night
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nylon was invented simultaneously at these two cities`new york london
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nz fauna - this extinct new zealand bird had eleven species. the tallest stood at around 9 feet tall`moa
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nz fauna - this playful new zealand native bird is one of the most intelligent birds in the world and will happily attack a car in order to steal a windscreen wiper or other bits of rubber`kea
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nz flora - new zealands most famous tree is a kauri standing over 51 metres high called`tane mahutaAcronym Soup: AA `alcholics anonymous
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nz marine life - this dolphin is the worlds rarest dolphin and only found in new zealand waters`hectors dolphin
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nz : name the year : l & p - lemon and paeroa new zealands most famous soft drink was invented in`1904
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nz : new zealand has over how many kilometres of beautiful coastline`15000 km
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nz :new zealand's most famous glaciers on the south islands west coast are the`franz josef and fox
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nz - new zealands oldest rocks are over _________ old`500 million years
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nz : new zealands southern alps have a number of glaciers, the largest being`tasman glacier
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nz - the ________ geyser at whakarewarewa is in rotorua`pohutu
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nz weather - in summer, the average maximum temperature in new zealand ranges between`20-30 c
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nz weather - the highest temperature ever recorded in new zealand was`42 c
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nz weather - the lowest temperature ever recorded in new zealand was`-22 c
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Oakley what are large snow bumps known as in skiing terms`moguls
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Oaks of dodona what did the white house have before it had an indoor bathroom`telephone
|
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Oasis sings about what type of supernova`champagne
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oasis were great fans of which british group`beatles
|
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Oberon is a moon of which planet`uranus
|
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obesophobia is a fear of`gaining`bask
|
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Obesophobia is a fear of ______`gaining weight
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Obesophobia is the fear of`gaining weight
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Oblation The act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist`oblation
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Obligatory: '-------- reading.'`required
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Obscene: indecent`lewd
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Obscene: scatological`filthier
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Obscured or clouded by or as if by mist: 'far-off, misty mountains.'`mistier
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Obscured or clouded by or as if by mist: 'far-off, ----- mountains.'`misty
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Obscure words: Someone who enjoys resting in womens laps is known by what name`A lapling
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observed. however, by 1910, it was extinct. what was this bird`passenger`mans
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Obsessive desire to lose weight by dieting`anorexia nervosa
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Obsessive desire to start fires`pyromania
|
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Obsidian, used by American Indians for tools, weapons and ornaments, is dark _______ glass`volcanic
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Obsolete. Venal`vendible
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Obstinately bent on having one's own way`wilful
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Obstinately persisting in an error or fault: wrongly self-willed or stubborn`perverse
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Obtained or made from glass`vitreous
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Obtuse, acute and reflex are all types of what`angles
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Obviously contrived to charm: precious: [He] mugs so ferociously he kills the humorit's an insufferably ---- performance (David Ansen)`cute
|
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Obvious to the eye: 'a ------- change of expression.'`visible
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Obvious to the mind: evident: 'make one's intention -----.' apparent`plain
|
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Occasioning or being a reason for pride: On January 1, 1900, Americans and Europeans greeted the twentieth century in the ----- and certain belief that the next hundred years would make allthings possible (W`proud
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occupation is the dressing, designing, cleaning, or repairing of furs`furrier
|
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Occupation of Joe on Liz Phair's "Exile in Guyville" album`soap star
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Occurring at irregular or infrequent intervals: occasional: '------ employment at a factory: a ------ correspondence with a former teacher.'`casual
|
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Occurring before in time: earlier`anterior
|
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Occurring by chance: fortuitous`lucky
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Occurring every ten years`decennial
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Occurring every two years: biennial`biannual
|
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Occurring in pieces: fragmentary`snippier
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Occurring involuntarily: automatic: 'an --------- reflex.'`autonomic
|
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Occurring once every 100 years`centenary
|
|
Occurring or accepted widely: 'a ---------- misunderstanding.'`widespread
|
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Occurring or performed at the proper time: timely`seasonable
|
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Occurring or present at every moment: 'in --------- fear of being exposed.'`momentary
|
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Occurring or present at the moment: current`existent
|
|
Occurring or proceeding in alternation or succession`rotatory
|
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Occurring or tending to occur among members of a family, usually by heredity: '-------- traits: -------- disease.'`familial
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Occurring without restraint and frequently, widely, or menacingly: rife: 'a rampant epidemic: rampant corruption in city government.'`rampancy
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Ochlophobia is the fear of`crowds
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Ochlophobia is the fear of`crowds`mobs
|
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ochophobia is a fear of ____`vehicles
|
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Ochophobia is the fear of`vehicles
|
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octavia was which emperor's sister`august
|
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October 2002, name of the TV presenter who caused a rumpus with her autobiography Honest`ulrika jonsson
|
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Octophobia is the fear of ____`the figure 8
|
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Oculolinctus is a fetish whereby people are sexually aroused by licking a partner's what?`eyeball
|
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Oculolinctus is the fetish whereby people are sexually aroused by?`licking a partner's eyeball
|
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Oddities: Beethoven reportedly poured this over his head to stimulate his brain`water
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Oddities: Cleopatra's slaves often died because she tested this on them`poison
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Oddities: This game (involving a net) was introduced in 1874 as sphairistike`tennis
|
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Oddities: This man was Time magazine's 1938 "Man of the Year"`adolf hitler
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Oddities: This pop-star owns most of the Beatles copyrights`michael jackson
|
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"Odd Job" Appeared In Which James Bond Film`Goldfinger
|
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Odd or unconventional, as in behavior: eccentric. strange`queer
|
|
Odds and ends`oddments
|
|
Odontophobia is fear of ______`teeth
|
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Odontophobia is the fear of`dental surgery
|
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Odontophobia is the fear of`teeth`dental surgery
|
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Odourless plastic explosive`semtex
|
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od`sweet scabious
|
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Odynephobia is the fear of`pain
|
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Oenophobia- Fear of ____`wines
|
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Oenophobia is the fear of`wines
|
|
Of a bulging shape: protuberant`tumid
|
|
_% of adult Americans have never had sex.`3
|
|
Of a flaxen or golden color or of any light shade of auburn or pale yellowish brown: '----- hair.'`blond
|
|
Of a healthy reddish color: ruddy: 'a -------- complexion.'`sanguine
|
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Of a higher nature or kind`superior
|
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Of a kind specified or implied: 'a boy ---- as yourself.'`such
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---------- of all boats sold are used in fishing`70%
|
|
Of all canadians, ________ percent rely on groundwater for domestic use`twenty six
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Of all canadians, ________ percent rely on groundwater for domestic use`twenty six`26
|
|
---------- of all people who have ever smoked have now quit`half
|
|
---------- of all road accidents in canada involve a moose`0.3%
|
|
of all the crops grown in the us, which is the best source of protein?`soybean
|
|
Of all the planets - which is the largest`jupiter
|
|
Of a material nature: tangible`corporeal
|
|
---------- of americans have internet access`25%
|
|
__% of Americans have zero or only one sexual partner a year.`83
|
|
---------- of americans reported having been in the presence of a ghost`9%
|
|
__% of American women agree that a good night's sleep is better than sex. 68% of men disagree!`46
|
|
Of a mixed character: motley`speckled
|
|
Of an important or weighty nature: grave. serious`earnest
|
|
Of an inferior or deplorable condition: 'a rundown, --------- old shack.'`woebegone
|
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Of a pleasant disposition: friendly and sociable: 'a --------- host.'`congenial
|
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Of a similar nature: related: 'city planning and ------ studies.'`allied
|
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Of a smaller size than other, similar forms: 'the ------ anteater.'`lesser
|
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Of a strikingly attractive appearance`stunningly
|
|
---------- of bank robberies take place on fridays`50%
|
|
Of, based on, operated by, or otherwise involving the controlled conduction of electrons or other charge carriers, especially in a vacuum, gas, or`electronic
|
|
Of, based on, or using the principles of bimetallism`bimetallic
|
|
Of, being, or serving as a starting point or basis: 'a ----- course in Russian: a set of ----- woodworking tools.'`basic
|
|
Of, belonging to, or characteristic of commoners`plebeian
|
|
Of boundless or immeasurable size or extent. enormous`immense
|
|
Of brief duration: transitory: 'a passing fancy.'`passingly
|
|
---------- of canadians say they would not borrow a toothbrush if they forgot to pack their own`97%
|
|
Of, caused by, or associated with sickness: 'a sickly pallor.'`sicklier
|
|
Of, characteristic of, or containing blood`bloodied
|
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Of, characteristic of, or containing blood`bloody
|
|
__% of college students are still virgins.`20
|
|
Of, coming from, or being in the sky or high above`supernal
|
|
Of, concerned with, or organized for the benefit of charity`benevolent
|
|
Of, concerned with, or teaching religion: 'a --------- text.'`religious
|
|
Of, consisting of, or involving two or more combined or associated entities: joint`conjoint
|
|
Of, containing, or resembling chalk`cretaceous
|
|
Of, derived from, or containing ------ acid`formic
|
|
Of distinguished importance: significant: 'a ---------- figure in literature.'`measurable
|
|
------ of eggs.'`carton
|
|
---------- of electrocutions occur while talking on the phone during a thunderstorm`60%
|
|
Of enormous magnitude: immense: 'an ----------al increase in the deficit.'`astronomic
|
|
Of enormous size: immense`galactic
|
|
Of exceedingly great scope or nature: 'the ---- influence of the Hellenic world.'`huge
|
|
"Offa's Dyke" divided which 2 countries`England And Wales`Wales And England
|
|
Offbeat: crazy: the ----- energy of Harpo Marx (Michael Wood)`loopy
|
|
Offbeat: crazy: the loopy energy of Harpo Marx (Michael Wood)`loopier
|
|
Offensive. A Black nursemaid, especially one formerly in the southern United States`mammies
|
|
Offensive. A Black nursemaid, especially one formerly in the southern United States`mammy
|
|
Offensive. A short person`runt
|
|
Offensive. A short person`runts
|
|
Offensive. A woman considered to be spiteful or overbearing`bitch
|
|
Offensively bold behavior`impudence
|
|
Offensive Slang. A woman or wife`squaw
|
|
Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a Black person`coon
|
|
Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a German`kraut
|
|
Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man`fairies
|
|
Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man`fairy
|
|
Offensive to moral sensibilities: despicable`hideous
|
|
Offensive to public moral values: immodest. improper`indecent
|
|
Offensive to the taste or sensibilities`fulsome
|
|
Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write what`their own name
|
|
Offering no hope: bleak`hopeless
|
|
Officers how many british officers were forced by indian troops into the black hole of calcutta`one hundred and forty six
|
|
Officers in which army were given copies of 'les miserables'`confederate
|
|
officers in which army were given copies of 'les miserables'`confederate army
|
|
Office what is the name of the film in which steven segal's character dies`executive decision
|
|
Official approval: sanction`imprimatur
|
|
Official consignment, as to a prison or mental health facility`commitment
|
|
Official examination or review, as of barracks or troops`inspection
|
|
official language is german`austria
|
|
official neutral name is 'the helvetic confederation'`switzerland
|
|
Official scrutiny of accounts`audit
|
|
Official taxis in London are usually what colour`black
|
|
Official taxis in New York are what colour`yellow
|
|
Of first importance: primary`primal
|
|
off of what countries coast do you find the great barrier reef`Australia
|
|
---------- of food poisoning cases are never reported`95%
|
|
Of, for, or typical of college students`collegiate
|
|
Offspring occurring in numbers: brood`spawn
|
|
Offspring or descendants considered as a group`progenies
|
|
Offspring's 11th track on Smash`what happened to you
|
|
Off the coast of which Australian state is the Great Barrier Reef`Queensland
|
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Off the coast of which country is the island of Rhodes`turkey
|
|
Off what coast was 'prison island'`french guiana
|
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off what coast was 'prison island'`french`ileum
|
|
Off what country lies the island of Zanzibar`tanzania
|
|
Off which island did Lord Howe gain a famous naval victory in 1794`ushant
|
|
Off which South American port was the Graf Spee scuttled in 1939`montevideo
|
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Of gibraltar In this team sport each player gets a chance to play every position`volleyball
|
|
Of greater than average scope, breadth, or capacity: comprehensive`large
|
|
Of greater than average scope, breadth, or capacity: comprehensive`largest
|
|
Of great force: strong: 'a --- wind: in a --- rage.'`big
|
|
Of great importance, use, or service: '-------- information: -------- advice.'`valuable
|
|
Of high rank, station, or quality: noteworthy: '------- members of the community.'`eminent
|
|
Of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth`sublime
|
|
Of illegitimate birth`spurious
|
|
Of indian affairs Branch of mathematics concerned with the study of such concepts as the rate of change of one variable quantity with respect to another, the slope of a curve at a prescribed point, and the computation of the maximum and minimum values of functions`calculus
|
|
Of large size for its weight: 'a bulky knit.'`bulkier
|
|
Of, like, or befitting a king: majestic and regal`kinglier
|
|
' _____ of Love' by Frankie Lymon`ABC's
|
|
Of love Heavier-than-air craft that derives its lift not from fixed wings like those of conventional airplanes, but from a power-driven rotor or rotors, revolving on a vertical axis above the fuselage`helicopter
|
|
Of marlboro what latin word is used for information of little use`trivia
|
|
---------- of mcdonald's profits come from the sale of happy meals`40%
|
|
__% of men feel that being single is easier than being married.`70
|
|
__% of men reported that they usually sleep naked, while only 7% of women do.`20
|
|
__% of men think about money more than sex. 60% of women do.`34
|
|
__% of men wish their partner had larger breasts.`45
|
|
---------- of native africans have aids`25%
|
|
Of no consequence, effect, or value: insignificant`null
|
|
Of no exceptional ability, degree, or quality: average`ordinaries
|
|
Of no particular type: anomalous`amorphous
|
|
Of no use`otiose
|
|
Of no value: worthless`rubbishy
|
|
of one's possessions, especially all the property and debts left by one at death`estate
|
|
Of, on, or near the western coast of the United States`pacific
|
|
Of or appearing in the biblical canon`canonical
|
|
Of or being a crystal system of three equal axes lying at right angles to each other`isometric
|
|
Of or being a trustee or trusteeship`fiduciary
|
|
Of or belonging to a previous or remote period of time: 'the early inhabitants of the British Isles.'`earlier
|
|
Of or belonging to the family Equidae, which includes the horses, asses, and zebras`equine
|
|
Of or belonging to the group of great apes of the family Pongidae, which includes the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan`anthropoid
|
|
Of or belonging to the Ruminantia`ruminant
|
|
Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks: pastoral`bucolic
|
|
Of or characteristic of ----------s or a`vertebrate
|
|
Of or characteristic of this world: worldly`earthy
|
|
Of or characterized by frank, uninhibited sexuality`randier
|
|
Of or characterized by frank, uninhibited sexuality`randy
|
|
Of or characterized by messianism: '--------- nationalism.'`messianic
|
|
Of or composed in ------- couplets`elegiac
|
|
Of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste: 'the a-------- faculties.'`esthetic
|
|
Of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste: 'the --------- faculties.'`aesthetic
|
|
Of or constituting a form of government in which sovereign power is divided between a central authority and a number of constituent political units`federal
|
|
Of or constituting a form of government in which sovereign power is divided between a central authority and a number of constituent political units`federally
|
|
Of or constituting an educational method in which learning takes place through discoveries that result from investigations made by the student`heuristic
|
|
Of or constituting the end result of a succession or process: ultimate: 'an act with both an immediate and a ----- purpose.'`final
|
|
Of or containing chemicals that produce intensely hot fire when exploded: 'an ---------- bomb.'`incendiary
|
|
Of or containing facts`factual
|
|
Of or displaying a morose disposition`dyspeptic
|
|
Of or employing nuclear energy: 'an ------ submarine: ------ weapons.'`atomic
|
|
Of or for the insane`lunatic
|
|
Of or for the people in general: popular: 'a ---------- movement: ---------- art forms.'`democratic
|
|
Of or like a cloud or clouds`cloudier
|
|
Of or related to sound created or altered by an --------al or electronic device`electric
|
|
Of or relating to aborigines`aboriginal
|
|
Of or relating to a city, town, or district rather than a larger area: 'state and ----- government.'`local
|
|
Of or relating to a community`communal
|
|
Of or relating to a corporation: '--------- assets: --------- culture.'`corporate
|
|
Of or relating to a genre of usually satiric prose fiction originating in Spain and depicting in realistic, often humorous detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social degree living byhis or her wits in a`picaresque
|
|
Of or relating to a -------- gland`salivary
|
|
Of or relating to a guardian or guardianship`tutelary
|
|
Of or relating to a husband`marital
|
|
Of or relating to a marsupium`marsupial
|
|
Of or relating to a migration`migratory
|
|
Of or relating to an anatomical atrium`atrial
|
|
Of or relating to a nation's currency or coinage`monetarily
|
|
Of or relating to a nation's currency or coinage`monetary
|
|
Of or relating to a navy`naval
|
|
Of or relating to an economy: 'a period of sustained -------- growth.'`economic
|
|
Of or relating to an imitation: imitative`mimetic
|
|
Of or relating to an instrument that electrically transmits photographs`telephoto
|
|
Of or relating to antibiosis`antibiotic
|
|
Of or relating to a particular region or district`regional
|
|
Of or relating to a representative specimen: characteristic or distinctive`typical
|
|
Of or relating to -------a`sciatic
|
|
Of or relating to a sexually transmitted disease`venereal
|
|
Of or relating to a spouse`spousal
|
|
Of or relating to a star performer`stellar
|
|
Of or relating to a system of numeration having 2 as its base`binaries
|
|
Of or relating to a taxonomic order`ordinal
|
|
Of or relating to biography as a literary form`biographic
|
|
Of or relating to chemical salts`saline
|
|
Of or relating to chivalry`chivalrous
|
|
Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state: 'civil society: the civil branches of government.'`civilly
|
|
Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state: '----- society: the ----- branches of government.'`civil
|
|
Of or relating to ---------- coal`bituminous
|
|
Of or relating to comedy`comical
|
|
Of or relating to communal living`social
|
|
Of or relating to communal living`socially
|
|
Of or relating to economic, political, or social resistance: 'mounting a rear-guard effort to prevent tax increases.'`rearguard
|
|
Of or relating to election`electoral
|
|
Of or relating to energy`energetic
|
|
Of or relating to ethnology`ethnically
|
|
Of or relating to finance or finances`fiscal
|
|
Of or relating to`geodesy
|
|
Of or relating to geodesy`geodesic
|
|
Of or relating to --------- glands or the hormones secreted by them`endocrine
|
|
Of or relating to hell: '-------- punishments: -------- powers.'`infernal
|
|
Of or relating to humankind: human: 'the ------ limits of understanding.'`mortal
|
|
Of or relating to hypnotism`hypnotic
|
|
Of or relating to ----------ism`conceptual
|
|
Of or relating to ------ism or ------s`mystic
|
|
Of or relating to ----------ism`sacerdotal
|
|
Of or relating to --------ity: 'their -------- origin.'`national
|
|
Of or relating to lands held in fee or to the holding of such lands`feudal
|
|
Of or relating to law or legality`juristic
|
|
Of or relating to marine shipping or navigation. nautical`maritime
|
|
Of or relating to marriage: '------ bliss.'`wedded
|
|
Of or relating to measurement`metrical
|
|
Of or relating to measurement`metricize
|
|
Of or relating to mercantilism`mercantile
|
|
Of or relating to metals other than iron`nonferrous
|
|
Of or relating to nutrition`nutritive
|
|
Of or relating to one's mental or spiritual being: She thinks she has no soul, no -------- life, but the truth is that she has no access to it (David`interior
|
|
Of or relating to one that fails to win: 'a losing season: a losing battle.'`losings
|
|
Of or relating to only one individual or group: exclusive: 'The court has the ---- right to decide.'`sole
|
|
Of or relating to pictorial representation`graphic
|
|
Of or relating to prediction: predictive`prognostic
|
|
Of or relating to putrefaction`putrescent
|
|
Of or relating to --------- schools`parochial
|
|
Of or relating to self-propelled vehicles`automotive
|
|
Of or relating to simple or basic structure or form`molecular
|
|
Of or relating to --------s`logistic
|
|
Of or relating to ----------s`numismatic
|
|
Of or relating to something supplied, installed, or purchased in this manner: 'a ------- agreement.'`turnkey
|
|
Of or relating to sound waves beyond human audibility`supersonic
|
|
Of or relating to --------s`phonemic
|
|
Of or relating to ---------s`pneumatic
|
|
Of or relating to ----------s`prosthetic
|
|
Of or relating to ------s`rodent
|
|
Of or relating to ----- strips`comic
|
|
Of or relating to that which is known by a restricted number of people`esoteric
|
|
Of or relating to the 13 British colonies that became the original United States of America`colonial
|
|
Of or relating to the aged or to characteristics of the aging process`geriatric
|
|
Of or relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family that includes Latin, Faliscan, Oscan, Umbrian, and the Romance languages`italic
|
|
Of or relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family that includes Latin, Faliscan, Oscan, Umbrian, and the Romance languages`italics
|
|
Of or relating to the broadcasting or reception of sound`audio
|
|
Of or relating to the Byzantine Empire`byzantine
|
|
Of or relating to the cardia`cardiac
|
|
Of or relating to the`choroid
|
|
Of or relating to the cultivation of vast areas of land with a minimum of labor or expense`extensive
|
|
Of or relating to the cult of the phallus as an embodiment of generative power: '------- worship.'`phallic
|
|
Of or relating to the cure of disease`curative
|
|
Of or relating to the Dutch language`dutch
|
|
Of or relating to the earth's atmosphere`meteoric
|
|
Of or relating to the firmament: celestial: 'the sun, the moon, and other -------- bodies.'`heavenly
|
|
Of or relating to the ------- glands or their secretions`adrenal
|
|
Of or relating to the great depths of the oceans`abyssal
|
|
Of or relating to the heart`coronaries
|
|
Of or relating to the material world: worldly: 'the -------- possessions of the Church.'`temporal
|
|
Of or relating to the mouth: '---- surgery.'`oral
|
|
Of or relating to the operating expenses of a business`overhead
|
|
Of or relating to the organs involved in the formation and excretion of urine`urinary
|
|
Of or relating to the production of offspring`generative
|
|
Of or relating to the production or marketing of ------ goods`woolen
|
|
Of or relating to the properties or actions of --------s`chemical
|
|
Of or relating to the representation of objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are: 'a --------- novel about ghetto life.' graphic`realistic
|
|
Of or relating to the science of botany`botanic
|
|
Of or relating to the science of ------ or optical equipment`optics
|
|
Of or relating to the science of -----s or -----al equipment`optic
|
|
Of or relating to the science or technology of flight`aerospace
|
|
Of or relating to the -------s`genital
|
|
Of or relating to the soul or spirit: spiritual`ghostlier
|
|
Of or relating to the study of the internal action of firearms`ballistic
|
|
Of or relating to the tarsus of the eyelid: 'the ------ ligaments.'`tarsal
|
|
Of or relating to the wall of the body cavity, especially as distinguished from the head, limbs, or viscera`somatic
|
|
Of or relating to the worldwide Christian church`ecumenical
|
|
Of or relating to volume`cubical
|
|
Of or relating to war: martial`warlike
|
|
Of or relating to writers or the profession of literature: '-------- circles.'`literary
|
|
Of or worthy of the gods: divine`ambrosial
|
|
---------- of people wash from top to bottom in the shower`75%
|
|
Of pleasing appearance: handsome`seemlier
|
|
Of poor quality or craft`shoddier
|
|
Of poor quality: shabby`dinkier
|
|
Of, relating to, based on, or contained in the Scriptures`scriptural
|
|
Of, relating to, characteristic of, intended for, or appropriate for children or young people: '-------- fashions.'`juvenile
|
|
Of, relating to, directed toward, or located on the left side`lefts
|
|
Of, relating to, directed toward, or located on the ---- side`left
|
|
Of, relating to, emanating from, or being the expression of a deity: 'sought ------ guidance through meditation.'`divine
|
|
Of, relating to, or accompanying birth`natal
|
|
Of, relating to, or according to the science of --------s`semantic
|
|
Of, relating to, or affected with nephritis`nephritic
|
|
Of, relating to, or affecting a bodily organ: 'an ------- disease.'`organic
|
|
Of, relating to, or appropriate for a servant`menial
|
|
Of, relating to, or associated with epilepsy`epileptic
|
|
Of, relating to, or being a lighter-than-air aircraft that holds its shape by gas pressure`nonrigid
|
|
Of, relating to, or being financial ---------, or a --------- in a financial transaction`principal
|
|
Of, relating to, or being military or intelligence operations sanctioned or mandated by Congress: '----- aid to the rebels.'`overt
|
|
Of, relating to, or being military or intelligence operations sanctioned or mandated by Congress: 'overt aid to the rebels.'`overtly
|
|
Of, relating to, or being one of the pointed conical teeth located between the incisors and the first bicuspids`canine
|
|
Of, relating to, or being the blood in the arteries that has absorbed oxygen in the lungs and is bright red`arterial
|
|
Of, relating to, or being the blood in the veins or pulmonary arteries that is usually dark red as a result of low oxygen content`venous
|
|
Of, relating to, or causing death. fatal`lethal
|
|
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a style of composition that flourished in Europe from about 1600 to 1750, marked by expressive`baroque
|
|
Of, relating to, or characteristic of older persons or life in later years`elderly
|
|
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Scholasticism`scholastic
|
|
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy`clerical
|
|
Of, relating to, or constituting the glands that produce tears`lachrymal
|
|
Of, relating to, or constituting the glands that produce tears`lacrimal
|
|
Of, relating to, or containing gelatin`gelatinous
|
|
Of, relating to, or contemporary with the 12 Apostles`apostolic
|
|
Of, relating to, or designating the short flight feathers nearest the body on the rear edge of a bird's wing`tertiary
|
|
Of, relating to, or determined by a year: 'an ------ income.'`annual
|
|
Of, relating to, or expressed by an alphabet`alphabetic
|
|
Of, relating to, or expressed in a sign language: 'a ------ translation.'`signed
|
|
Of, relating to, or having the nature of a vowel`vocalic
|
|
Of, relating to, or having the power to originate: creative`seminal
|
|
Of, relating to, or indicating a mathematical function or functions`functional
|
|
Of, relating to, or intended for dentistry: '------ work: ------ bills.'`dental
|
|
Of, relating to, or intended for use by only one eye: 'a --------- microscope.'`monocular
|
|
Of, relating to, or involving church government by bishops`episcopal
|
|
Of, relating to, or involving the entire earth: worldwide: '------ war: ------ monetary policies.'`global
|
|
Of, relating to, or involving ultrasound`ultrasonic
|
|
Of, relating to, or located on the same side of the body as the spinal cord: dorsal`neuritis
|
|
Of, relating to, or manifesting the view that there is no order or value in human life or in the universe`absurd
|
|
Of, relating to, or marked by multistoried buildings: 'a high-rise fire: a high-rise district.'`highrise
|
|
Of, relating to, or occurring during the mating season: 'the ------- plumage of male birds.'`nuptial
|
|
Of, relating to, or occurring in the earliest stage of development: 'was active in the -------- stages of the space program.'`germinal
|
|
Of, relating to, or practicing sexual perversion`perverted
|
|
Of, relating to, or resembling floss`flossier
|
|
Of, relating to, or resembling leprosy`leprous
|
|
Of, relating to, or resembling skin`skinnier
|
|
Of, relating to, or suggestive of schizophrenia. No longer in scientific use`schizoid
|
|
Of, relating to, or taking place in private life: 'an -------- persona.'`offstage
|
|
Of, relating to, or used for animal husbandry`pastoral
|
|
Of, relating to, or used in debate or argument: rhetorical`forensic
|
|
Of, relating to, or written in`miniscule
|
|
Of, relating to, or written in miniscule`minuscule
|
|
Of, relating to, or written in the simplified form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing`demotic
|
|
Of, relating to, used in, or involving military or naval operations that are smaller, closer to base, and of less long-term significance than strategic`tactical
|
|
Of, resembling, or befitting a queen: majestic and regal`queenlier
|
|
Of, resembling, or suggestive of a devil: fiendish: '-------- energy: a --------al fit.'`demoniac
|
|
Of, similar to, or characteristic of a thief: furtive`thievish
|
|
Of sin, cos or tan, which graph is not differentiable at all points`tan
|
|
Of special quality or value: choice: 'select peaches.'`selectness
|
|
Of such beauty or delicacy as to arouse intense delight: 'an --------- sunset.' delicate`exquisite
|
|
---------- of taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper`1/3
|
|
Often drank, this liquid is normally harvested from female cows`milk
|
|
Often drunk, this liquid is normally harvested from female cows`milk
|
|
Often eaten for breakfast, bacon is actually the flesh of what barnyard animal`Pig
|
|
Often eaten for breakfast, the egg comes from what barnyard animal`chicken
|
|
Often eaten in soup what are croutons made of`bread
|
|
often made around a campfire, what has graham crackers, marshmallow and chocolate`smores
|
|
Often Offensive. Of or belonging to a racial group not categorized as white`coloreds
|
|
Often Offensive. Of or relating to naturalized citizens or their descendants or culture`hyphenated
|
|
Often Offensive. Unable to speak`mute
|
|
Often Offensive. Unable to speak`muting
|
|
Often seen on warning signs, what two words are combined for form the term Hazmat`Hazardous material
|
|
---------- often sleep for up to fourteen hours a day`gorillas
|
|
Of the 25 reported cases of penis fracture last year, 16 agree that the cause of their condition was due to over-enthusiastic __________.`masturbation
|
|
Of the 262 men who have held the title of pope, how many have died by violence`thirty three
|
|
Of the 266 men who have been pope, how many have died violently`thirty three
|
|
Of the 266 popes, how many died violently`thirty three
|
|
---------- of the cells in your body will die and be replaced with new cells all while you have been reading this sentence`50,000
|
|
Of the color jet: black: '----- tresses.'`jetty
|
|
---------- of the population can curl their tongue into a tube`85%
|
|
Of the rank of a monarch`royal
|
|
Of the rank of a monarch`royally
|
|
Of the seven colours of the rainbow which is the middle one`green
|
|
---------- of the solar system mass is concentrated in the sun`99%
|
|
Of the Somme With what acid do nettles cause irritation`Formic acid
|
|
Of the twenty brightest stars in the sky, what one is the furthest north`capella
|
|
Of the two chipmunks, Chip and Dale, ____ has the black nose`chip
|
|
---------- of the video game market is adults`56%
|
|
---------- of turns are right turns`51%
|
|
Of uncertain significance`equivocal
|
|
---------- of u.s. male college students believe life is a meaningless existential hell`27%
|
|
---------- of vitamin c in brussels sprouts will be lost in cooking`90%
|
|
Of waterloo Common name for the family comprising a peculiar group of spiny, fleshy plants native to America`cactus
|
|
Of what are an arc, radius and sector a part`circle
|
|
Of what are Chestnut, Oyster, Shitake varieties`mushroom
|
|
Of what are corolla, filament and stigma a part of`flower
|
|
of what are dartboards made`horsehairs
|
|
Of what are epidermal cells, palisade cells and veins a part`leaf
|
|
Of what are quemoy and matsu part`taiwan
|
|
of what are 'smores' made`graham crackers, marshmallow and chocolate
|
|
of what are 'smores' made`graham crackers, marshmallow and`sashimi
|
|
Of what are Syrah, Merlot and Pinot Noir favourites`grapes
|
|
Of what are the central processing units of modern computers mostly composed`silicone
|
|
Of what are throat, foxing and platform parts`shoe
|
|
Of what are walrus tusks made`ivory
|
|
Of what battle was a horse named Comanche the only losing survivor`battle of little big horn
|
|
Of what building did Galile drop his balls`The leaning tower of Pisa
|
|
Of what continent is Cyprus a part`asia
|
|
Of what country did Napoleon make his brother, Jerome, king`westphalia
|
|
Of what country did Napoleon make his brother, Louis, king`holland
|
|
Of what country is Holger Danske the national hero`Denmark
|
|
Of what country is Lagos the capital`Nigeria
|
|
of what country is samsoe is the national cheese`denmark
|
|
Of what country is the monetary unit the rupee`india
|
|
Of what country is Tripoli capital`libya
|
|
of what country was nebuchadnezzar king`assyria
|
|
of what did aristotle say all things were made up`air, earth, fire, water
|
|
Of what did israel acquire 4 out of 7 in 1955`dead sea scrolls
|
|
Of what did robert the bruce, king of scotland, die in 1329`leprosy
|
|
Of what did sigmund freud have a morbid fear`ferns
|
|
Of what did Sir Francis Drake die`dysentry
|
|
of what do baby robins eat 14 feet of every day`earthworms
|
|
Of what do earthworms have five`hearts
|
|
Of what does a bicaudal cow have two`tails
|
|
Of what does a human being lose an average of 40 to 100 per day`hairs
|
|
Of what does a Poker Full House consist`three of a kind and a pair
|
|
Of what does the typical man have 13,000`whiskers
|
|
of what do you use one tenth if you lick a stamp`calorie
|
|
Of what element is the sun mostly composed`hydrogen
|
|
of what fabric are harris, lewis & donegal the leading examples?`tweed
|
|
Of what form of artistic expression is Caedmon the first named British exponent`poetry
|
|
Of what group is Mark Miller the lead singer`sawyer brown
|
|
Of what has alberta, canada been completely free since 1905`rats
|
|
Of what has Ry Cooder only one,that most men have two`eye
|
|
of what is 16% of human body weight made up`skin
|
|
Of what is 98% of the weight of water made`oxygen
|
|
Of what is '9' the billionth digit`pi
|
|
Of what, is a Dutch Beefsteak a variety`tomato
|
|
Of what is agrostology the study`grasses
|
|
Of what is androphobia a fear`men
|
|
Of what is apiphobia the fear`bees
|
|
Of what is a Queen Alexandra Birdwing the worlds largest variety`butterfly
|
|
of what is a rhinocerous horn made`hair
|
|
Of what is cetology a study`whales
|
|
Of what is dendrology the study`trees
|
|
Of what is dromophobia the fear`crossing roads
|
|
Of what is genetics the study`heredity
|
|
Of what is graphology the study`handwriting
|
|
Of what is hippophobia a fear`horses
|
|
Of what is keratitis an inflammation`cornea
|
|
of what is lake victoria the source`white nile
|
|
of what is lake victoria the source`white`tucker
|
|
Of what is mycology the study`fungi
|
|
Of what is pedology the scientific study`soil
|
|
Of what is pedology the study`soil
|
|
Of what is pekoe a variety`tea
|
|
Of what is petrology the study`rocks
|
|
Of what is 'psephology' the study`election results
|
|
of what is 'soweto' in south africa an abbreviation`south west`reeve
|
|
Of what is 'soweto' in south africa an abbreviation`south west township
|
|
Of what is St Clare patron saint of`television
|
|
Of what is the word 'fortnight' a contraction`fourteen nights
|
|
Of what is tocophobia the fear`childbirth
|
|
Of what metal are meteorites composed`iron
|
|
of what mineral is limestone composed of?`calcite
|
|
Of what modern mammal is the Mastodon an early relative`elephant
|
|
Of what nutrient is egg white composed`protein
|
|
of what origin is 'spanakopita'`greek
|
|
of what planet is 'io' a moon`jupiter
|
|
of what planet is titan a moon`saturn
|
|
Of what species is the firefly a member`beetle
|
|
Of what substance are teeth made`enamel
|
|
Of what was Charlie Chaplain's cane made?`bamboo
|
|
OfwhatwasCharlieChaplain'scanemade`bamboo
|
|
Of what was charlie chaplin's cane made`bamboo
|
|
of what was john bentham one of the founders`utilitarianism
|
|
Of what was Napoleon terrified`cats
|
|
Of what was Snow White's coffin made`glass
|
|
Of what was the first lightbulb filament made`cotton
|
|
Of what was vadim viktorovich bakatin the last chairman`k.g.b
|
|
of what was vadim viktorovich bakatin the last chairman`k.g`capone
|
|
Of what were 500 million printed with Elvis Presley on the face`stamps
|
|
Of what were ancient Egyptian pillows made`stone
|
|
Of which academy is a goat the mascot`u.s naval academy
|
|
Of which African country is Lilongwe the capital`malawi
|
|
Of which ancient country was Akhenaten a ruler`egypt
|
|
Of which: 'ancient pottery ------- many examples are lost.'`whereof
|
|
Of which australian band, still rocking after 20 years, is angus young the brains`ac/dc
|
|
Of which bird did Wordsworth write "Is it a bird, or but a wandering voice`"cuckoo
|
|
Of which bird did Wordsworth write "Shall I call thee bird, or but a wandering voice"`cuckoo
|
|
Of which bird did Wordsworth write "Shall I call thee bird, or but a wandering voice`"the cuckoo
|
|
Of which book did Charles Dickens write 'Of all my books I like this the best'`david copperfield
|
|
of which boy band was Robbie Williams a member`Take That
|
|
Of which British politician was it said 'He delivers all his statements as though auditioning for the speaking clock'`john major
|
|
Of which cambodian party was pol pot the leader`khmer rouge
|
|
Of which co star did tony curtis say its like kissing hitler`marilyn monroe
|
|
Of which country does the group of about 100 islands, known variously as the Spice Islands, the Moluccas, Maluku and Pulau Seribu, form part`indonesia
|
|
Of which country does the kalahari desert cover 84%`botswana
|
|
Of which country is Amharic an official language`ethiopia
|
|
Of which country is Constanta a major port city?`romania
|
|
Of which country is Khartoum the capital`the sudan
|
|
Of which country is Maseru the capital`lesotho
|
|
Of which country is the flame flower a native`south africa
|
|
of which country is the flame flower a native`south`fertilisation
|
|
Of which country is the flower the French Marigold a native`mexico
|
|
Of which country is voodoo the national religious folk cult`haiti
|
|
Of which country was Achmed Sukarno president from 1945 - 1962`indonesia
|
|
Of which country was achmed sukarno president from 1945 to 1962`indonesia
|
|
Of which country was Admiral Miklos Horthy the political leader during World War 2`hungary
|
|
Of which country was Anastasio Somoza president during the 1960s and '70s`nicaragua
|
|
Of which country was Andreas Papandreou prime minister`greece
|
|
Of which country was Antonio Salazar once dictator`portugal
|
|
Of which country was Anwar Sadat the president`egypt
|
|
Of which country was Faisal, assassinated in 1975, king`saudi arabia
|
|
Of which country was Henry the Navigator a prince in the 1400s`portugal
|
|
Of which country was louis philippe the last king`france
|
|
Of which country was Salvador Allende president`chile
|
|
of which country were nasser and king farouk heads of state`egypt
|
|
Of which empire was Nineveh the capital`assyria
|
|
Of which event in 1929 did a Chicago reporter say 'There was more brains on my shoes than in my head'`saint valentines day massacre
|
|
Of which event in 1929 did a Chicago reporter say 'There was more brains on my shoes than in my head'`st valentine's day massacre`saint valentine's day massacre
|
|
of which family are watermelons a member`cucumbers
|
|
Of which family is the tamaraw, one of the world's rarest animals?`buffalo
|
|
Of which famous American tycoon did Clifford Irving forge an autobiography in 1972`howard hughes
|
|
Of which fruit are Pink Lady, Sundowner and Discovery varieties`apples
|
|
Of which fruit is "pearmain" a variety`apple
|
|
Of which fruit is 'Red Gauntlet' a variety`strawberry
|
|
Of which island do ireland, britain, iceland and norway dispute ownership`rockall
|
|
Of which island group is Viti Levu, the largest`fiji
|
|
Of which metal is azurite the ore`copper
|
|
Of which metal is malachite an ore`copper
|
|
Of which metal is sperrylite the ore`platinum
|
|
Of which mountain is Maclear's Beacon the highest point`table mountain
|
|
Of which people was Genghis Kahn a war leader`The Mongols
|
|
Of which people was William Tell a national hero`the swiss
|
|
Of which piece of music is "The Great Gate at Kiev" a part`pictures at an exhibition
|
|
Of which planet is luna the moon`earth
|
|
Of which republic was Idi Amin the leader`uganda
|
|
Of which ship was miles standish captain`mayflower
|
|
Of which Spanish province is Santander the capital city`cantabria`
|
|
Of which Spanish province is Seville the capital city`andalucia
|
|
Of which State was Jimmy Carter Governor before he became president`georgia
|
|
Of who did the u.s postal service print 500 million stamps in 1993`elvis
|
|
of who did the u.s postal service print 500 million stamps in 1993`elvis presley
|
|
Of whom was Diana Prince the alter ego`wonderwoman
|
|
Of whom was it said by Gerald Ford, 'He doesn't dye his hair - he's just prematurely orange'`ronald reagan
|
|
Of who was atahualpa king`incas
|
|
Of who was eva braun the mistress`adolf hitler
|
|
Of who was Oedipus king`thebes
|
|
Of who were castor and pollux the twin sons`zeus and leda
|
|
__% of women over the age of 80 still have sexual intercourse either with their spouse or boyfriends.`30
|
|
__% of women say they did not enjoy sex their first time.`60
|
|
---------- of workers on the panama canal suffered from malaria`82%
|
|
Ogdensburg, New York is the only city in the United States situated what river`st lawrence
|
|
Ogdensburg, New York is the only city in the United States situated what river`st lawrence`saint lawrence
|
|
Ogdensburg, New York is the only city in the U S situated on what river`st lawrence river
|
|
ogs ______ through the pads of their feet`sweat
|
|
Oh, life, it's bigger, it's bigger than you and you are not me.`losing my religion
|
|
"Oh no, Beta." Who said it?`Snake
|
|
Oikophobia is the fear of`home surroundings
|
|
Oikophobia is the fear of`home surroundings`house
|
|
Oingo Boingo tune that tells you "leave your body and soul at the door".`dead mans party
|
|
oklahoma city is the capital of ______`oklahoma
|
|
older movies: al pacino & a young michelle pfeiffer in a drug-dealing violence-fest:`scarface
|
|
older movies: anne francis & robby the robot starred in this scifi classic:`forbidden planet
|
|
older movies: early spielberg film with roy scheider & richard dreyfus:`jaws
|
|
older movies: katherine hepburn was a socialite flirting with reporter jimmy stewart:`the philadelphia story
|
|
older movies: silly comedy with dudley moore & liza minelli (freebie):`arthur
|
|
Old-fashioned: antique`fustier
|
|
Old fashioned word for a prostitute`harlot
|
|
Old lady from pasadena`the little old lady from pasadena`a little old lady
|
|
Old Man of the Sea: The ______, the unique member of the family dungongidae, is a large and long-lived marine mammal that may have contributed to the myth of mermaid sightings`Dugong
|
|
Old maps show Terra Australis Incognita, what was it`unknown southern continent
|
|
'Old Moore's Almanac' was founded in what year`1699
|
|
old name for ethiopia`abyssinia
|
|
old name of zimbabwe`rhodesia
|
|
Old name used for an Indian Prince or King`rajah
|
|
Old soldier or long serving member of any group`veteran
|
|
Old testament wife of King Ahab`jezebel
|
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Old Trek: At age seven Spock was betrothed to who`t'pring
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Old Trek: In what episode does Kirk get married`paradise syndrome
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Old Trek: The Providers live on what planet`triskelion
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Old Trek: What God appeared in "Who Mourns For Adonais"`apollo
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old trek: who created nomad?`jackson roykirk
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Old Trek: Who is above and below Scotty in the Enterprise's chain of command`spock and sulu
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Olfactophobia is a fear of ______`smells
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Olfactophobia is the fear of`smells
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Oliver is sold`sowerberry
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Oliver Reed had an eagle tattooed on this part of his anatomy`his penis
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"Oliver's Story" was the sequel to which best-seller by Erich Segal`love story
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Olympia is the state capital of which American state`washington
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Olympian runner Paavo Nurmi hails from what country`finland
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olympic games: what city hosted the first winter olympics in asia`sapporo, japan
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Ombrophobia is a fear of ______`rain
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Ombrophobia is the fear of`rain
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Ommetaphobia is the fear of`eyes
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Omphalomancy is:Predicting the future by studying what?`belly-buttons
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On 9 February ____, soap rationing began in Britain`1942
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On a boat or ship away from the shore: at sea`afloat
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On a Canadian two dollar bill, what flag is flying over the Parliament Building`The American flag
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On a chemical what does a skull and cross-bone mean`Toxic
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On a compass what do the initials NEbE stand for`north-east by east
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On a dartboard, what number is on top`twenty
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On a darts board what number is directly opposite 10`fourteen
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On a darts board what number is directly opposite 10`fourteen`14
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on a dice, what is on the opposite side of the '5'`two
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On a french menu what would 'huitres' be`oysters
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On a German white wine what does the word 'Spatlese' (pronounced 'shpate-laser') signify`late picked
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On a human body, hair grows out of pits in the skin. What are these pits called`follicles
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On Airwolf, what instrument does Hawke play`cello
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On a large scale: amply`largely
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On a line or course parallel and close to: continuously beside: 'rowed ----- the shore: the trees ----- the avenue.'`along
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on a london underground map, what colour is the district line`green
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On a map, how is a parallel also known`latitude
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On a map, how is a parallel also known`(line of) latitude
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On a menu in an Indian restaurant, if a dish is described as being 'dupiaza', what would it include`fried onions
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On a menu in an Indian restaurant, which vegetable is known as 'aloo'`potato
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On a Monopoly Board, what colour is Regent Street`green
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On a monopoly board, what lies between st charles place and states ave`electric company
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on a monopoly board, what lies between st charles place & states ave`electric company
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on a monopoly board, what lies between st charles place & states ave`electric`fields
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on a monopoly board, what lies between ventnor ave & marvin gardens?`water works
|
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On a musical score for piano what is indicated by the letters M. G. (They're in French)`left hand
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On a music score what name is given to the key and meter (or time) signs at the beginning of a composition`signature
|
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On an analogue clock, what number faces 4`10
|
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on a pack of cards which way does the king of clubs face`right
|
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On a 'qwerty' keyboard, what is the extreme left-hand letter on the bottom row`z
|
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On a 'qwerty' keyboard, what is the extreme left-hand letter on the middle row of letters`a
|
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On a 'qwerty' keyboard, what is the letter in between the B and the C key`v
|
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On a 'qwerty' keyboard, what is the letter in between the D and the G key`f
|
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On a 'qwerty' keyboard, what is the letter in between the J and the L key`k
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On a 'qwerty' keyboard, what is the letter in between the W and the R key`e
|
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on a ship, what is the plimsoll line`loading`gogh
|
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On a ship, what is the plimsoll line`loading line
|
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Onassis driving: what country is identified by the letters ma`morocco
|
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On a standard computer keyboard, this is the letter just to the right of Z.`x
|
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On August 26,1990 after finishing an encore jam featuring Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy and Robert Cray, his helicopter crashed on his way from Wisconsin to Chicago`Stevie Ray Vaughan
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on august 26 1990, after finishing an encore jam featuring eric clapton, buddy guy and robert cray, whose helicopter crashed on his way from wisconsin to chicago`stevie ray vaughan
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On average, an iceberg weighs __________ tons`twenty million`20,000,000
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On average, elephants sleep for about ________ per day`two hours`2 hours
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On average, people fear spiders more than they do`death
|
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on average, there are 333 squares of ---------- on a roll`toilet paper
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On average, there are ___-___ _____ sperm per human male ejaculation.`300-500 million
|
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on average, which game takes the longest to play`football
|
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On average which is the deepest ocean`pacific
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On a very small scale`minutely
|
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On Beverly Hills 90210 What was the name of Brandon's first car?`Mondale
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ON Beverly Hills 90210,where did the Walshes live before they moved to Beverly Hills?`Minnesota
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On boy meets world, what is the crazy older brother's name`eric
|
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On British television, which Indian actress is also a cookery expert`madhur jaffrey
|
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On, by, with, or toward the edge`edgeways
|
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on captain midnight, what was ichabod mudd's nickname`icky
|
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on cars gb stands for what country`great britain
|
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Once a year on this island, millions of red crabs make a journey to the ocean, then return inland. Which island`Christmas Island
|
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Once in a while: on occasion`betimes
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Once known as the Hawks, this band backed Dylan for 10 years`the band
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Once married to Ted Hughes, which American poet committed suicide in 1963`sylvia plath
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Once used to make women appear slender, these undergarments were actually known to cause skeletal damage`corsets
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on "charlie's angels", who was the voice of charlie`john forsythe
|
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On Children's TV who has friends called Wendy, Muck and Scoop`bob the builder
|
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On clothing, what does the symbol of a circle crossed-out indicate`do not dry clean
|
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On clothing, what does the symbol of a circle inside a square indicate`can be tumble dried
|
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On December 1, 1917, who opened Boys Town, a farm village for wayward boys, near Omaha, Nebraska?`Father Edward Flanagan
|
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On december 1, 1990, workers from france and england met in what structure in the middle of the english channel`chunnel
|
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on december 16, 1773, american townsmen dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into boston harbor in what became known as the ________`boston tea party
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On different strokes, what pet did arnold keep in his room`goldfish
|
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on Different Strokes,who got kidnapped?`Sam
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On Diff'rent Strokes,what pet did Arnold keep in his room?`Goldfish
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on 'dragnet', who did harry morgan play`officer bill gannon
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On 'dragnet', who played officer bill gannon`harry morgan
|
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One acting as a ruler or governor`regent
|
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One and the other: each: 'rings on ------ hand.'`either
|
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One billion bytes`gigabyte
|
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One category of such a set`gender
|
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One closely resembling another: a counterpart`similitude
|
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One complete revolution of such a body`orbit
|
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One culture of microorganisms derived from another`subculture
|
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One day on Mercury lasts _____ Earth days`fifty eight
|
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One "day" on Mercury lasts more than ___ Earth days`fifty eight
|
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One "day" on Mercury lasts more than ___ Earth days`fifty eight`58
|
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On edge: nervous`jumpier
|
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On edge: nervous`jumpy
|
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One drive 64 km/hr ...How many Mph am I driving`40
|
|
One employed by a company to obtain confidential information about its competitors`spied
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One employed by a company to obtain confidential information about its competitors`spy
|
|
One empowered to act for or represent another: 'an author's -----: an insurance -----.'`agent
|
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One engaged in the logging business`logger
|
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One, especially a tenant, that occupies or controls something: 'The current ------ of the apartment.'`holder
|
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One fifth of the female population, in London in 1860 were_________?`Prostitutes
|
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One-fourth of the people who lose their ______ __ _____ also lose their desire for sexual relations.`sense of smell
|
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One gram of 2,4 d, a common household herbicide can contaminate __________ litres of drinking water`ten million
|
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One gram of pcbs can make up to ____________ litres of water unsuitable for freshwater aquatic life`one billion
|
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One guilty of a fault or crime`culprit
|
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One having an indicated rank or rating. Often used in combination: 'a third------: a first------.'`rater
|
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One having a specified quality: 'under----.'`ling
|
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One held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion`captive
|
|
One Hit Wonders 3: Brandy, You're a Fine Girl`looking glass
|
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One Hit Wonders 3: Come On Eileen`dexys midnight runners
|
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One Hit Wonders 3: Mexican Radio`wall of voodoo
|
|
One Hit Wonders 3: Puttin' On The Ritz (1983)`taco
|
|
One Hit Wonders 3: The Book of Love`monotones
|
|
One Hit Wonders : 99 Luftballoons`nina
|
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one hit wonders aneka got to no 1 in 1981 name the song`japanese boy
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|
One Hit Wonders: Australian Duo who went top 5 in 1991 with "I Touch Myself"`divinyls
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|
One Hit Wonders : Brandy, You're a Fine Girl`looking glass
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|
One Hit Wonders: British band who took rock anthem "All Right Now" to #4 in 1970`free
|
|
One Hit Wonders: British quintet who hit the top 20 with "I Wanna Be A Cowboy"`boys don't cry
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Brit techno-rock band who went to #9 in 1982 with "I Ran (So Far Away)"`flock of seagulls
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Brit who hit #5 in 1983 with "She Blinded Me with Science"`thomas dolby
|
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One Hit Wonders: Bronx based dance singer who went to #6 in 1991 with "Temptation"`corina
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One Hit Wonders: Chantilly Lace`big bopper
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One Hit Wonders: Cleveland band who went top 5 in 1982 with "Let It Whip"`dazz band
|
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One Hit Wonders: Come On Eileen`dexys midnight runners
|
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One Hit Wonders: English Band who took Falco's Der Komissar to #5 in the US`after the fire
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Female who sang the #1 song of the 70's "You Light Up My Life"`boone
|
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One Hit Wonders: Female who sang the #1 song of the 70's "You Light Up My Life"`debbie boone
|
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One Hit Wonders: Founding member of Sweeney Todd who went to #1 with "Hot Child In The City"`nick gilder
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Hispanic rapper Mellow Man Ace hit with this "spanglish" song in 1990`mentirosa
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Inspired by a classic movie of the same name, it was Bertie Higgins #8 hit`key largo
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Inspired by a classic movie of the same name, it was Bertie Higgins 8th hit`key largo
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Kentucky group who went to #1 in 1978 with "Kiss You All Over"`exile
|
|
One Hit Wonders: LA Based Rock Band which hit in 1985 with "Turn Up The Radio"`autograph
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Lead by Squeeze member Paul Carrack this group asked "How Long"`ace
|
|
One Hit Wonders : Little Star`the elegants
|
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One Hit Wonders : Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes`edison lighthouse
|
|
One Hit Wonders : Mexican Radio`wall of voodoo
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Mickey`toni basil
|
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[One hit wonders name the artist] "Dont worry be happy"`Bobby Mcferrin
|
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[One hit wonders name the artist] "In the summertime"`Mungo jerry
|
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[One hit wonders name the artist] "In the year 2525"`Zager and evans
|
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[One hit wonders name the artist] "Miami vice theme"`Jan hammer
|
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[One hit wonders name the artist] "pop muzic"`M
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|
One Hit Wonders: Nazareth's rock anthem "Love Hurts" came from this classic album`hair of the dog
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Neal Hefti's one hit wonder from 1966; a TV theme which had only two words`the batman theme
|
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One Hit Wonders: Nick Heyward's old band who hit in 1982 with "Love Plus One"`haircut one hundred
|
|
One Hit Wonders: One Hit Wonders 3: Don't Shed A Tear`carrack
|
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One Hit Wonders: Originally formed as a SKA band, these guys hit in 1983 with "Our House"`madness
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One Hit Wonders: Pittsburgh rocker who hit in 1981 with "Ah! Leah!"`donnie iris
|
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One Hit Wonders: Pump Up the Volume`marrs
|
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One hit wonders: puttin on the ritz 1983`taco
|
|
One hit wonders: r and b group that went to the charts twice with do you love me`contours
|
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One Hit Wonders: R&B Group that went to the charts twice with "Do You Love Me"`contours
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Rico Suave`gerardo
|
|
One Hit Wonders : Shattered Dreams`johnny hates jazz
|
|
One Hit Wonders: She Blinded Me With Science`dolby
|
|
One Hit Wonders: She's Like The Wind`patrick swayze
|
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One Hit Wonders: She's Like The Wind`swayze
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Singers of English anthem to feed children "Do They Know It's Christmas"`band aid
|
|
One Hit Wonders : Somkin' in the Boy's Room (1974)`brownsville station
|
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One hit wonders: somkin in the boys room`brownsville station
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Steve Martin hit with "King Tut" in '78, but this was the name on the label`steve martin and the toot uncommons
|
|
One Hit Wonders : Take a Letter Maria`rb greaves
|
|
One Hit Wonders: The Book of Love`monotones
|
|
One Hit Wonders: The First BIG winner of Star Search he hit in 1984 with "Sugar Don't Bite"`sam harris
|
|
One Hit Wonders : Theme from "Greatest American Hero"`joey scarbury
|
|
One Hit Wonders: The soul ballad of love gone wrong which Oran "Juice" Jones hit with in 1986`the rain
|
|
One Hit Wonders: This annoying rap song that got played to death in 1988 was by LA duo`supersonic
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Toronto based blues-rock group who hit in 1989 with "Angel Eyes"`jeff healey band
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Waiting For a Star To Fall`boy meets girl
|
|
One Hit Wonders: West German who took the instrumental hit "Axel F" to #3 in 1985`harold faltermeyer
|
|
One Hit Wonders: Wild Weekend`the rebels
|
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One in a position of supremacy or domination over others`overlord
|
|
One inclined to -------ism in religious matters`skeptic
|
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One inclined to skepticism in religious matters`sceptic
|
|
One inclined to skepticism in religious matters`sceptics
|
|
One inclined to skepticism in religious matters`skeptics
|
|
One in every _____ Americans has appeared on television`four
|
|
One in every _____ Americans has appeared on television`four`4
|
|
One injured or killed in an accident: 'a train wreck with many ----------.'`casualties
|
|
Oneirogmophobia is the fear of?`wet dreams
|
|
Oneirology is a study and interpretation of what`dreams
|
|
Oneirophobia is a fear of ______`dreams
|
|
Oneirophobia is the fear of`dreams
|
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one is disposed to make a pair: the emotion of sex and romance`love
|
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one is disposed to make a pair: the emotion of sex and romance`loved
|
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one is disposed to make a pair: the emotion of sex and romance`loves
|
|
one knows: an acquaintance`friend
|
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one knows: an acquaintance`friends
|
|
One light year is equivalent to how many million kilometres`9,460,000
|
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One light year is equivalent to how many million miles`5,912,500
|
|
One Liners: Did you hear the one about the two feminists`thats not funny!
|
|
One Liners: How many Californians to screw in a light bulbOne to do it and four to...`share the experience
|
|
One Liners: Knock Knock/who's there/OJ/OJ who`you can be on the jury
|
|
One Liners: This bum told me he hadnt had a bite in days, so __ __ __`i bit him
|
|
One Liners: Waiter! What's this fly doing in my soup`the backstroke
|
|
One Liners: What do ghosts have for dessert`i scream
|
|
One Liners: When she sits around the house`she really sits around the house
|
|
One Liners: Why did the chicken cross the road`to get to the other side
|
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One living on or eligible for public charity`pauper
|
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One man may not be on another man's back in _______, Georgia.`Atlanta
|
|
One member of the Oak Ridge Boys is a former radio disc jockey. Name him`Duane Allen
|
|
One million bits`megabit
|
|
One million bytes`megabyte
|
|
One named responsible for paying a bill or note`payer
|
|
One need only be 16 to do what (without parental consent) in Georgia`marry
|
|
One of 1,000 equal parts`thousandth
|
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One of 100 equal parts`hundredth
|
|
One of 12 equal parts`twelfth
|
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One of 13 equal parts`thirteenth
|
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One of 14 equal parts`fourteenth
|
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One of 15 equal parts`fifteenth
|
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One of 16 equal parts`sixteenth
|
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One of 18 equal parts`eighteenth
|
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One of 19 equal parts`nineteenth
|
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One of 20 equal parts`twentieth
|
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One of 30 equal parts`thirtieth
|
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One of 50 equal parts`fiftieth
|
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One of 60 equal parts`sixtieth
|
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One of 70 equal parts`seventieth
|
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One of 80 equal parts`eightieth
|
|
One of 90 equal parts`ninetieth
|
|
One of a billion equal parts`billionth
|
|
One of a breed of pigeons capable of distending the crop until the breast becomes puffed out`pouter
|
|
One of AC/DCs better known songs. (it has two B words! :)`back in black
|
|
One of a flight of steps`stair
|
|
One of a native american people now living chiefly in Oklahoma and North Carolina`cherokee
|
|
One of a number of parallel lines or scratches on the surface of a rock that were inscribed by rock fragments embedded in the base of a glacier as it`striation
|
|
One of a pair of short-handled oars used by a single rower`scull
|
|
One of a series of small ridges or grooves on the surface or edge of a metal object, such as a thumbscrew, to aid in gripping`knurl
|
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One of a series of such sharp turns`zigzag
|
|
One of a set of cogged wheels within a mechanism`cogwheel
|
|
One of a set of detachable certificates that may be torn off and redeemed as needed: 'a food ------.'`coupon
|
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One of a set of posts supporting a stair handrail`baluster
|
|
One of a trillion equal parts`trillionth
|
|
One of eight equal parts`eighth
|
|
One of Eve's favorite genres, SKA, originated in this country.`jamaica
|
|
One of Ferdinand Magellen vessels completed the first circumnavigation of the world in which year`1522
|
|
One of five equal parts`fifth
|
|
One of nine equal parts`ninth
|
|
One of prodigious size, strength, or achievement: (the twin -----s of the beverage industry (David Barboza)`titan
|
|
One of Queen Victoria's wedding gifts was a 3 metre diameter, half tonne`cheese
|
|
One of seven equal parts`seventh
|
|
One of several component pieces that are fitted into a diestock to cut threads on screws or bolts`dices
|
|
One of several cuts of meat, such as tender----, taken from this part of an animal's body, typically including the vertebrae of the segment from which it`loin
|
|
One of several similar games, sometimes using a table with pockets, as in pool`billiards
|
|
One of six equal parts`sixth
|
|
One of the beautiful virgins of the Koranic paradise`houri
|
|
One of the bones of the pectoral girdle in many vertebrates`clavicle
|
|
One of the branch lodges of this association`grange
|
|
one of the broad group of elementary particles, the boson, is also known by its more common name of`photon
|
|
One of the Canary Islands; the story "Planet of Fire" was filmed here`lanzarote
|
|
One of the earliest centers of urban civilization, in the area of modern Iraq and eastern Syria between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?`mesopotamia
|
|
Oneoftheearliestcentersofurbancivilization,intheareaofmodernIraqandeasternSyriabetweentheTigrisandEuphratesrivers`mesopotamia
|
|
One of the eldest living Protoss. Martriarch of the Dark Templar tribes of Shakuras`Raszagal
|
|
one of the episodes in which mulder has fired his gun is _____`oubliette
|
|
One of the few safer sex products specifically developed for Women's use is commonly referred to as..?`A dental dam
|
|
One of the fingerlike projections of the chorion that contribute to the formation of the placenta in mammals`villi
|
|
One of the five administrative units of New York City`borough
|
|
One of the five main senses, by which sound waves are perceived by the ear in vertebrate animals`hearing
|
|
One of the five special senses (sense organs) by what odors are perceived`smell
|
|
One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, thought to cause anger and bad temper when present in excess: yellow bile`choler
|
|
One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, thought to cause sluggishness, apathy, and evenness of temper`phlegm
|
|
One of the hard protuberances that grows from the foreheads or snouts of various hoofed mammals, such as rhinoceroses, deer, giraffes, goats, & cattle`horn
|
|
One of the jointed appendages of an animal, such as an arm, leg, wing, or flipper, used for locomotion or grasping`limb
|
|
One of the jointed appendages of an animal, such as an arm, leg, wing, or flipper, used for locomotion or grasping`limbs
|
|
One of the lovely warm, wet entrances into a Woman's interior is referred to as..?`vagina
|
|
One of the lower or hind limbs in humans and primates`leg
|
|
One of the lower or hind limbs in humans and primates`legged
|
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One of the lower or hind limbs in humans and primates`legs
|
|
One of the many Tarzans, Karmuela Searlel, was mauled to death on the set by a`elephant
|
|
One of the pair of gates downstream in a canal lock`tailgate
|
|
One of the planets in the solar system, the second in distance from the sun`venus
|
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One of the points on a timepiece marking off 12 or 24 successive intervals of 60 minutes, from midnight to noon and noon to midnight or from midnight to`hour
|
|
One of the points on a timepiece marking off 12 or 24 successive intervals of 60 minutes, from midnight to noon and noon to midnight or from midnight to`hours
|
|
One of the reasons male deer rub their antlers on a tree or the ground is to?`masturbate
|
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One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cottongrowers in the 30s lobbied against _____ farmers - they saw it as competition`hemp
|
|
One of these sets of decades`rosaries
|
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One of these threads`thrum
|
|
One of the seven celestial bodies, Mercury, Venus, the moon, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, visible to the naked eye and thought by ancient astronomers to revolve in the heavens about a fixedEarth and among`planet
|
|
One of the seven celestial bodies, Mercury, Venus, the moon, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, visible to the naked eye and thought by ancient astronomers to revolve in the heavens about a fixedEarth and among`planets
|
|
One of the "Seven Natural Wonders of the World"`THE GRAND CANYON
|
|
One of the slats used in such an opening`louver
|
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One of the smallest living mammals in the world is known as a _________`shrew
|
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One of the so called simple machines in ancient times is the wheel and the`Axel
|
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One of the straws or sticks used in this game`jackstraw
|
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One of the two competitions of the next to the last round in an elimination tournament`semifinal
|
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One of the world's great estuaries, divides Maryland into two parts`Chesapeake Bay
|
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One of the worst fires in American history gutted the 26-storey MGM Grand Hotel in the 1980's In which town was the hotel situated`Las Vegas
|
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One of the worst fires in American history gutted the twenty-six storey MGM Grand Hotel in 1988. In which city was the hotel situated`las vegas
|
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One of the worst hotel fires in history erupts at the ___ in san juan`dupont
|
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one of the worst hotel fires in history erupts at the ___ in san juan`dupont plaza hotel
|
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One of this groups greatest albums was 'slippery when wet' released in 1986`bon jovi
|
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One of three children born at one birth`triplet
|
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One of three equal parts`third
|
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One of three people sharing public administration or civil authority`triumvir
|
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One of three terms into which an academic year is divided in some universities and colleges`trimester
|
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One of two hits by The Fireflies, this one made it to number 22 in 1959`You Were Mine
|
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One of two identical or similar people, animals, or things: a counterpart`twin
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One of Willa Cather's most famous works is 'Death Comes For The ____________'`archbishop
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One or more letters or phonetic symbols written or printed to approximate a spoken`syllable
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One out of every three British males between the ages of 17 and 35 was killed in -------------.`world war i
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One part approximately equal to the remaining part`half
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One pound of tea can make how many cups of the beverage`300
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One quarter of the bones in your body are in your`feet
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One ragweed plant can release approximately how many grains of pollen`one
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one ragweed plant can release approximately how many grains of pollen`one billion
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One resulting from friction`spark
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One's companions or associates: 'moved in fast company: is known by the company she keeps.'`companies
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One's environment or surroundings`entourage
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One serving as a pattern of a specific kind: 'set a good ------- by arriving on time.'`example
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"One shaft of light that shows the way, no mortal man can win this day" what is the Queen song title`A Kind of Magic
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One showing promise of attaining success: 'a political -----.'`comer
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One skirt of a layered gown over which outer skirts are formed and draped`underskirt
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One's legal residence`domicile
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One specimen or example of a printed text or picture: 'an autographed ---- of a novel.'`copy
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One's pledged fidelity`troth
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One square inch of human skin contains ___ sweat glands`625
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One's regular work or profession`avocation
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One, such as a person, an entity, or an event, that is actual: the weight of history and political --------- (Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.)`realities
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One, such as a person, business, or organization, that deals in the transport of passengers or goods`carrier
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One, such as a rigid theory, that is outdated or antiquated`fossils
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One that acts as a provocative stimulus: a goad`gadflies
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One that affords assistance or relief`succor
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One that attracts strongly`lodestone
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One that bakes, especially a portable oven`baker
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One that behaves or responds in a mechanical way`automaton
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One that brings bad luck`hex
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One that can be readily peeled, especially a crab that is about to molt`peeler
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One that causes something to stop: 'a conversation -------.'`stopper
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One that clings persistently`limpet
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One that contests or disputes something, such as an election or a will`contestant
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One that contrives, devises, or constructs something: The labyrinth... was built by Daedalus, a most skillful --------- (Thomas Bulfinch)`artificer
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One that cracks, especially: A fire`cracker
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One that embodies: The flag is the ----------, not of sentiment, but of history (Woodrow Wilson)`embodiment
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One that engages in sexual intercourse`fucker
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One that equals or almost equals another in a particular respect`rival
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One that excites admiring awe. wonder`miracle
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One that fails: 'a ------- at one's career.'`failure
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One that gives additional, special, or remedial instruction`tutor
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One that gives a sign or indication of something to come: a harbinger: 'The crocus is a ------ of spring.'`herald
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One that goes in advance: a forerunner`outrider
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One that has a relationship to another person or to something that is the equivalent of being a baptismal sponsor: 'the --------- of a new generation of`godfather
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One that has a relationship to another person or to something that is the equivalent of being a baptismal sponsor: 'the --------- to a new generation of`godmother
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One that has the charge or care of something: 'a lion ------: the ------ of the budget.'`keeper
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One that helps reduce difficulty or conflict`lubricant
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One that hunts with falcons`falconer
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One that impels, encourages, or supervises action`shaker
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One that inhabits a forest`forester
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One that initiates and carries out a legal action, especially criminal proceedings`prosecutor
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One that initiates or dispenses: a source: 'Damascusthe fount of modern Arab nationalism.'`founts
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One that initiates or dispenses: a source: 'Damascusthe ----- of modern Arab nationalism.'`fount
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One that instills intense fear: 'a rabid dog that became the ------ of the neighborhood.'`terror
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One that intrudes in a place, situation, or activity: When these ---------rs choke out native species, ecologists see a danger signal (William K`interlope
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One that is at a disadvantage`underdog
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One that is burdensome or superfluous`deadwood
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One that is closely associated or allied with another: (Stupidity here makes an easy ---------, as always, with racialism (Christopher Hitchens)`bedfellow
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One that is defenseless, especially in the face of attack: a victim`prey
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One that is -----ed`stunt
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One that is engaged in trucking goods`trucker
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One that is extremely popular or prominent or that is a major attraction`superstar
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One that is greatly liked or preferred: a favorite: the pride and vanity of the rich, the -------s of fate (Mario Puzo)`darling
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One that is invested with this power, especially a government or body of government officials: 'land titles issued by the civil ---------.'`authority
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One that is killed as a result of such an occurrence: 'The driver was one of the ----------.'`fatalities
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One that is lost: 'wrote their flooded house off as a loss.'`losses
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One that is peculiar, irregular, abnormal, or difficult to classify: Both men are ---------: they have... likable personalities but each has made his reputation`anomalies
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One that is regarded as a standard or model of perfection or excellence`ideal
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One that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type`stereotype
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One that is selected`selection
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One that is sensationally shocking, surprising, or amazing`bombshell
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One that is supreme or preeminent in a particular group, category, or sphere`king
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One that is supreme or preeminent in a particular group, category, or sphere`kings
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One that is the first, oldest, or most respected of its kind: 'the ---------- of modern computers.'`granddaddy
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One that is thin, frail, or slight`wisp
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One that is trusted, indulged, or preferred above all others, especially by a superior: 'a -------- of the monarch.'`favorite
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One that is turned or applied to for aid or security: 'His only -------- was the police.'`recourse
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One that is typical or representative: an example`exemplar
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One that is unknown or unacknowledged`anonymity
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One that lays waste: a destroyer: 'a ------ of enemy cities.'`waster
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One that looks for, locates, and reports something, as: A military or civil defense lookout`spotter
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One that maintains communication: 'served as the President's ------- with Congress.'`liaison
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One that makes, repairs, and fits horseshoes`blacksmith
|
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One that makes something, such as a service, available: 'primary health care --------s.'`provider
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One that pays rent for the use of another's property: a tenant`renter
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One that plans or devises: 'a country considered to be the chief --------- of war in the Middle East.'`architect
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One that pleads in another's behalf: an intercessor: '--------s for abused children and spouses.'`advocate
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One that possesses abundant, often frenzied energy: [She] is a ------- of unfocused energy, an accident about to happen (Jane Gross)`dervish
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One that possesses great force or energy: 'She is an editorial ----------.'`powerhouse
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One that precedes another: a forerunner or predecessor: 'The new principal's precursor was an eminent educator.'`predate
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One that precedes another: a forerunner or predecessor: 'The new principal's --------- was an eminent educator.'`precursor
|
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One that precipitates a process or event, especially without being involved in or changed by the consequences: A free press... has remained... a vital -------- to an informed`catalyst
|
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One that preys on or clings to another: a parasite`leech
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One that promulgates something: 'a -------- of lies.'`purveyor
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One that protects by intercepting or moderating adverse pressures or influences: A sense of humor... may have served as a buffer against the... shocks`buffered
|
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One that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group: a dissenter`maverick
|
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One that regulates certain behaviors or actions: Faced with the world recession of the early 1980s,... the World Bank... became a stern economic taskmaster and`cop
|
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One that regulates certain behaviors or actions: Faced with the world recession of the early 1980s,... the World Bank... became a stern economic taskmaster and`cops
|
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One that removes a head from an object, especially a machine that reaps the heads of grain and passes them into a wagon or receptacle`header
|
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One that resembles a ------, as in appearance, character, or movement`spider
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One that revolves, as a part of a mechanism`revolver
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One that serves as a means of support or assistance`props
|
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One that serves as security against an implied threat: 'superpowers held ------- to each other by their nuclear arsenals.'`hostage
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One that serves to protect, conceal, or divide: 'Security guards formed a ------ around the President. A ------ of evergreens afforded privacy from our`screen
|
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One that serves to protect, conceal, or divide: 'Security guards formed a screen around the President. A screen of evergreens afforded privacy from our`screens
|
|
One that stretches, such as the wooden framework on which canvas is stretched for an oil painting`stretcher
|
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One that strikes, as the clapper in a bell or the firing pin in a gun`striker
|
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One that sweats, especially profusely`sweater
|
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One that takes in everything available, as with the mind`omnivore
|
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One that temporarily performs the duties of an office: 'The government resigned, but the premier served as --------- until new leaders could be elected.'`caretaker
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One that transcribes or copies: 'a ------ of ancient manuscripts.'`copier
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One that treats meat, fish, or other foods with salt`salter
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One that uses tricks, deception, or fraud`juggler
|
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One that works by the piece or at odd jobs`jobber
|
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One that works under water, especially one equipped with breathing apparatus and weighted clothing`diver
|
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One that works under water, especially one equipped with breathing apparatus and weighted clothing`divers
|
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One that wriggles or squirms`wriggler
|
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One thing conceived as representing another: a symbol: Hollywood has always been an irresistible, prefabricated -------- for the crass, the materialistic, the shallow, and the`metaphor
|
|
one thousandth of a second is a_________?`millisecond
|
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One tide is called spring tide what is the other known as`neap
|
|
One time barber who scored a hit with "Prisoner of Love"`perry como
|
|
'One Tin Soldier' recorded by Coven, was the theme song for what movie?`Billy Jack
|
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One treated as a toy: 'a --------- of fate.'`plaything
|
|
One trillion bytes`terabyte
|
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one trillionth of a second is also known as a ?`picosecond
|
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One used by another to accomplish a purpose: a dupe`instrument
|
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On every episode of The A-Team, Mr T is deathly afraid of`flying
|
|
one who fought professionally in roman arenas was a ______`gladiator
|
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One who fought professionally in Roman arenas was a(n) ____________.`gladiator
|
|
One who fought professionally in Roman arenas was a(n) `Gladiator
|
|
One who tells fortunes by the stars is a(n) `astrologer
|
|
one word in this question is mispelled. what is it's correct spelling peptidoglycan, euphrates, cytokinesis, atrioventricular.`misspelled
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on first'`abbott and costello
|
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on first'`abbott june
|
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on friends,what did phoebe promise to give chandler if he never smoked again`$7,000
|
|
On Friends,what did Phoebe promise to give Chandler if her never smoked again?`$7,000
|
|
On FRIENDS what was the name of Ross's monkey?`Marcel
|
|
On Full House Uncle Jesse had a last name before it became Katsopolis what was it?`Cochran
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On Full House,what was Jesse's REAL first name?`Hermes
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on full house, what was jesse's real first name`nick
|
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On George Martin's farewell album In My Life, which actor sings the title song`sean connery
|
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On German pottery, which factory's mark was from 1724 a pair of crossed swords`meissen
|
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On get smart, who was seldom called by his name thaddeus`chief
|
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On Gilligan's Island, what was Ginger's last name`grant
|
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on gilligan's island, what was the professor's given name?`roy hinkley
|
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On Happy Days,what animal did Fonzie jump his motorcycle over?`A shark
|
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On Hee Haw, what was Edgar Owen's nickname`buck
|
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on how many continents must a sport be played regularly before it is accepted into the olympics`five
|
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On international automobile license plates, what country is represented by the letter E?`Spain
|
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Onion like plant with cluster of small bulbs`shallot
|
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onions get their distinctive smell by soaking up ---------- from the soil`sulfur
|
|
On irc, how do you ask age, sex, location`a/s/l
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on irc, what is a/s/l`age, sex`brewers
|
|
On irc, what is a/s/l`age, sex, location
|
|
On "It's Your Move," what is the name of the rock band that Mark and his friend Eliot pretended to be?`The Dregs Of Humanity
|
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on january 1, 1993, this european nation split into two separate sides`czechoslovakia
|
|
On January 16, 1987, KRON of San Francisco became the first television station to air _______ commercials.`condom
|
|
On january 17th 1920, the volstead act, the legislation implementing prohibition, took effect. that just so happened to be the 21st birthday of a man whose name would be tied intimately with the prohibition era, namely`al capone
|
|
On July 16 1969, when Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins took off on our first expedition to the surface of the moon, they were carried by a`Saturn V Launch Vehicle
|
|
On June 16, 1456, King Charles VII of France annulled a judgment of heresy against -------------, 25 years after she had been burnt at the stake.`joan of arc
|
|
ON june 21 2001 a total eclipse will be seen in...`South Africa
|
|
On land: 'spent the day ------.'`ashore
|
|
On Laverne & Shirley,what was Laverne's favorite drink?`Milk and Pepsi
|
|
only 14% of americans say they've done this with the opposite sex. what is it?`skinny dipping
|
|
Only Loss In 1983 Was To Kathy Horvath`Martina Navratilova
|
|
Only male canaries can`sing
|
|
Only ___ mosquitoes bite`female
|
|
Only one Canadian Province has declared itself officially bilingual. Which province is it`New Brunswick
|
|
Only one modern olympic games was not named after the host city - The "Interim Olympic games" of 1906, but what city hosted it`athens
|
|
Only one person in two billion will live to be ___ or older`116
|
|
Only one person in _________ will live to be 116 or older`two billion
|
|
Only one satellite has been ever been destroyed by a meteor -- the European Space Agency's _______ in 1993`olympus
|
|
Only one satellite has been ever been destroyed by a meteor -- the European Space Agency's ______`olympus
|
|
Only the _____ nightingale sings`male
|
|
Only three countries have both atlantic and mediterranean coasts france spain and what other`morocco
|
|
Only three grape varieties can be used to make champagne. Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier are two. Name the third`chardonnay
|
|
on mad about you, paul and jamie's baby was named mabel. what does it stand for`mothers always bring extra love
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on 'mad about you', paul & jamie's baby was named mabel. what does it stand for`mothers always bring extra love
|
|
on magnum pi, what do the initials stand for?`private investigator
|
|
On maps, what is the 'you are here' arrow`ideo locator
|
|
On March 13, 1894, the first what was performed in Paris, France?`striptease dance
|
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On March 29, 1848, Niagara Falls stopped flowing for 30 hours because of what`ice jam
|
|
On March 29, 1848, Niagara Falls stopped flowing for 30 hours. What caused this`ice jam blocking the niagara river
|
|
On march 5, 1770, five years before the american revolution, between british troops and a group of citizens of boston`boston massacre
|
|
On M*A*S*H,what was the name of BJ's wife?`Peg.
|
|
On M*A*S*H,what was Walter 'Radar' O'Reilley's home town?`Ottumwa,Iowa
|
|
On May 16, 1991, Queen -------------- became the first British monarch in history to address Congress during her U.S. tour.`elizabeth ii
|
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on may 28, 1934, the ______ quintuplets were born.`dionne
|
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on mork & mindy, what was mindy's last name`mcconnell
|
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on mork & mindy, who was the leader of the friends of venus`exidor
|
|
On Mr Ed, what was Wilbur's last name`post
|
|
On MTV's Blame Game what is the name of the Judge?`Judge Reed
|
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on my three sons, which character did william demarest play`uncle charley
|
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On Night Court,Harry had a "statue" of what animal in his office?`Armidillo
|
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On night Court what was Bull's IQ?`181
|
|
On Night Court,who was Harry's idol?`Mel Torme
|
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On november 26, 1941, what did president roosevelt declare will always be celebrated on the fourth thursday in november`thanksgiving
|
|
Onomatophobia is a fear of _____`names
|
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Onomatophobia is the fear of`hearing a certain word
|
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On or to a lower floor: downstairs`below
|
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On "Out of This World" what planet was Troy from?`Anterrius
|
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On Petticoat Junction, what was the name of the train`cannonball
|
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on policewoman, what rank was pepper anderson?`sergeant
|
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on porter waggoner's show, who was his first singing partner`norma jean
|
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on porter waggoner's tv show, who was his first singing partner`norma jean
|
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On Punky Brewster,how was she abandoned by her mother?`Her mother went in to the grocery store and never came out.
|
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on saturday night live, what planet did the coneheads come from?`remulac
|
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On Saved By The Bell,what was the name of the beach club that the gang worked at?`Malibu Sands Beach Club
|
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On saved by the bell, what were zack and kelly dressed up as the night they broke up`romeo and juliet
|
|
On 'southpark' what usually happens to kenny`he gets killed
|
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On "Speaking In Tongues" this group was "Burning Down The House" in 1983`Talking Heads
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on 'speaking in tongues' which group was 'burning down the house' in 1983`talking heads
|
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on the 11th day of christmas, my true love gave to me`eleven pipers`city
|
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On the 11th day of christmas, my true love gave to me`eleven pipers piping
|
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On the 1976 release, who 'wanted to fly like an eagle'`steve miller band
|
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on the andy williams show, what did the bear like to eat`cookies
|
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On the banks of which mighty river did a Spanish explorer spot a group of native female warriors in the 1540s`the amazon
|
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On the banks of which river is the taj mahal`river jumna
|
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on the beaufort scale what is the minimum speed of a hurricane (mph)`78
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On the body what is a calcaneium`heel bone
|
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On the border between Brazil and which other South American country would you find the Itaipu Dam`paraguay
|
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on the border of which two states are the smoky mountains`tennessee and north carolina
|
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On the Bullwinkle Show, what was Boris's last name`badenov
|
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on the cartoon show 'the jetsons', how old is judy`15
|
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on the cartoon show 'the jetsons', how old is judy?`fifteen
|
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on the chinese calendar, 1998 is the year of the _____`tiger
|
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On the chinese calendar, the year 2000 will be the year of the what`dragon
|
|
On the coast of which modern country did the Phoenicians live`lebanon
|
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On The Drew Carey Show what foreign country did Mimi send Drew to?`China
|
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On the Edge: Bush: "It's better than the rest, green to red".`machinehead
|
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On the Edge: Nine Inch Nails: "I'd rather die than give you control".`head like a hole
|
|
On the Edge: Nirvana: "What else could I be"`all apologies
|
|
On the Edge: Sponge: "It's something that is automatic"`wax ecstatic
|
|
On the Edge: Tool: "I feel this coming over like a storm again"`h
|
|
On the fahrenheit scale, how many degrees are there between freezing point and boiling point`one hundred and eighty
|
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On the fahrenheit scale, there are 180 degrees between boiling point and ______`freezing point
|
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On the fahrenheit scale, there are 180 degrees between freezing point and ______`boiling point
|
|
on 'the flintstones' what was the name of the futuristic rock band`wayouts
|
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on 'the flintstones' who are bambam's parents`barney and betty rubble
|
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on 'the flintstones' who is barney and betty rubble's son`bambam
|
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On the ground: 'combat aircraft aloft and -------.'`aground
|
|
On the human body hair grows out of pits in the skin. what are these pits called`follicles
|
|
on their first studio release in 7 years they released the album "in the dark" with the top ten record "touch of grey"`grateful dead
|
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On their first studio release in seven years, who released the album 'In The Dark'`grateful dead
|
|
On the London Underground, one station has adifferent name on two of its platforms. They are`bank & monument
|
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On the London Underground, one station has adifferent name on two of its platforms. They are`bank & monument`bank and monument
|
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On the london underground, which station has a different name on two of its platforms`bank and monument
|
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On the lower face or underside`underneath
|
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On 'the lucy show', who played vivian bagley`vivian vance
|
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on the mary tyler moore show, what was the name of phyllis's husband?`lars
|
|
on the muppet show, who is the commanding officer of the starship swinetrek`captain link hogthrob
|
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On the old kids' show Winky Dink & You, what was Woofer`dog
|
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On the piano is the note five semitones up from middle c black or white`white
|
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On 'the roseanne show', as what was david jacob known`d.j
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on 'the roseanne show', as what was david jacob known`d.j.`dj
|
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On 'the roseanne show', who was d.j`david jacob
|
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on the set of jaws what was the nickname given to the shark`bruce
|
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On the shore of which lake are Chicago & Milwaukee`lake michigan
|
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On the shores of which lake are Chicago and Milwaukee`lake michigan
|
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On the show Cheers,What was the name of the restaurant above the bar.`Melvilles
|
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on the show friends what is phoebes twin sisters name`ursulla
|
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On the show FRIENDS what was Phoebes twin sisters name?`Eursela
|
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On the show Kight Rider,what was the name of K.I.T.T.s evil double?`K.A.R.R.
|
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On The Simpsons, baby Maggie's first words we gurgled by who`Elizabeth Taylor
|
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on the simpsons, who is mr. burns' assistant`waylon smithers
|
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On the stone temples of -------- in southern India, there are more than 30 million carved images of gods and goddesses.`madura
|
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on the tony randall show, who played randall's father, wyatt franklin?`hans conried
|
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on the tv show m-a-s-h, what object was stolen out of henry blake's office using a helicopter`desk
|
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on the tv show 'seinfeld', what is kramer's first name`cosmo
|
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On the T.V. show 'The Beverley Hillbillies', what was the street address of the Clampett Mansion`518 Crestview Drive
|
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On the TV show 'The Simpsons', What color is Marge Simpson's hair`Blue
|
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on the tv show 'the simpsons', what is the name of the school janitor`willie
|
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on the u.s flag, how many stripes are there`thirteen
|
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On the verge of becoming obsolete: '-------- customs: a -------- way of life.'`moribund
|
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On this album, "mellow gold" released by this one man band features the song "loser"`beck
|
|
On This Day: 01 April 1970 ---------- release hoax they are having dual sex change operations `john & yoko
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On This Day: 01 April 1970 ---------- release hoax they are having dual sex change operations`john & yoko`john and yoko
|
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On This Day: 01 August 1960 Benin (Dahomey) gains independence from ---------- `france
|
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On This Day: 01 August 1960 Chubby ---------- releases "The Twist" `checker
|
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On This Day: 01 August 1971 George Harrison's concert for ---------- takes place in NYC`bangladesh
|
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On This Day: 01 December 1970 Independent People's Republic of ---------- becomes the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen `south yemen
|
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On This Day: 01 December 1972 ---------- release "Hi, Hi, Hi" in UK`wings
|
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On This Day: 01 December 1973 Australia grants self-government to ---------- `papua new guinea
|
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On This Day: 01 December 1973 Jack ---------- becomes 1st golfer to earn $2M in a year`nicklaus
|
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On This Day: 01 February 1960 Extreme right-wing rebels in ---------- surrender`algiers
|
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On This Day: 01 February 1970 Stalled commuter train rammed by express in---------- , 139 die`argentina
|
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On This Day: 01 February 1970 West-Germany & ---------- sign gas contract `ussr
|
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On This Day: 01 January 1960 Bank of ---------- issues new franc, worth 20`france
|
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On This Day: 01 January 1960 Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from ---------- `france
|
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On This Day: 01 January 1960 Montserrat adopts ---------- `constitution
|
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On This Day: 01 January 1960 ---------- plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars`johnny cash
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On This Day: 01 January 1970 Revised ---------- for Western (RC) Church goes into effect`calendar
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On This Day: 01 January 1971 ---------- advertisements banned on TV`cigarette
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On This Day: 01 January 1972 People's Republic of China performs ---------- at Lop Nor People's Rebulic of China`nuclear test
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On This Day: 01 January 1973 47th Australian Women's Tennis Margaret Court beats ---------- (64 75)`goolagong
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On This Day: 01 January 1973 Britain, Ireland & Denmark become 7th-9th members of ---------- Market`common
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On This Day: 01 January 1973 West ---------- Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)`african
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On This Day: 01 January 1975 Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell & Mardian convicted of ---------- crime`watergate
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On This Day: 01 January 1975 Sweden adopts ---------- `constitution
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On This Day: 01 July 1960 ---------- becomes a republic`ghana
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On This Day: 01 June 1973 Paul McCartney & ---------- release "Live & Let Die"`wings
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On This Day: 01 June 1975 ---------- replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist`ron woods
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On This Day: 01 March 1970 Charles ---------- 's album "Lie" is released `manson
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On This Day: 01 March 1970 End of US commercial ---------- hunting`whale
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On This Day: 01 March 1970 Kreisky's social-democrats win ---------- parliamentary election`austrian
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On This Day: 01 March 1970 White government of Rhodesia declares independence from ---------- `britain
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On This Day: 01 March 1974 George ---------- announces his concert tour of US in November`harrison
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On This Day: 01 March 1974 Ian & Greg ---------- make 264 partnership vs New Zealand cricket at Wellington`chappell
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On This Day: 01 March 1975 17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin ---------- wins`hamlisch
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On This Day: 01 March 1975 ---------- ' "Best of My Love" reaches #1`eagles
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On This Day: 01 May 1960 ---------- shoots down Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy plane over Sverdlovsk`russia
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On This Day: 01 May 1971 Rolling ---------- release "Brown Sugar" `stones
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On This Day: 01 October 1960 Nigeria gains independence from ---------- (National Day)`britain
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On This Day: 01 October 1971 Walt Disney World in---------- , Florida opens`orlando
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On This Day: 01 October 1975 ---------- grants internal self-government to Seychelles`britain
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On This Day: 01 September 1971 Qatar declares independence from ---------- `britain
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On This Day: 01 September 1972 ---------- (US) defeats Boris Spassky (USSR) for world chess title`bobby fischer
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On This Day: 02 April 1972 ---------- Academy Awards presented`44th
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On This Day: 02 April 1972 Prime Minister Begin visits ---------- `cairo
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On This Day: 02 February 1960 Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in ---------- without a miss`pool match
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On This Day: 02 February 1971 ---------- ousts Milton Obote to become dictator of Uganda`idi amin
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On This Day: 02 February 1974 Barbra ---------- 's 1st #1 hit, "The Way We Were"`streisand
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On This Day: 02 January 1960 John Reynolds sets age of solar system at ---------- years`4,950,000,000
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On This Day: 02 January 1960 Roger Sessions' 4th ---------- premieres`symphony
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On This Day: 02 January 1960 Senator---------- , announces his candidacy for President `john f kennedy
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On This Day: 02 January 1971 A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow---------- , killing 66`scotland
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On This Day: 02 January 1972 Mariner 9 begins mapping ---------- `mars
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On This Day: 02 January 1974 55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard ---------- `nixon
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On This Day: 02 January 1974 Worst fire in ---------- history destroys 1.2 million acres `argentine
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On This Day: 02 January 1975 US Department of Interior designates ---------- a threatened species`grizzly bear
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On This Day: 02 March 1970 American Airlines' 1st flight of a Boeing`747
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On This Day: 02 March 1970 ---------- becomes independent republic`rhodesia
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On This Day: 02 March 1970 Supreme Court ruled ---------- can not be penalized after 5 years`draft evaders
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On This Day: 02 March 1972 Pioneer 10 launched for ---------- flyby`jupiter
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On This Day: 02 March 1973 "Black September" terrorists occupy Saudi Embassy in ---------- `khartoum
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On This Day: 02 March 1974 Greg ---------- makes 247 vs New Zealand, 410 minutes, 29 fours 1 six`chappell
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On This Day: 02 May 1960 Harry ---------- 's 2nd Carnegie Hall performance`belafonte
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On This Day: 02 May 1974 Former Vice President ---------- is disbarred`spiro agnew
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On This Day: 02 May 1975 ---------- records closes down`apple
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On This Day: 02 October 1972 Aeroflot Il-18 crashes near ---------- resort of Sochi, kills 105`black sea
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On This Day: 03 April 1974 148 ---------- are reported over an area covering a dozen states`tornadoes
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On This Day: 03 April 1975 ---------- stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend`bobby fischer
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On This Day: 03 August 1960 Niger gains independence from ---------- `france
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On This Day: 03 August 1971 Paul McCartney announces the formation of his group ---------- `wings
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On This Day: 03 August 1974 Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits ---------- & joins Doobie Brothers`steely dan
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On This Day: 03 December 1972 Convair 990A charter crashes in ---------- Canary Island, 155 die`tenerife
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On This Day: 03 December 1973 Pioneer 10 passes ---------- 1st fly-by of an outer planet)`jupiter
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On This Day: 03 February 1973 Dr ---------- 's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 & peaks at #6`hook
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On This Day: 03 January 1974 Arias Navarro succeeds Carrero Blanco as premier of ---------- `spain
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On This Day: 03 January 1974 Burma accepts its ---------- `constitution
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On This Day: 03 July 1970 200,000 attend ---------- Pop Festival`atlanta
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On This Day: 03 March 1960 9th largest ---------- in NYC history 14.5") `snowfall
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On This Day: 03 March 1971 South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the ---------- `beatles
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On This Day: 03 March 1971 Winnie ---------- sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa`mandela
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On This Day: 03 March 1974 George Foreman KOs ---------- `ken norton
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On This Day: 03 March 1974 World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in ---------- 246 die)`paris france
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On This Day: 03 March 1975 Linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of ---------- `marijuana
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On This Day: 03 May 1971 Nixon administration arrests ---------- anti-war protesters in 3 days`13,000
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On This Day: 03 November 1970 Salvador Allende inaugurated as President of ---------- `chile
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On This Day: 03 October 1975 ---------- releases "Extra Texture" album in UK `george harrison
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On This Day: 04 April 1975 ---------- is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes`steve miller
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On This Day: 04 August 1970 Jim ---------- arrested for drunkenness`morrison
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On This Day: 04 August 1971 US launches 1st ---------- into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft `satellite
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On This Day: 04 December 1974 Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in ---------- killing 191 Moslem pilgrims`sri lanka
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On This Day: 04 February 1970 US performs ---------- test at Nevada Test Site`nuclear
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On This Day: 04 February 1971 British car maker ---------- declared itself bankrupt`rolls royce
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On This Day: 04 February 1974 Gas rationing ends in ---------- `netherlands
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On This Day: 04 February 1974 ---------- Nim Chimsky signs his 1st word, at 21/2 months`chimpanzee
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On This Day: 04 February 1974 Patricia ---------- 19), daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army `hearst
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On This Day: 04 January 1960 European Free Trade Association forms in ---------- `stockholm
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On This Day: 04 January 1970 ---------- ends hosting weekly documentary`walter cronkite
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On This Day: 04 January 1970 ---------- last recording session at EMI studios`beatles
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On This Day: 04 January 1971 Dr Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected Governor of ---------- Islands `virgin
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On This Day: 04 July 1960 America's new 50-star flag honoring ---------- statehood unfurled`hawaiian
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On This Day: 04 June 1970 Tonga gains independence from ---------- (National Day)`britain
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On This Day: 04 March 1960 French freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana---------- , killing 100`cuba
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On This Day: 04 March 1960 Lucille Ball files divorce from ---------- `desi arnaz
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On This Day: 04 March 1970 ---------- submarine "Eurydice" explodes `french
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On This Day: 04 March 1972 ---------- & USSR signs cooperation treaty`libya
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On This Day: 04 March 1974 Harold ---------- replaces resigning Ed Heath as British premier`wilson
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On This Day: 04 May 1973 ---------- release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK`wings
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On This Day: 04 October 1974 ---------- releases "Walls & Bridges" album `john lennon
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On This Day: 04 September 1970 ---------- releases "My Sweet Lord" single`george harrison
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On This Day: 04 September 1972 US swimmer ---------- becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals `mark spitz
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On This Day: 05 April 1971 Mount ---------- erupts in Sicily Italy `etna
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On This Day: 05 April 1974 Then tallest building, ---------- opens in NYC 110 stories)`world trade center
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On This Day: 05 August 1972 ---------- release "Nights in White Satin" `moody blues
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On This Day: 05 August 1973 ---------- launches Mars 6 `ussr
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On This Day: 05 December 1973 ---------- releases "Band on the Run" album `paul mccartney
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On This Day: 05 February 1974 Maximum speed on ---------- reduced to 100 kph`autobahn
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On This Day: 05 January 1960 Continental League, a proposed third---------- , gets an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating`major league
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On This Day: 05 January 1971 1st one-day international, Australia vs ---------- at the MCG`england
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On This Day: 05 January 1971 Harlem ---------- lose 100-99 to New Jersey Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak`globetrotters
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On This Day: 05 January 1972 NASA announces development of ---------- `space shuttle
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On This Day: 05 January 1973 Mali & Niger break diplomatic relations with ---------- `israel
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On This Day: 05 January 1973 Netherlands recognizes ---------- Democratic Republic `german
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On This Day: 05 July 1970 Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from ---------- 's airport killing 109`toronto
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On This Day: 05 July 1973 ---------- begins issuing their own postage stamps `isle of man
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On This Day: 05 July 1973 "Live & Let Die," ---------- film premiers`james bond
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On This Day: 05 June 1975 ---------- reopens (after 6 Day War caused it to close)`suez canal
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On This Day: 05 March 1960 ---------- ends 2-year hitch in US Army`elvis presley
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On This Day: 05 May 1970 US performs nuclear test at ---------- test Site`nevada
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On This Day: 05 September 1960 Cassius ---------- captures the olympic light heavyweight gold medal`clay
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On This Day: 05 September 1972 11 Israeli athletes are slain at ---------- `munich olympics
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On This Day: 05 September 1975 ---------- release "Letting Go"`wings
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On This Day: 06 April 1973 Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter & ---------- `saturn
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On This Day: 06 December 1974 ---------- releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong"`george harrison
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On This Day: 06 February 1971 1st time a golf ball is hit on the ---------- (by Alan Shepard)`moon
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On This Day: 06 February 1974 Dutch speed limit set at 100 km due to ---------- `oil crisis
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On This Day: 06 June 1960 ---------- releases "Only the Lonely"`roy orbison
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On This Day: 06 June 1971 Soyuz 11 takes 3 ---------- to Salyut 1 space station`cosmonauts
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On This Day: 06 June 1972 ---------- releases "Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust"`david bowie
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On This Day: 06 June 1975 British voters decide to remain in ---------- Market`common
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On This Day: 06 March 1970 ---------- release "Let it Be" in UK`beatles
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On This Day: 06 March 1972 Jack Nicklaus passes ---------- as golf's all-time money winner`arnold palmer
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On This Day: 06 March 1974 An Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in ---------- `monte carlo
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On This Day: 06 May 1960 England's Princess ---------- marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon)`margaret
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On This Day: 06 May 1960 President ---------- signs Civil Rights Act of 1960`eisenhower
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On This Day: 06 May 1960 Students attack Dutch embassy in ---------- `djakarta
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On This Day: 06 May 1970 Yuchiro Miura of Japan skis down Mount ---------- `everest
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On This Day: 06 November 1975 1st appearance of the ---------- `sex pistols
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On This Day: 06 October 1973 Yom Kippur War begins as Syria & Egypt attack ---------- `israel
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On This Day: 06 September 1972 ---------- appear on Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon `john & yoko
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On This Day: 06 September 1972 ---------- appear on Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon`john & yoko`john and yoko
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On This Day: 07 August 1960 Ivory Coast (C"te d'Ivoire) gains independence from ---------- `france
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On This Day: 07 August 1970 1st computer ---------- tournament`chess
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On This Day: 07 August 1971 Apollo ---------- returns to Earth`15
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On This Day: 07 December 1971 ---------- release their 1st album "Wild Life" `wings
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On This Day: 07 December 1972 Apollo---------- , last of Apollo Moon series, launched`17
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On This Day: 07 December 1972 Phillippine 1st lady Imelda ---------- stabbed & wounded by an assailant`marcos
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On This Day: 07 December 1973 ---------- release "Band on the Run" `wings
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On This Day: 07 February 1960 Old handwriting found in at---------- , near the Dead Sea `qumran
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On This Day: 07 February 1970 US female ---------- championship won by Janet Lynn `figure skating
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On This Day: 07 February 1970 US male ---------- championship won by Tim Wood`figure skating
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On This Day: 07 February 1971 Women win the right to vote in ---------- `switzerland
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On This Day: 07 February 1974 Grenada gains independence from ---------- (National Day)`britain
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On This Day: 07 January 1972 Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of---------- , 104 die `ibiza
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On This Day: 07 January 1973 US poet James Merrill wins ---------- Prize `bollingen
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On This Day: 07 January 1974 Dutch rations ---------- `gasoline
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On This Day: 07 January 1975 ---------- fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage `led zeppelin
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On This Day: 07 July 1960 USSR shoots down a US aircraft over ---------- sea`barents
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On This Day: 07 July 1972 Billie Jean King beats Evonne ---------- to win Wimbeldon`goolagong
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On This Day: 07 June 1970 The Who's Tommy is performed at NY's ---------- `lincoln center
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On This Day: 07 June 1971 Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting ---------- `salyut
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On This Day: 07 June 1972 German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits ---------- `israel
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On This Day: 07 March 1971 Egypt refuses to renew the ---------- ceasefire`suez
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On This Day: 07 March 1973 Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman's Awami League wins election in ---------- `bangladesh
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On This Day: 07 March 1974 1st general striking in ---------- `ethiopia
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On This Day: 07 May 1960 Leonid ---------- replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR`brezhnev
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On This Day: 07 May 1970 "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last ---------- release `american
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On This Day: 07 November 1970 Race riots in Daytona Beach ---------- `florida
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On This Day: 08 August 1960 Ivory Coast declares ---------- `independence
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On This Day: 08 February 1971 South Vietnamese troops invade ---------- `laos
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On This Day: 08 February 1973 Senate names 7 members to investigate ---------- scandal`watergate
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On This Day: 08 February 1974 ---------- releases "You're 16"`ringo starr
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On This Day: 08 February 1975 1800 Unification church couples' wed in ---------- `korea
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On This Day: 08 January 1971 29 pilot ---------- beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island CA`whales
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On This Day: 08 January 1973 Greg ---------- 's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs Pakistan at SCG`chappell
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On This Day: 08 January 1973 Secret peace talks between US & ---------- resumed near Paris `north vietnam
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On This Day: 08 January 1973 USSR launches ---------- 21 for Moon landing`luna
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On This Day: 08 January 1974 ---------- photographed`loch ness monster
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On This Day: 08 June 1974 Keyboardist Rick ---------- quits the rock group "Yes"`wakeman
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On This Day: 08 June 1975 2 passenger trains collided near ---------- Germany killing 35`munich
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On This Day: 08 June 1975 USSR launches Venera 9 for ---------- landing`venus
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On This Day: 08 March 1971 Joe Frazier beats ---------- at Madison Square Garden (New York NY)in 15, retains heavyweight boxing title`muhammad ali
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On This Day: 08 March 1971 Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi ---------- 's "Star Spangled Banner"`hendrix
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On This Day: 08 March 1972 1st flight of the ---------- blimp`goodyear
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On This Day: 08 March 1972 1st ---------- flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa) `airship
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On This Day: 08 March 1973 Paul & Linda McCartney are fined 100 for growing ---------- `cannabis
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On This Day: 08 March 1974 Charles ---------- Airport opens in Paris France`de gaulle
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On This Day: 08 May 1960 USSR & ---------- resume diplomatic relations`cuba
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On This Day: 08 May 1970 ---------- release "Let it Be" album `beatles
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On This Day: 08 May 1971 ---------- beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden`joe frazier
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On This Day: 08 May 1972 Sabena aircraft at Lod International, Tel Aviv, captured by ---------- `palestinians
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On This Day: 08 May 1974 Canadian Government of ---------- falls`trudeau
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On This Day: 08 October 1971 John ---------- releases his megahit "Imagine" `lennon
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On This Day: 08 September 1974 Pres ---------- pardons former Pres R Nixon of all federal crimes`gerald ford
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On This Day: 09 April 1970 ---------- announces official split of the Beatles`paul mccartney
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On This Day: 09 April 1971 ---------- releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK`ringo
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On This Day: 09 April 1972 Jack ---------- wins Masters golf tournament`nicklaus
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On This Day: 09 August 1960 Race riot in Jacksonville ---------- `florida
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On This Day: 09 August 1972 Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct the ---------- `space shuttle
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On This Day: 09 August 1973 Henry McCullough & Denny Seiwell quit ---------- `wings
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On This Day: 09 August 1973 ---------- launches Mars 7`ussr
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On This Day: 09 February 1971 Apollo ---------- returns to Earth`14
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On This Day: 09 February 1971 Quake in ---------- Valley kills 65 & causes over $1/2 billion damage `san fernando
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On This Day: 09 January 1960 Building of Aswan dam in---------- , begins`egypt
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On This Day: 09 January 1970 Constitution of ---------- enacted`singapore
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On This Day: 09 January 1972 Billionaire Howard ---------- said Clifford Irving's biography is a fake`hughes
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On This Day: 09 January 1972 Passenger ship ---------- destroyed by fire`queen elizabeth
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On This Day: 09 January 1975 Australia beat ---------- by 171 runs in 4th Test to regain Ashes`england
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On This Day: 09 July 1972 1st tour of Paul McCartney & ---------- (France)`wings
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On This Day: 09 June 1971 Paul ---------- 's album "Ram" goes gold `mccartney
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On This Day: 09 June 1972 ---------- signs a record deal with Columbia`bruce springsteen
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On This Day: 09 June 1974 Supergroup Blind ---------- 's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) 1st concert`faith
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On This Day: 09 May 1960 ---------- becomes a member of the British Commonwealth `nigeria
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On This Day: 09 May 1960 US is 1st country to use the ---------- pill legally `birth control
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On This Day: 09 May 1970 100,000s demonstrate against ---------- War`vietnam
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On This Day: 09 May 1971 Friends of Earth return 1500 non-returnable bottles to ---------- `schweppes
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On This Day: 09 November 1973 ---------- releases "Ringo" album `ringo
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On This Day: 09 October 1970 Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares ---------- `independence
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On This Day: 09 October 1973 Elvis & ---------- Presley divorce after 6 years`priscilla
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On This Day: 09 October 1975 Emperor ---------- of Japan visits SF`hirohito
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On This Day: 09 October 1975 Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins ---------- Prize`nobel peace
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On This Day: 09 September 1971 John Lennon & ---------- appear on the Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV)`yoko ono
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On This Day: 09 September 1971 John ---------- releases the "Imagine" album `lennon
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On This Day: 09 September 1975 ---------- 2 launched toward orbit around Mars, soft landing`viking
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On This Day: 10 April 1960 Arnold ---------- wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament`palmer
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On This Day: 10 August 1960 ---------- 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space `discoverer
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On This Day: 10 February 1971 Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank ---------- `zappa
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On This Day: 10 February 1974 Iran/---------- border fight breaks out`iraqi
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On This Day: 10 January 1960 Bollingen Prize for ---------- awarded to Delmore Schwartz `poetry
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On This Day: 10 January 1971 Bollingen Prize for ---------- awarded to Richard Wilbur `poetry
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On This Day: 10 July 1973 Bahamas gain independence after 300 yrs of ---------- rule (Nat'l Day)`british
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On This Day: 10 June 1973 ---------- launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit`nasa
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On This Day: 10 March 1960 USSR agrees to stop ---------- `nuclear testing
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On This Day: 10 March 1970 ---------- records "The Singer" & "I Can Do It"`barbra streisand
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On This Day: 10 March 1973 Morocco adopts ---------- `constitution
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On This Day: 10 March 1974 Christian Democrats win ---------- parliamentary election`belgium
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On This Day: 10 March 1975 "---------- Picture Show" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances`rocky horror
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On This Day: 10 May 1972 Overloaded South ---------- bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77`korean
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On This Day: 10 November 1971 US table tennis team arrived in ---------- `china
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On This Day: 10 November 1975 PLO leader Yasser ---------- addresses UN in NYC`arafat
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On This Day: 10 October 1970 Fiji gains independence from ---------- (National Day)`britain
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On This Day: 10 October 1975 Liz Taylor's ---------- marriage (re-marries Richard Burton)`6th
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On This Day: 10 September 1960 Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins ---------- Olympic marathon`rome
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On This Day: 10 September 1973 Muhammad Ali defeats ---------- `ken norton
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On This Day: 10 September 1974 Guinea-Bissau gains independence from ---------- `portugal
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On This Day: 11 April 1960 1st ---------- satellite launched (Tiros 1)`weather
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On This Day: 11 April 1970 ---------- ' "Let It Be," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks`beatles
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On This Day: 11 August 1960 Chad declares ---------- `independence
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On This Day: 11 August 1974 Lee ---------- wins PGA championship`trevino
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On This Day: 11 February 1970 ---------- becomes 4th nation to put a satellite (Osumi) in orbit `japan
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On This Day: 11 February 1970 ---------- pays 1,344 fines for 96 protesting the South African rugby team playing in Scotland`john Lennon
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On This Day: 11 February 1970 ---------- pays 1,344 fines for 96 protesting the South African rugby team playing in Scotland `john Lennon
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On This Day: 11 February 1973 1st one-day international for Pakistan & ---------- `new zealand
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On This Day: 11 February 1975 Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward ---------- for Conservative leadership`heath
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On This Day: 11 January 1960 Chad declares independence from ---------- `france
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On This Day: 11 January 1960 Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive ---------- `knockouts
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On This Day: 11 January 1972 East-Pakistan becomes independent state of ---------- `bangladesh
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On This Day: 11 January 1973 Trial of the ---------- burglars begins in Washington DC`watergate
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On This Day: 11 July 1960 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta & Niger declare ---------- `independence
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On This Day: 11 March 1960 ---------- launched into solar orbit between Earth & Venus`pioneer 5
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On This Day: 11 March 1974 Mount Etna in ---------- erupts`sicily
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On This Day: 11 March 1975 ---------- military coup under General Spinola fails`portugal
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On This Day: 11 May 1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf ---------- in Buenos Aires`eichmann
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On This Day: 11 May 1972 ---------- says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show`john lennon
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On This Day: 11 May 1974 ---------- releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number" `steely dan
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On This Day: 11 May 1974 "Tubular Bells" by Mike ---------- hits #7`oldfield
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On This Day: 11 May 1975 ---------- signs an agreement with European Economic Market`israel
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On This Day: 11 November 1975 Angola gains independence from ---------- (National Day) `portugal
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On This Day: 11 September 1960 The 17th Olympic games close in ---------- `rome
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On This Day: 11 September 1973 Chile's President, Salvador---------- , deposed in a military coup`allende
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On This Day: 12 April 1970 Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe ---------- `dimaggio
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On This Day: 12 April 1975 Linda ---------- releases "When Will I Be Loved"`ronstadt
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On This Day: 12 August 1960 Echo 1, 1st ---------- satellite, is launched`communications
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On This Day: 12 December 1970 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study ---------- `x-rays
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On This Day: 12 December 1975 Sara Jane Moore pled guilty to trying to kill President ---------- `gerald ford
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On This Day: 12 February 1960 Chinese army kills 12 ---------- soldiers`indian
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On This Day: 12 January 1970 Boeing ---------- makes its maiden voyage`747
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On This Day: 12 January 1971 "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st ---------- on TV`toilet flush
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On This Day: 12 January 1974 "Joker" by Steve ---------- Band peaks at #1`miller
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On This Day: 12 January 1974 Libya & ---------- announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic"`tunisia
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On This Day: 12 July 1960 Congo, Chad & Central African Republic declare ---------- `independence
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On This Day: 12 July 1960 Echo I, 1st passive ---------- launched`satellite
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On This Day: 12 July 1960 USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 ---------- `dogs
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On This Day: 12 July 1970 Janis ---------- debuts in Kentucky `joplin
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On This Day: 12 March 1970 US lowers voting age from ---------- to 18`21
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On This Day: 12 March 1971 Rolling Stone ---------- marries Bianca P rez Morena de Macias`mick jagger
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On This Day: 12 March 1971 Rolling Stone ---------- marries Bianca Prez Morena de Macias `mick jagger
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On This Day: 12 May 1960 ---------- appears on a Frank Sinatra special`elvis presley
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On This Day: 12 May 1971 Rolling Stone ---------- weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall`mick jagger
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On This Day: 12 May 1972 Paul McCartney & ---------- release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"`wings
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On This Day: 12 October 1972 Mariner 9 takes pictures of ---------- north pole`martian
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On This Day: 12 October 1973 Nixon nominates ---------- to replace Spiro Agnew as VP`gerald ford
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On This Day: 12 September 1970 ---------- launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility `ussr
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On This Day: 13 April 1960 ---------- 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit`transit
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On This Day: 13 April 1960 ---------- becomes the 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara `france
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On This Day: 13 April 1970 ---------- launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days `apollo 13
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On This Day: 13 April 1975 Jack ---------- wins his 5th Masters golf tournament`nicklaus
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On This Day: 13 August 1971 Paul & ---------- release "The Back Seat of My Car"`linda mccartney
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On This Day: 13 December 1974 Malta becomes a ---------- `republic
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On This Day: 13 February 1960 ---------- performs 1st nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria`france
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On This Day: 13 February 1971 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into ---------- `laos
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On This Day: 13 February 1974 Dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from ---------- `ussr
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On This Day: 13 February 1975 ---------- premier Denktash proclaims Turkish-Cypriot Federation`cyprus
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On This Day: 13 June 1970 Beatles' "Long & Winding Road," single goes #1 & stays #1 for`2 weeks
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On This Day: 13 March 1973 Syria adopts ---------- `constitution
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On This Day: 13 May 1960 1st launch of Delta ---------- launching vehicle; it failed `satellite
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On This Day: 13 May 1970 ---------- movie "Let it Be" premieres`beatles
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On This Day: 13 November 1960 ---------- marries Swedish actress May Britt `sammy davis jr
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On This Day: 13 November 1970 Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong ---------- `bangladesh
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On This Day: 13 November 1971 Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another ---------- (Mars)`planet
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On This Day: 13 October 1972 Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside---------- , 176 die`moscow
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On This Day: 13 October 1972 Uruguay to Chile plane crashes in ---------- Mountain, 12/23 rescue)`andes
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On This Day: 13 September 1970 ---------- announces System 370 computer`ibm
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On This Day: 14 August 1971 Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of ---------- rule `british
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On This Day: 14 August 1971 British begin internment without trial in ---------- Ireland`northern
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On This Day: 14 August 1973 US bombs ---------- `cambodia
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On This Day: 14 February 1960 Marshal Ayub Khan elected President of ---------- `pakistan
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On This Day: 14 February 1971 Richard ---------- installs secret taping system in White House`nixon
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On This Day: 14 January 1960 Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern---------- , flooded`amsterdam
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On This Day: 14 January 1960 US Army promoted ---------- to Sergeant`elvis presley
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On This Day: 14 January 1973 Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted for ---------- in California`drugs
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On This Day: 14 January 1975 ---------- breaks trade agreement with US`ussr
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On This Day: 14 July 1973 Phil Everly storms off stage declaring an end to the ---------- `everly brothers
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On This Day: 14 June 1975 ---------- releases "At 17" `janis ian
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On This Day: 14 March 1971 ---------- appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV `barbra streisand
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On This Day: 14 March 1971 South Vietnamese troops flee ---------- `laos
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On This Day: 14 March 1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for ---------- to escape taxes`france
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On This Day: 14 March 1973 Liam Cosgrave appointed president of ---------- `ireland
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On This Day: 14 May 1960 USSR launch 1st (unmanned) space ---------- `capsule
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On This Day: 14 May 1973 ---------- launched, the 1st Space Station `skylab
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On This Day: 14 May 1973 US Supreme court approves equal rights to ---------- in military`females
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On This Day: 14 May 1975 French press reports massive deportation from ---------- `cambodia
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On This Day: 14 November 1973 Britain's Princess ---------- marries commoner, Capt Mark Phillips`anne
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On This Day: 14 September 1973 ---------- shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s `israel
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On This Day: 15 April 1971 ---------- Academy Awards presented `43rd
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On This Day: 15 April 1974 Military coup in ---------- `niger
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On This Day: 15 August 1960 ---------- is sighted by 3 California patrolmen`ufo
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On This Day: 15 August 1971 Bahrain gains independence from ---------- `britain
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On This Day: 15 August 1973 Black ---------- kills 3 wounds 55 Athens`september
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On This Day: 15 August 1974 South ---------- President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination`korean
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On This Day: 15 February 1970 Nationalists disrupt UN session on ---------- `congo
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On This Day: 15 February 1971 After 1200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for ---------- `decimal
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On This Day: 15 January 1971 ---------- releases "My Sweet Lord"`george harrison
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On This Day: 15 January 1972 Heavyweight ---------- KOs Terry Daniels`joe frazier
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On This Day: 15 January 1973 Pope Paul VI has an audience with Golda ---------- at Vatican `meir
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On This Day: 15 January 1973 President ---------- suspends all US offensive action in North Vietnam`nixon
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On This Day: 15 January 1975 ---------- signs accord for Angola's independence `portugal
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On This Day: 15 March 1970 Expo '70 opens in Osaka, ---------- `japan
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On This Day: 15 March 1971 ---------- make their debut on the Internet`chatrooms
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On This Day: 15 March 1972 ---------- airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112`danish
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On This Day: 15 March 1972 Assassination attempt on Governor ---------- of Alabama`george wallace
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On This Day: 15 March 1972 NASA selects 3 part configuration for ---------- `space shuttle
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On This Day: 15 May 1960 ---------- 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed `sputnik
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On This Day: 15 May 1970 Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be" is released in ---------- `us
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On This Day: 15 May 1970 ---------- performs nuclear test at Muruora Island `france
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On This Day: 15 May 1970 South-Africa excluded from ---------- play`olympic
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On This Day: 15 May 1972 Bus plunges into ---------- River killing 50 pilgrims (Minia Egypt)`nile
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On This Day: 15 November 1972 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study ---------- `gamma rays
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On This Day: 15 November 1974 ---------- releases "Goodnight Vienna" & "Only You" in UK`ringo
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On This Day: 15 September 1970 Decca awards ---------- a 2nd platinum disc for selling 300 million `bing crosby
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On This Day: 16 April 1972 2 giants ---------- arrive in the US, from China`pandas
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On This Day: 16 April 1972 Apollo ---------- launched: 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)`16
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On This Day: 16 August 1960 Britain grants independence to crown colony of ---------- `cyprus
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On This Day: 16 August 1960 Republic of the ---------- (Zaire) forms`congo
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On This Day: 16 December 1970 1st successful landing on ---------- (USSR)`venus
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On This Day: 16 December 1971 Pakistan army surrenders to Indian army in ---------- `bangladesh
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On This Day: 16 December 1973 ---------- becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season`o.j. simpson
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On This Day: 16 February 1960 US ---------- submarine USS Triton set off on underwater round-world trip`nuclear
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On This Day: 16 February 1973 West Indies vs Australia at---------- , 1st time since 1955 without Sobers `kingston
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On This Day: 16 January 1970 Colonel Kadhaffi becomes premier of ---------- `libya
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On This Day: 16 January 1974 "Jaws" by Peter ---------- is published `benchley
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On This Day: 16 June 1970 Race riots in ---------- Florida`miami
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On This Day: 16 March 1970 New English ---------- published`bible
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On This Day: 16 March 1972 ---------- are served with deportation papers `john & yoko
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On This Day: 16 May 1974 Helmut ---------- becomes West German chancellor`schmidt
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On This Day: 16 May 1975 ---------- release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK`wings
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On This Day: 16 May 1975 ---------- TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title`muhammad ali
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On This Day: 16 November 1973 ---------- 4 launched into Earth orbit `skylab
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On This Day: 16 November 1973 John ---------- releases "Mind Games" album `lennon
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On This Day: 16 November 1974 John ---------- 's #1 solo "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"`lennon
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On This Day: 16 October 1970 Anwar ---------- elected president of Egypt, succeeding Gamal Abdel Nasser`sadat
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On This Day: 16 September 1973 Buff Bill OJ ---------- rushes 250 yards 2 TDs), beating NE Pats 31-13`simpson
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On This Day: 16 September 1975 Papua New Guinea gains independence from ---------- (National Day)`australia
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On This Day: 17 April 1960 American Samoa sets up a ---------- government `constitutional
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On This Day: 17 April 1970 Paul ---------- 's 1st solo album "McCartney" `mccartney
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On This Day: 17 April 1975 Khmer Rouge captures---------- , Cambodia (Kampuchea Natl Day) `phnom penh
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On This Day: 17 August 1970 Venera 7 launched by USSR for soft landing on ---------- `venus
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On This Day: 17 August 1973 Lee Trevino's 1st ---------- `hole-in-one
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On This Day: 17 December 1971 Cease-fire between India & Pakistan in ---------- `kashmir
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On This Day: 17 December 1971 Radio ---------- begins transmitting`bangladesh
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On This Day: 17 December 1972 New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & ---------- `pakistan
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On This Day: 17 February 1970 Jeffrey McDonald slices up his ---------- `wife & daughter
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On This Day: 17 February 1970 Jeffrey McDonald slices up his`wife & daughter`wife and daughter
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On This Day: 17 February 1970 Joni Mitchell's final ---------- (Royal Albert Hall)`concert
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On This Day: 17 February 1971 ---------- regains cricket Ashes with a 2-0 series win`england
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On This Day: 17 February 1974 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, ---------- `egypt
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On This Day: 17 January 1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's ---------- Invitational`golf
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On This Day: 17 January 1972 Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed ---------- Blvd`elvis presley
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On This Day: 17 January 1973 City of Amsterdam decides to support ---------- `hanoi
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On This Day: 17 January 1973 New Philippine constitution names ---------- president for life`marcos
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On This Day: 17 July 1974 1st ---------- studio in UK is open by the Moody Blues`quadrophonic
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On This Day: 17 July 1974 ---------- is ordered to leave the US in 60 days`john lennon
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On This Day: 17 July 1975 ---------- & Maureen Cox divorce `ringo starr
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On This Day: 17 June 1972 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at ---------- `watergate
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On This Day: 17 March 1972 ---------- releases "Back off Bugaloo" in UK`ringo
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On This Day: 17 March 1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens new London ---------- `bridge
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On This Day: 17 March 1973 St Patrick's Day marchers carry 14 coffins commemorating ---------- `bloody sunday
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On This Day: 17 May 1971 Washington State bans ---------- `sex discrimination
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On This Day: 17 May 1973 Stevie ---------- releases "You are the Sunshine of my Life"`wonder
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On This Day: 17 May 1975 ---------- punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches`mick jagger
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On This Day: 17 May 1975 ---------- releases "I'm Not in Love"`10cc
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On This Day: 17 November 1970 Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on ---------- `moon
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On This Day: 18 April 1975 ---------- releases "Stand by Me"`john lennon
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On This Day: 18 December 1972 US began its heaviest bombing of North ---------- `vietnam
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On This Day: 18 February 1960 8th Winter ---------- games open in Squaw Valley CA`olympics
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On This Day: 18 February 1970 US President ---------- launches "Nixon-doctrine" `nixon
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On This Day: 18 February 1974 NASA launches Italian satellite ---------- C-2 235/843 km)`san marcos
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On This Day: 18 February 1975 2nd American ---------- Award`music
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On This Day: 18 February 1975 Italy broadens ---------- law`abortion
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On This Day: 18 January 1960 US & Japan sign joint ---------- treaty`defense
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On This Day: 18 January 1973 John ---------- 's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC`cleese
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On This Day: 18 January 1974 Israel & ---------- sign weapons accord`egypt
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On This Day: 18 January 1974 "The $6 Million Man" starring ---------- premieres on ABC TV`lee majors
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On This Day: 18 June 1972 BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from ---------- killing 118 `heathrow
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On This Day: 18 March 1970 Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal ---------- `strike
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On This Day: 18 March 1975 Kurds end fight against ---------- army`iraqi
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On This Day: 18 May 1971 President ---------- rejects 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus`nixon
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On This Day: 18 May 1973 Russian party leader ---------- visits West Germany`brezhnev
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On This Day: 18 May 1974 India becomes 6th nation to explode an ---------- `atomic bomb
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On This Day: 18 November 1960 Copyright office issues its 10 millionth ---------- `registration
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On This Day: 18 September 1974 Hurricane Fifi strikes ---------- with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die`honduras
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On This Day: 18 September 1975 Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell ---------- captured by FBI in SF`hearst
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On This Day: 19 April 1971 Russia launches its 1st ---------- space station`salyut
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On This Day: 19 April 1971 ---------- Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit `ussr
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On This Day: 19 April 1971 Sierra ---------- becomes a republic (Natl Day)`leone
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On This Day: 19 April 1975 India launches 1st ---------- with help of USSR`satellite
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On This Day: 19 August 1960 Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 ---------- into orbit (later recovered alive)`mice
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On This Day: 19 December 1971 NASA launches ---------- 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp`intelsat
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On This Day: 19 December 1972 Apollo ---------- (last of Apollo Moon landing series) returns to Earth`17
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On This Day: 19 February 1960 Protest strike in Poznan ---------- `poland
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On This Day: 19 February 1970 USSR launches ---------- 52 & Molniya 1-13 communications satellite`sputnik
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On This Day: 19 February 1971 Paul ---------- releases "Another Day" in UK`mccartney
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On This Day: 19 February 1974 1st American ---------- Award`music
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On This Day: 19 January 1960 Eisenhower & Premier Kishi sign US-Japanese ---------- pact `security
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On This Day: 19 January 1970 Dutch ---------- says he is in favor of married priest`bishop
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On This Day: 19 January 1970 UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a ---------- `communist
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On This Day: 19 January 1971 Beatles' ---------- is played at the Charles Manson trial`helter skelter
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On This Day: 19 January 1974 ---------- government of Leburton falls`belgium
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On This Day: 19 July 1974 David ---------- 's Diamond Dog tour ends in NYC `bowie
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On This Day: 19 March 1970 West German chancellor & East German premier Willy ---------- meet`brandt
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On This Day: 19 March 1972 India & ---------- sign friendship treaty`bangladesh
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On This Day: 19 March 1974 Jefferson ---------- begins their 1st tour`starship
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On This Day: 19 May 1975 Junko Tabei is 1st woman to climb to the top of Mount ---------- `everest
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On This Day: 19 October 1960 ---------- arrested in Atlanta sit-in`martin luther king jr
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On This Day: 19 October 1960 ---------- grants Mauritania independence `france
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On This Day: 19 October 1960 The US imposes an embargo on exports to ---------- `cuba
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On This Day: 19 October 1973 ---------- releases "Photograph"`ringo
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On This Day: 19 September 1970 "Mary ---------- Moore" show premiers `tyler
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On This Day: 20 April 1970 US troops invade ---------- `cambodia
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On This Day: 20 April 1971 ---------- records "We've Only Just Begun"`barbra striesand
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On This Day: 20 April 1973 Paul ---------- releases "Red Rose Speedway" including "My Love"`mccartney
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On This Day: 20 April 1974 Paul ---------- releases "Band on the Run"`mccartney
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On This Day: 20 August 1975 ---------- 1 launched toward orbit around Mars, soft landing`viking
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On This Day: 20 December 1972 President ---------- halts bombing of North Vietnam & announces peace talks `nixon
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On This Day: 20 December 1974 ---------- releases his "Dark Horse" album in UK `george harrison
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On This Day: 20 December 1975 Constitution of Democratic Republic of ---------- comes into force`madagascar
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On This Day: 20 February 1971 Major General Idi Amin Dada appoints himself President of ---------- `uganda
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On This Day: 20 February 1974 Cher files for separation from husband ---------- `sonny bono
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On This Day: 20 January 1960 CIA oks ---------- to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart)`lockheed
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On This Day: 20 January 1960 Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in ---------- `belgian congo
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On This Day: 20 January 1960 Riot curtails third day's play at Port-Of-Spain West Indies vs ---------- `england
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On This Day: 20 January 1960 US female ---------- championship won by Carol Heiss`figure skating
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On This Day: 20 January 1960 US male ---------- championship won by David Jenkins`figure skating
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On This Day: 20 January 1971 Dennis ---------- takes 5-84 in his 1st Test bowl, vs England`lillee
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On This Day: 20 January 1971 ---------- meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan `john lennon
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On This Day: 20 January 1972 Pakistan withdraws from the ---------- `commonwealth
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On This Day: 20 January 1973 ---------- plays their 1st show (Coventry Club in Queens NY)`kiss
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On This Day: 20 January 1974 USSR performs ---------- at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR`nuclear test
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On This Day: 20 July 1960 1st submerged submarine to fire ---------- missile (George Washington)`polaris
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On This Day: 20 July 1960 USSR recovered 2 dogs; 1st living ---------- to return from space `organisms
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On This Day: 20 July 1970 1st baby born on ---------- Island`alcatraz
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On This Day: 20 July 1971 George ---------- releases "Bangladesh"`harrison
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On This Day: 20 July 1971 Japanese Boeing ---------- collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162`727
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On This Day: 20 July 1971 US Apollo ---------- lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon`15
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On This Day: 20 July 1974 Turkey invades ---------- `cyprus
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On This Day: 20 June 1975 Cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries ---------- `gregg allman
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On This Day: 20 March 1970 ---------- wins its 8th straight world hockey championship`ussr
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On This Day: 20 March 1972 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's ---------- during an avalanche`mount fuji
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On This Day: 20 March 1972 North Vietnamese troops enter ---------- `south vietnam
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On This Day: 20 May 1970 100,000 march in ---------- supporting US policies in Vietnam`new york
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On This Day: 20 May 1970 2 die in a NYC ---------- accident`subway
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On This Day: 20 May 1970 The Beatles' "Let it Be" movie premieres in ---------- `uk
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On This Day: 20 May 1971 36 hospitalized during ---------- concert; after drinking LSD apple juice `grateful dead
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On This Day: 20 May 1971 US ---------- 9 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched`mariner
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On This Day: 20 May 1975 ---------- release "Venus & Mars" album `wings
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On This Day: 20 November 1972 ---------- bans Wings "Hi, Hi, Hi"`bbc
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On This Day: 20 November 1975 Dahomey becomes ---------- `benin
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On This Day: 20 October 1973 ---------- oil embargo begins`opec
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On This Day: 20 October 1974 Muhammad Ali KOs ---------- in 8th round in Kinshasa, Zare`george foreman
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On This Day: 20 September 1960 ---------- premiers 1st prime time animation show)`flintstones
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On This Day: 20 September 1970 ---------- 16 lands on Moon's Mare Fecunditatis, drills core sample`luna
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On This Day: 20 September 1972 Police find ---------- growing on Paul & Linda McCartney's farm`cannabis
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On This Day: 20 September 1973 Billie ---------- beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match`jean king
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On This Day: 20 September 1975 David ---------- 's "Fame," single goes #1 for 2 weeks`bowie
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On This Day: 21 April 1960 ---------- becomes the capital of Brazil`brasilia
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On This Day: 21 August 1971 Dave Scott becomes 1st person to drive a ---------- on the Moon`car
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On This Day: 21 August 1972 1st hot air balloon flight over the ---------- `alps
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On This Day: 21 December 1970 Congress authorizes the ---------- dollar coin`eisenhower
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On This Day: 21 December 1970 Paul McCartney files a ---------- to dissolve the Beatles`lawsuit
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On This Day: 21 December 1971 UN Security Council chooses Kurt ---------- as 4th secretary general`waldheim
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On This Day: 21 December 1972 Soviet Union signs a separate peace with ---------- `east germany
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On This Day: 21 December 1973 Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, US & USSR meet in ---------- `geneva
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On This Day: 21 February 1970 ---------- make TV debut on "American Bandstand"`jackson 5
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On This Day: 21 February 1973 Israeli fighters shoot ---------- aircraft down, killing 108`libyan
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On This Day: 21 February 1974 ---------- forces leave western Suez`israeli
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On This Day: 21 February 1974 Yugoslavia adopts ---------- `constitution
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On This Day: 21 February 1975 ---------- releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album `john lennon
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On This Day: 21 January 1960 Little Joe 4 suborbital ---------- test reaches 16 km `mercury
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On This Day: 21 January 1970 Grateful Dead members busted on ---------- charges`lsd
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On This Day: 21 January 1971 Apollo ---------- launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands`14
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On This Day: 21 January 1971 "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hit #1 on UK ---------- `pop chart
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On This Day: 21 January 1972 Aretha ---------- sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral `franklin
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On This Day: 21 January 1972 Birenda, becomes leader of ---------- `nepal
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On This Day: 21 January 1972 Military coup ousts civilian government of ---------- `ghana
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On This Day: 21 January 1974 McDonald's founder ---------- buys San Diego Padres `ray kroc
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On This Day: 21 January 1975 Barry ---------- 's "Mandy" goes gold`manilow
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On This Day: 21 January 1975 ---------- releases "#9 Dream"`john lennon
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On This Day: 21 July 1960 The country of Katanga forms in ---------- `africa
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On This Day: 21 July 1973 USSR launches ---------- for fly-by 2600 km) of the red planet`mars 4
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On This Day: 21 March 1972 Official ---------- Fan Club closes down `beatles
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On This Day: 21 March 1974 Attempt made to kidnap Princess ---------- in London's Pall Mall`anne
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On This Day: 21 March 1975 ---------- ends monarchy after 3000 years`ethiopia
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On This Day: 21 May 1970 ---------- performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR`ussr
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On This Day: 21 May 1974 Israel & ---------- sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights `syria
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On This Day: 21 November 1975 Linda McCartney ---------- in US are dropped`drug charges
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On This Day: 21 October 1970 Caledonian Airways takes over British ---------- Airways`united
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On This Day: 21 September 1972 ---------- declares martial law in the Philippines `marcos
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On This Day: 22 April 1971 ---------- 10 launched`soyuz
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On This Day: 22 April 1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of the ---------- `today show
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On This Day: 22 February 1971 Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of ---------- `syria
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On This Day: 22 February 1974 ---------- police shoot at demonstrators`ethiopian
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On This Day: 22 January 1960 French President ---------- escapes attempt by General Massu `de gaulle
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On This Day: 22 January 1960 Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for ---------- boxing title`middleweight
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On This Day: 22 January 1970 1st commercial Boeing 747 flight (Pan Am), New York to ---------- in 61/2 hours`london
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On This Day: 22 January 1971 ---------- record "Power to the People" `john & yoko
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On This Day: 22 January 1973 George ---------- TKOs Joe Frazier in 2 for heavyweight boxing title`foreman
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On This Day: 22 January 1975 Landsat 2, an Earth Resources ---------- Satellite, launched`technology
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On This Day: 22 July 1972 Venera 8 makes soft landing on ---------- `venus
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On This Day: 22 June 1973 George ---------- releases "Living in the Material World"`harrison
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On This Day: 22 March 1960 1st patent for---------- , granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes`lasers
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On This Day: 22 March 1971 ---------- performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk`ussr
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On This Day: 22 May 1970 France performs nuclear test at ---------- Island `muruora
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On This Day: 22 May 1970 ---------- terrorists kill 9 children & 3 adults on a school bus`arab
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On This Day: 22 May 1972 ---------- becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified`ceylon
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On This Day: 22 May 1972 US President ---------- begins visit Moscow`nixon
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On This Day: 22 May 1973 President Nixon confesses his role in ---------- cover-up`watergate
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On This Day: 22 September 1973 ---------- , sworn in as America's 1st Jewish Secretary of State`henry kissinger
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On This Day: 23 April 1972 Apollo ---------- astronauts explores Moon surface`16
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On This Day: 23 December 1972 16 plane crash survivors rescued after 70days, survived by ---------- `cannibalism
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On This Day: 23 December 1972 Earthquake destroys central Managua, ---------- `nicaragua
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On This Day: 23 December 1973 6 Persian Gulf nations double their ---------- `oil prices
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On This Day: 23 February 1970 ---------- becomes a republic (National Day)`guyana
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On This Day: 23 February 1971 George ---------- is fined & his driving license is suspended for 1 year as a result of several speeding tickets and a dispute with the police`harrison
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On This Day: 23 January 1970 Dolle Mina burns her ---------- in Amsterdam`bra
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On This Day: 23 January 1970 ---------- 's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (California)`australia
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On This Day: 23 January 1970 US launches 2nd generation ---------- satellite, ITOS 1`weather
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On This Day: 23 January 1970 US performs ---------- test at Nevada Test Site`nuclear
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On This Day: 23 January 1972 Entire population of ---------- under 24 hour house arrest`istanbul
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On This Day: 23 June 1970 Rocker Chubby ---------- arrest for marijuana pocession`checker
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On This Day: 23 June 1972 Nixon & Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up ---------- `watergate
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On This Day: 23 June 1975 Rocker ---------- falls off stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs`alice cooper
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On This Day: 23 March 1960 ---------- (8) fails to reach Earth orbit `explorer
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On This Day: 23 March 1970 US performs ---------- test at Nevada Test Site`nuclear
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On This Day: 23 March 1971 USSR performs ---------- nuclear test`underground
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On This Day: 23 March 1972 ---------- breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars `evil knievel
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On This Day: 23 May 1971 Rock group Iron ---------- disbands `butterfly
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On This Day: 23 May 1974 ---------- performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site`great britain
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On This Day: 23 November 1960 Tiros 2, a ---------- satellite is launched `weather
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On This Day: 23 September 1973 Former Argentine President Juan ---------- returns to power `peron
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On This Day: 24 April 1970 ---------- becomes a republic within the Commonwealth`gambia
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On This Day: 24 December 1970 9 Jews are convicted in ---------- of hijacking a plane`lenningrad
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On This Day: 24 February 1960 US beats ---------- in Olympics hockey finals round, 9-1 `germany
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On This Day: 24 February 1974 Pakistan officially recognizes ---------- `bangladesh
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On This Day: 24 January 1960 Algeria uprises against French President ---------- `de gaulle
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On This Day: 24 March 1960 US appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover", not ---------- `obscene
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On This Day: 24 March 1972 Great Britain imposes direct rule over ---------- `northern ireland
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On This Day: 24 March 1975 ---------- TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 to retain the heavyweight boxing title`muhammad ali
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On This Day: 24 May 1960 1 millionth ---------- telephone installed`dutch
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On This Day: 24 May 1970 Peter Green quits ---------- to join a religious cult`fleetwood mac
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On This Day: 24 May 1974 ---------- Show, last airs on NBC-TV `dean martin
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On This Day: 24 October 1973 ---------- sues US govt to admit the FBI is tapping his phone`john lennon
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On This Day: 24 October 1973 ---------- War ends, Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus`yom kippur
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On This Day: 24 September 1960 1st nuclear-powered---------- , launches (USS Enterprise)`aircraft carrier
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On This Day: 25 April 1960 1st submerged ---------- of Earth completed (Triton) `circumnavigation
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On This Day: 25 April 1974 Dictator Antnio Salazar overthrown in ---------- `portugal
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On This Day: 25 April 1974 Dictator Antonio Salazar overthrown in`portugal
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On This Day: 25 August 1960 17th summer olympics opens in ---------- `rome
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On This Day: 25 December 1974 ---------- virtually destroys Darwin Australia `cyclone tracy
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On This Day: 25 January 1970 Robert ---------- 's "M`as`h," premieres`altman
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On This Day: 25 January 1971 Charles ---------- & 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders`manson
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On This Day: 25 January 1971 Military coup in ---------- under General Idi Amin Dada`uganda
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On This Day: 25 January 1974 B lent Ecevit forms government in`turkey
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On This Day: 25 January 1974 Blent Ecevit forms government in ---------- `turkey
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On This Day: 25 January 1974 Christian ---------- transplants 1st human heart without removal of old`barnard
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On This Day: 25 July 1973 George Harrison pays 1,000,000 tax on his ---------- concert & album `bangladesh
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On This Day: 25 July 1973 ---------- launches Mars 5`ussr
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On This Day: 25 June 1975 Mozambique gains independence from ---------- (National Day)`portugal
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On This Day: 25 March 1960 1st guided missile launched from ---------- powered sub (Halibut)`nuclear
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On This Day: 25 March 1970 ---------- makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)`concorde
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On This Day: 25 March 1971 ---------- , "She's a Lady", goes gold `tom jones
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On This Day: 25 March 1972 ---------- 's LP "America" goes #1`america
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On This Day: 25 March 1974 ---------- records the album "Butterfly" `barbra streisand
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On This Day: 25 March 1975 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of ---------- 1964-75), shot by nephew`saudi-arabia
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On This Day: 25 May 1972 Heavyweight ---------- KOs Ron Stander`joe frazier
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On This Day: 25 May 1973 George ---------- releases "Give Me Love" in UK`harrison
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On This Day: 25 November 1960 1st atomic ---------- for research & development, Richland Wa`reactor
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On This Day: 25 November 1973 Bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George ---------- `papadopoulos
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On This Day: 25 November 1975 ---------- grants Surinam independence (National Day)`netherlands
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On This Day: 25 October 1960 1st electronic ---------- placed on sale, NYC`wrist watch
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On This Day: 25 October 1974 ---------- release "Junior's Farm"`wings
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On This Day: 25 September 1970 ---------- releases his "Beaucoups of Blues" album `ringo
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On This Day: 25 September 1973 3-man crew of Skylab II make safe splashdown in ---------- after 59 days`pacific
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On This Day: 26 April 1974 Landslide in Huancavelica Province ---------- creates a natural dam`peru
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On This Day: 26 August 1972 Summer Olympics open in---------- , West Germany `munich
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On This Day: 26 December 1973 2 Skylab 3 astronauts ---------- for a record 7 hours`walk in space
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On This Day: 26 February 1960 Soviet premier Khrushchev voices support for ---------- `indonesia
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On This Day: 26 February 1960 USA's David Jenkins wins the ---------- for men's figure skating `olympics gold
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On This Day: 26 February 1970 ---------- release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album `beatles
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On This Day: 26 February 1975 1st televised ---------- transplant (Today Show)`kidney
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On This Day: 26 January 1971 Charles ---------- convicted of murder`manson
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On This Day: 26 January 1972 Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without ---------- `parachute
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On This Day: 26 July 1971 Apollo ---------- launched to the Moon`15
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On This Day: 26 June 1960 ---------- gains independence from France (National Day)`madagascar
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On This Day: 26 June 1974 Liz Taylor's ---------- divorce (Richard Burton)`5th
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On This Day: 26 June 1975 Indian PM Indira ---------- declares a state of emergency `gandhi
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On This Day: 26 March 1960 ---------- executes 30 after attack on President Kassem`iraq
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On This Day: 26 March 1970 500th ---------- announced by the US since 1945`nuclear explosion
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On This Day: 26 March 1970 Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary) pleads guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a`14 year old girl
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On This Day: 26 March 1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its ---------- `independence
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On This Day: 26 March 1971 "Benny ---------- Show" tops TV ratings`hill
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On This Day: 26 March 1971 "Cannon" with William ---------- premieres on CBS-TV`conrad
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On This Day: 26 March 1975 "---------- " premieres in London `tommy
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On This Day: 26 May 1971 Soviet Union's---------- , TU-144, makes its 1st appearance `concorde
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On This Day: 26 May 1972 Nixon & ---------- signs SALT accord`brezhnev
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On This Day: 26 May 1973 Bahrain adopts it's ---------- `constitution
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On This Day: 26 May 1973 Beatles' "The Beatles 1967-1970" album goes ---------- `#1
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On This Day: 26 May 1974 During a ---------- concert in London a 14 year old is trampled`david cassidy
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On This Day: 26 October 1972 Henry ---------- declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam`kissinger
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On This Day: 26 October 1973 ---------- release "Helen Wheels"`wings
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On This Day: 26 October 1975 Anwar ---------- became 1st Egyptian president to officially visit the US`sadat
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On This Day: 26 September 1960 1st of 4 TV debates ---------- & Kennedy took place (Chicago)`nixon
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On This Day: 26 September 1960 Longest speech in UN history (4 hrs, 29 mins, by---------- )`fidel castro
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On This Day: 26 September 1973 ---------- flies from Washington DC to Paris in 3h33m `concorde
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On This Day: 27 April 1960 1st atomic powered electric-drive ---------- launched (Tullibee)`submarine
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On This Day: 27 April 1960 ---------- grants Togo independence (Natl Day)`france
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On This Day: 27 April 1972 NYC Mayor John Lindsey appeals that ---------- not be deported`john lennon
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On This Day: 27 April 1974 Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of---------- , killing 107`bali
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On This Day: 27 December 1970 "Hello, Dolly!" closes on ---------- after a record 2,844 performances`broadway
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On This Day: 27 February 1960 Oil pipe line from ---------- to Ruhrgebied opens`rotterdam
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On This Day: 27 February 1973 American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South ---------- `dakota
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On This Day: 27 February 1973 Pope ---------- publishes constitution motu proprio Quo aptius`paul vi
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On This Day: 27 January 1973 US & Vietnam sign---------- , ending longest US war & military draft `cease-fire
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On This Day: 27 June 1960 British Somaliland becomes part of ---------- `somalia
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On This Day: 27 March 1970 ---------- performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk`ussr
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On This Day: 27 March 1970 ---------- releases his 1st solo album "Sentimental Journey" `ringo
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On This Day: 27 March 1972 Venera 8 launched to ---------- `venus
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On This Day: 27 March 1973 Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) stopped for speeding & ---------- possession`lsd
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On This Day: 27 May 1960 Military coup overthrows democratic government of ---------- `turkey
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On This Day: 27 May 1975 Paul ---------- releases "Venus & Mars"`mccartney
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On This Day: 27 November 1970 Pope ---------- wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest`paul vi
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On This Day: 27 November 1970 ---------- releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass" `george harrison
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On This Day: 27 November 1971 Soviet ---------- becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars`mars 2
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On This Day: 28 April 1974 Last Americans evacuated from ---------- `saigon
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On This Day: 28 December 1974 More than 5,200 people killed in ---------- earthquake`pakistan
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On This Day: 28 February 1960 8th winter ---------- games close at Squaw Valley CA`olympics
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On This Day: 28 February 1960 US wins Olympics hockey gold medal by defeating ---------- 9-4`czechoslovakia
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On This Day: 28 February 1960 Winter ---------- at Squaw Valley CA closes `olympics
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On This Day: 28 February 1970 ---------- permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge`bicycles
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On This Day: 28 February 1974 ---------- Party wins British parliamentary election`labour
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On This Day: 28 January 1960 1st ---------- bounced off Moon, Washington DC`photograph
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On This Day: 28 January 1960 Goon Show's ---------- on BBC`final episode
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On This Day: 28 January 1970 Lubom r Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of`czechoslovakia
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On This Day: 28 January 1970 Lubomr Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of ----------`czechoslovakia
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On This Day: 28 June 1971 Supreme Court overturns draft evasion conviction of ---------- `muhammad ali
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On This Day: 28 June 1974 ---------- release "Band on the Run" & "Zoo Gang" in UK`wings
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On This Day: 28 June 1975 Golfer ---------- is struck by lightning at Western Open (Ill)`lee trevino
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On This Day: 28 June 1975 ---------- releases "Fame"`david bowie
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On This Day: 28 March 1960 ---------- factory explodes burying 20 firefighters (Glasgow Scotland)`scotch
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On This Day: 28 March 1970 1,086 die when 7.3 ---------- destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)`earthquake
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On This Day: 28 March 1972 ---------- performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR`ussr
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On This Day: 28 May 1971 Paul ---------- releases his 2nd solo album "Ram" `mccartney
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On This Day: 28 May 1971 USSR ---------- launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars`mars 3
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On This Day: 28 November 1960 Mauritania gains independence from ---------- (National Day)`france
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On This Day: 28 November 1975 ---------- release "Venus & Mars/Rock Show" medley `wings
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On This Day: 28 October 1970 US/USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint ---------- efforts`space
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On This Day: 28 October 1971 England becomes 6th nation to have a ---------- (Prospero) in orbit`satellite
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On This Day: 28 October 1971 ---------- record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC `john & yoko
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On This Day: 28 October 1971 ---------- record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC`john & yoko`john and yoko
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On This Day: 28 September 1974 1st lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical ---------- `mastectomy
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On This Day: 29 April 1975 US Forces pull out of ---------- `vietnam
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On This Day: 29 December 1972 Eastern Tristar Jumbo Jet crashes near ---------- killing 101`everglades
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On This Day: 29 February 1960 1st---------- , featuring bunnies, opens in Chicago`playboy club
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On This Day: 29 February 1960 Earthquake kills 1/3 of Agadir ---------- population 12,000) in 15 seconds`morocco
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On This Day: 29 February 1960 JFK makes "missile gap" the Presidential ---------- issue `campaign
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On This Day: 29 January 1970 USSR performs ---------- test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR`nuclear
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On This Day: 29 June 1970 US ends 2 month military offensive into ---------- `cambodia
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On This Day: 29 June 1972 USSR launches ---------- 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km)`prognoz
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On This Day: 29 March 1971 Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West Europe's 1st ---------- professor`sexology
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On This Day: 29 March 1971 Development of a serum hepatitis ---------- for children announced`vaccine
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On This Day: 29 March 1973 Last US troops leave---------- , 9 years after Tonkin Gulf Resolution `vietnam
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On This Day: 29 May 1960 ---------- Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits #1`everly
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On This Day: 29 May 1974 ---------- is brought under direct rule from Westminster`northern ireland
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On This Day: 29 November 1975 Kilauea Volcano erupts in ---------- `hawaii
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On This Day: 29 October 1960 Muhammad Ali's (Cassius Clay's) 1st professional fight, beats Tunney ---------- in 6`hunsaker
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On This Day In January 0404 - The last ______ competition was held in Rome.`gladiator
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On This Day In January 0871 - England's King Alfred defeated the ______ at the Battle of Ashdown.`Danes
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On This Day In January 1205 - Philip of ______ was crowned as King of the Romans.`Swabia
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On This Day In January 1453 - Frederick III erected ______ into an Archduchy.`Austria
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On This Day In January 1492 - The leader of the last ______ stronghold in Spain surrendered to Spanish forces loyal to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I.`Arab
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On This Day In January 1496 - References in ______ da Vinci notebooks suggested that he tested his flying machine. The test didn't succeed and he didn't try to fly again for several years.`Leonardo
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On This Day In January 1521 - Pope Leo X ______ Martin Luther.`excommunicated
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On This Day In January 1540 - King Henry VIII of ______ was married to Anne of Cleves, his fourth wife.`England
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On This Day In January 1558 - Calais, the last English possession on mainland______ , was recaptured by the French.`France
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On This Day In January 1610 - ______ Galilei sighted four of Jupiter's moons. He named them Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.`Galileo
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On This Day In January 1622 - The ______ Chancery adopted January 1st as the beginning of the New Year instead of March 25th.`Papal
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On This Day In January 1642 - ______ Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy.`Astronomer
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On This Day In January 1675 - The first corporation was charted in the United States. The company was the New York ______ Company.`Fishing
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On This Day In January 1695 - Composer ______ Sammartini was born.`Giuseppe
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On This Day In January 1705 - Georg ______ Handel's opera "Almira" was produced in Hamburg.`Friedrich
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On This Day In January 1710 - ______ Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was born.`Composer
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On This Day In January 1720 - Composer Johann ______ Agricola was born.`Friedrich
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On This Day In January 1720 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea ______ published its findings.`Bubble
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On This Day In January 1732 - Composer Franz Xaver ______ was born.`Brixi
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On This Day In January 1759 - George Washington and ______ Dandridge Custis were married.`Martha
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On This Day In January 1764 - Wolfgang ______ Mozart played for the Royal Family at Versailles in France.`Amadeus
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On This Day In January 1772 - The first traveler's checks were ______ in London.`issued
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On This Day In January 1776 - Thomas Paine ______ his pamphlet "Common Sense.`published
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On This Day In January 1777 - The Battle of Princeton took place in the War of______ , in which George Washington defeated the British forces, led by Cornwallis.`Independence
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On This Day In January 1781 - Richmond, VA, was burned by a ______ naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold.`British
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On This Day In January 1782 - The Bank of North America opened in______ . It was the first commercial bank in the United States.`Philadelphia
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On This Day In January 1785 - ______ aeronaut/balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard successfully made the first air-crossing of the English Channel from the English coast to France.`French
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On This Day In January 1785 - London's ______ daily paper "The Daily Universal Register" (later renamed "The Times" in 1788) was first published.`oldest
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On This Day In January 1788 - ______ became the 4th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.`Georgia
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On This Day In January 1789 - Americans voted for the ______ that would choose George Washington to be the first U.S. president.`electors
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On This Day In January 1793 - Jean-Pierre ______ made the first successful balloon flight in the U.S.`Blanchard
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On This Day In January 1797 - Albany became the capital of New York______ , replacing New York City.`state
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On This Day In January 1799 - British prime minister William Pitt the Younger introduced ______ tax, at two shillings (10p) in the pound, to raise funds for the Napoleonic Wars.`income
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On This Day In January 1801 - Italian ______ Giuseppe Piazzi became the first person to discover an asteroid. He named it Ceres.`astronomer
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On This Day In January 1801 - The Act of Union of ______ and Ireland came into force.`England
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On This Day In January 1804 - Haiti gained its______ .`independence
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On This Day In January 1808 - The U.S. ______ import of slaves from Africa.`prohibited
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On This Day In January 1812 - Composer ______ Thalberg was born.`Sigismond
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On This Day In January 1815 - By secret treaty, Austria, Britain, and ______ formed a defensive alliance against Prusso-Russian plans to solve the Saxon and Polish problems.`France
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On This Day In January 1815 - U.S. General Andrew ______ achieved victory at the Battle of New Orleans. The War of 1812 had officially ended on December 24, 1814, with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. The news of the signing had not reached British troops in time to prevent their attack on New Orleans.`Jackson
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On This Day In January 1821 - The first native-born American______ , Elizabeth Ann Seton, died in Emmitsburg, MD.`saint
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On This Day In January 1823 - Stephen F. Austin received a grant from the ______ government and began colonization in the region of the Brazos River in Texas.`Mexican
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On This Day In January 1825 - The first engineering college in the U.S. , Rensselaer School, opened in Troy, NY. It is now known as ______ Polytechnic Institute.`Rensselaer
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On This Day In January 1833 - Britain seized control of the ______ Islands in the South Atlantic. About 150 years later, Argentina seized the islands from the British, but Britain took them back after a 74-day war.`Falkland
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On This Day In January 1837 - Composer Mili Alexeyevich ______ was born.`Balakirev
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On This Day In January 1838 - Alfred ______ demonstrated a telegraph code he had devised using dots and dashes as letters. The code was the predecessor to Samuel Morse's code.`Vail
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On This Day In January 1838 - Composer Max ______ was born.`Bruch
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On This Day In January 1839 - Composer John Knowles ______ was born.`Paine
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On This Day In January 1840 - The first recorded bowling match was ______ in the U.S.`recorded
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On This Day In January 1840 - The penny post, whereby mail was delivered at a standard charge rather than paid for by the recipient, began in______ .`Britain
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On This Day In January 1842 - In Fairmount, PA, the first wire ______ bridge was opened to traffic.`suspension
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On This Day In January 1848 - The first ______ bank was established in San Francisco, CA.`commercial
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On This Day In January 1850 - Composer ______ Xaver Scharwenka was born.`Franz
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On This Day In January 1850 - The first American ice-______ club was organized in Philadelphia, PA.`skating
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On This Day In January 1853 - A ______ statue of Andrew Jackson on a horse was unveiled in Lafayette Park in Washington, DC. The statue was the work of Clark Mills.`bronze
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On This Day In January 1856 - Composer Giuseppe ______ was born.`Martucci
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On This Day In January 1856 - ______ (hydrated sodium borate) was discovered by Dr. John Veatch.`Borax
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On This Day In January 1859 - Erastus Beadle published "The Dime Book of ______ Etiquette.`Practical
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On This Day In January 1861 - ______ seceded from the United States.`Florida
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On This Day In January 1861 - The state of ______ seceded from the United States.`Mississippi
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On This Day In January 1863 - Prime Minister ______ opened the first section of the London Underground Railway system, from Paddington to Farringdon Street.`Gladstone
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On This Day In January 1863 - U.S. President ______ signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in the rebel states were free.`Lincoln
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On This Day In January 1868 - The Shogunate was ______ in Japan and Meiji dynasty was restored.`abolished
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On This Day In January 1870 - John D. ______ incorporated Standard Oil.`Rockerfeller
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On This Day In January 1871 - Henry W. Bradley patented______ .`oleomargarine
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On This Day In January 1872 - Brigham Young, the 71-year-old leader of the ______ Church, was arrested on a charge of bigamy. He had 25 wives.`Mormon
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On This Day In January 1872 - Composer ______ Nikolaevich Scriabin was born.`Alexander
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On This Day In January 1874 - Composer ______ Suk was born.`Josef
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On This Day In January 1876 - Composer William Yeates ______ was born.`Hurlstone
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On This Day In January 1877 - ______ Horse (Tashunca-uitco) and his warriors fought their final battle against the U.S. Cavalry in Montana.`Crazy
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On This Day In January 1879 - Thomas Edison began ______ on his first generator.`construction
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On This Day In January 1880 - ______ Nicolai Karlovich Medtner was born.`Composer
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On This Day In January 1883 - Samuel ______ demonstrated the telegraph for the first time.`Morse
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On This Day In January 1884 - The socialist Fabian Society was ______ in London.`founded
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On This Day In January 1885 - Dr. William Grant performed the first successful______ . The patient was Mary Gartside.`appendectomy
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On This Day In January 1885 - The Long Island ______ Company became the first to offer piggy-back rail service which was the transportation of farm wagons on trains.`Railroad
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On This Day In January 1886 - The Severn ______ Tunnel, Britain's longest, was opened.`Railway
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On This Day In January 1887 - Queen Victoria was proclaimed ______ of India in Delhi.`empress
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On This Day In January 1887 - Thomas ______ completed the first worldwide bicycle trip. He started his trip in April 1884. Stevens and his bike traveled 13,500 miles in almost three years time.`Stevens
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On This Day In January 1888 - The drinking ______ was patented by Marvin C. Stone.`straw
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On This Day In January 1889 - The tabulating ______ was patented by Dr. Herman Hollerith. His firm, Tabulating Machine Company, later became International Business Machines Corporation (IBM.`machine
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On This Day In January 1890 - Alice ______ became the first female White House staffer.`Sanger
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On This Day In January 1892 - ______ and New York merged to form the single city of New York.`Brooklyn
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On This Day In January 1892 - Ellis Island Immigrant Station formally ______ in New York.`opened
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On This Day In January 1893 - The first commemorative ______ stamps were issued.`postage
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On This Day In January 1894 - ______ caused serious damage at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, IL.`Fire
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On This Day In January 1894 - The Manchester Ship ______ was officially opened to traffic.`Canal
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On This Day In January 1894 - The New England Telephone and ______ Company put the first battery-operated switchboard into operation in Lexington, MA.`Telegraph
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On This Day In January 1894 - W.K. ______ received a patent for motion picture film.`Dickson
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On This Day In January 1896 - ______ became the 45th U.S. state.`Utah
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On This Day In January 1896 - "Fannie Farmer Cookbook" ______ was published.`cookbook
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On This Day In January 1896 - It was reported by The ______ newspaper that Wilhelm Roentgen had discovered the type of radiation that became known as X-rays.`Austrian
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On This Day In January 1896 - The first American womens six-day bicycle ______ was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.`race
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On This Day In January 1898 - Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, ______ and Staten Island were consolidated into New York City.`Queens
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On This Day In January 1899 - Composer ______ Poulenc was born.`Francis
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On This Day In January 1900 - Hawaii asked for a delegate to the ______ national convention.`Republican
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On This Day In January 1900 - In India, it was reported that ______ of people were dying from starvation.`millions
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On This Day In January 1900 - In Ireland, ______ leader John Edward Redmond called for a revolt against British rule.`Nationalist
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On This Day In January 1900 - In South______ , General White turned back the Boers attack of Ladysmith.`Africa
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On This Day In January 1900 - Nigeria became a ______ protectorate with Frederick Lagard as the high commissioner.`British
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On This Day In January 1900 - Off of South______ , the British seized the German steamer Herzog. The boat was released on January 22, 1900.`Africa
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On This Day In January 1900 - The Chicago ______ opened.`Canal
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On This Day In January 1900 - U.S. President McKinley placed ______ under military rule.`Alaska
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On This Day In January 1900 - U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open ______ Policy to prompt trade with China.`Door
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On This Day In January 1900 - ______ Verdi's "Aida" was performed in New York.`Giuseppe
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On This Day In January 1901 - The Commonwealth of ______ was founded.`Australia
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On This Day In January 1901 - The first ______ sanctioned by the American Bowling Congress was held in Chicago, IL.`tournament
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On This Day In January 1901 - ______ was discovered at the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont, TX.`Oil
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On This Day In January 1902 - New York State introduced a bill to outlaw ______ in public.`flirting
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On This Day In January 1902 - The first ______ of Roses collegiate football game was played in Pasadena, CA.`Tournament
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On This Day In January 1903 - The general public could use the ______ cable for the very first time.`Pacific
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On This Day In January 1904 - The ______ signal "CQD" was established. Two years later "SOS" became the radio distress signal because it was quicker to send by wireless radio.`distress
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On This Day In January 1905 - Composer Sir ______ Kemp Tippett was born.`Michael
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On This Day In January 1905 - In______ , the civil disturbances known as the Revolution of 1905 forced Czar Nicholas II to grant some civil rights.`Russia
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On This Day In January 1906 - ______ Rubinstein made his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City.`Arthur
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On This Day In January 1908 - A ______ train collision occurred in the smoke-filled Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City. Seventeen were killed and thirty-eight were injured. The accident caused a public outcry and increased demand for electric trains.`catastrophic
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On This Day In January 1909 - The first payments of old-age ______ were made in Britain. People over 70 received five shillings a week.`pensions
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On This Day In January 1910 - The first junior high school in the United States opened. ______ School in Berkeley, CA, housed seventh and eighth grade students. In a separate building students were housed who attended grades 9-12.`McKinley
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On This Day In January 1911 - Major Jimmie Erickson took the first ______ from an airplane while flying over San Diego, CA.`photograph
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On This Day In January 1912 - New ______ became the 47th U.S. state.`Mexico
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On This Day In January 1913 - The post office began ______ post deliveries.`parcel
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On This Day In January 1914 - ______ Motor Company announced that there would be a new daily minimum wage of $5 and an eight-hour workday.`Ford
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On This Day In January 1916 - During World War I, the final withdrawal of ______ troops from Gallipoli took place.`Allied
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On This Day In January 1917 - Royal Bank of ______ took over the Quebec Bank.`Canada
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On This Day In January 1918 - U.S. President ______ Wilson announced his Fourteen Points as the basis for peace upon the end of World War I.`Woodrow
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On This Day In January 1920 - The League of ______ held its first meeting in Geneva.`Nations
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On This Day In January 1920 - The League of Nations ratified the Treaty of______ , officially ending World War I with Germany.`Versailles
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On This Day In January 1921 - David Lloyd George became the first prime minister tenant at Chequers Court,______ .`Buckinghamshire
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On This Day In January 1921 - DeYoung ______ in Golden Gate Park opened.`Museum
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On This Day In January 1921 - The first religious ______ on radio was heard on KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh, PA, as Dr. E.J. Van Etten of Calvary Episcopal Church preached.`broadcast
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On This Day In January 1924 - English ______ Howard Carter discovered the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.`explorer
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On This Day In January 1924 - Frank B. ______ received a patent for ink paste.`Cooney
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On This Day In January 1924 - George ______ completed "Rhapsody in Blue" at the age of 26.`Gershwin
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On This Day In January 1925 - In Italy, ______ announced that he would take dictatorial powers.`Mussolini
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On This Day In January 1925 - Lucrezia Bori and John McCormack of the famous ______ Opera in New York City made their singing debuts on radio.`Metropolitan
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On This Day In January 1925 - Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross was ______ in as the governor of Wyoming She was the first female governor in the U.S.`sworn
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On This Day In January 1925 - Russian composer Igor ______ appeared in his first American concert. He conducted the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in a program of his own compositions.`Stravinsky
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On This Day In January 1926 - Fritz Lang's film "______ " was first shown, in Berlin.`Metropolis
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On This Day In January 1926 - George ______ and Gracie Allen were married.`Burns
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On This Day In January 1926 - The Rose ______ was carried coast to coast on network radio for the first time.`Bowl
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On This Day In January 1927 - Transatlantic ______ service Service began between New York and London. 31 calls were made on this first day.`telephone
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On This Day In January 1928 - NBC Radio debuted "The ______ Victory Hour" which starred Will Rogers, Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra and singer Al Jolson.`Dodge
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On This Day In January 1928 - The Soviet Union ordered the exile of Leon______ .`Trotsky
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On This Day In January 1929 - The debut of "Buck ______ 2429 A.D." occurred in newspapers around the U.S. The title of the comic strip was later changed to "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.`Rogers
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On This Day In January 1929 - The Seeing Eye was incorporated in Nashville, TN. The company's purpose was to train ______ to guide the blind.`dogs
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On This Day In January 1929 - The United States and Cananda reached an ______ on joint action to preserve Niagara Falls.`agreement
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On This Day In January 1930 - The first diesel-engine ______ trip was completed after a run of 792 miles from Indianapolis, IN, to New York City, NY.`automobile
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On This Day In January 1930 - "The ______ Hour" was heard for the first time on the NBC-Blue Network, which later became ABC Radio.`Cuckoo
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On This Day In January 1931 - ______ Edison executed his last patent application.`Thomas
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On This Day In January 1932 - Chancellor ______ Brning declared that Germany cannot, and will not, resume reparations payments.`Heinrich
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On This Day In January 1932 - Freddy Martin formed a new band and was hired to play the ______ Grill in New York City. Merv Griffin later became Martins lead vocalist.`Roosevelt
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On This Day In January 1932 - NBC Red debuted "The Carnation ______ Hour". The show was as a showcase for top singers and musicians.`Contented
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On This Day In January 1933 - ______ of the Golden Gate Bridge began.`Construction
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On This Day In January 1934 - Both the National and American ______ leagues decided to use a uniform-size baseball. It was the first time in 33 years that both leagues used the same size ball. (MLB.`baseball
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On This Day In January 1934 - ______ Island officially became a Federal Prison.`Alcatraz
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On This Day In January 1934 - The ______ Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) began operation.`Federal
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On This Day In January 1935 - Bert ______ and his Orchestra recorded "Hors doeuvres.`Ambrose
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On This Day In January 1935 - Bob ______ was heard for the first time on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue.`Hope
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On This Day In January 1935 - Bruno Richard ______ went on trial for the kidnap-murder of Charles Lindberghs baby. Hauptmann was found guilt and executed.`Hauptmann
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On This Day In January 1935 - French Foreign ______ Pierre Laval and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini signed the Italo-French agreements.`Minister
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On This Day In January 1935 - Phil Spitalnys All-Girl ______ was featured on CBS radio on the program, "The Hour of Charm.`Orchestra
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On This Day In January 1935 - The ______ was patented by A.C. Hardy.`spectrophotometer
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On This Day In January 1936 - The first ______ music chart based on national sales was published by "Billboard" magazine.`pop
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On This Day In January 1936 - The first pop music ______ based on national sales was published by "Billboard" magazine.`chart
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On This Day In January 1936 - The "New York Herald ______ " began microfilming its current issues.`Tribune
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On This Day In January 1936 - The United States Army adopted the semi-automatic______ .`rifle
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On This Day In January 1937 - The First ______ Bowl football game was played in Dallas, TX. Texas Christian University (T.C.U.) beat Marquette, 16-6.`Cotton
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On This Day In January 1937 - The first issue of "Look" went on sale. Within a month, "Look" became a biweekly______ .`magazine
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On This Day In January 1938 - The first broadcast of "Woman in White" was presented on the NBC Red network. The program remained on ______ for 10 years.`radio
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On This Day In January 1938 - The March of ______ was established by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The organization fights poliomyelitis. The original name of the organization was the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.`Dimes
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On This Day In January 1938 - Trummy ______ played trombone and sang with the Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra in New York City while recording "Margie.`Young
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On This Day In January 1940 - "Gene Autrys Melody Ranch" debuted on ______ Radio. The show aired for 16 years.`CBS
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On This Day In January 1940 - Television was used for the first time to present a sales meeting to convention ______ in New York City.`delegates
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On This Day In January 1940 - The ______ Communications Commission (FCC) got its very first demonstration of FM radio.`Federal
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On This Day In January 1940 - The "Southland Shuffle" was recorded on Bluebird Records by Charlie Barnet and his______ . Billy May was featured as a trumpet player.`Orchestra
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On This Day In January 1940 - Vincent Lopez and his ______ recorded the third version of Lopez theme song titled "Nola.`orchestra
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On This Day In January 1941 - Alice Marble made her professional tennis ______ when she defeated Ruth Hardwick of Great Britain at Madison Square Garden in New York City.`debut
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On This Day In January 1941 - "Good-for-Nothin-Joe" was ______ by the sultry Lena Horne with Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra on Bluebird Records.`recorded
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On This Day In January 1941 - Richard ______ made his debut on radio in "The Home of the Brave.`Widmark
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On This Day In January 1941 - Sammy ______ and his orchestra recorded "Until Tomorrow.`Kaye
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On This Day In January 1941 - The Andrews ______ recorded "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.`Sisters
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On This Day In January 1941 - The NBC Blue radio ______ presented "The Squeaky Door" for the first time. The show was later known as "Inner Sanctum.`network
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On This Day In January 1942 - The first ______ around-the-world airline flight took place. Pan American Airlines was the company that made history with the feat.`commercial
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On This Day In January 1942 - The National Collegiate ______ Rules Committee abolished the Y formation.`Football
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On This Day In January 1942 - The Philippine capital of ______ was captured by Japanese forces during World War II.`Manila
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On This Day In January 1942 - The ______ War II siege of Bataan began.`World
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On This Day In January 1942 - U.S. President Franklin D. ______ and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued a declaration called the "United Nations." It was signed by 26 countries that vowed to create an international postwar World War II peacekeeping orgnazation. .`Roosevelt
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On This Day In January 1943 - The quiz show, "The ______ Half," was heard for the first time on Mutual Radio.`Better
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On This Day In January 1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sailed from Miami, FL, to Trinidad thus becoming the first ______ President to visit a foreign country during wartime.`American
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On This Day In January 1944 - The attack on ______ Cassino was launched by the British Fifth Army in Italy.`Monte
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On This Day In January 1944 - The London "Daily Mail" was the first ______ newspaper to be published.`transoceanic
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On This Day In January 1945 - Erskine Hawkins recorded "Tippin In" for ______ Records with the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra.`Victor
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On This Day In January 1945 - France was admitted to the ______ Nations.`United
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On This Day In January 1945 - The Battle of the ______ ended with 130,000 German and 77,000 Allied casualties.`Bulge
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On This Day In January 1946 - The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly took place with ______ nations represented.`51
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On This Day In January 1947 - In Trenton, NJ, Al Herrin, passed away at age______ . He had claimed that he had not slept at all during his life.`92
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On This Day In January 1947 - The musical "Finians Rainbow" opened in New York City and ran for ______ performances. The music was written by Burton Lane and the lyrics were written by E.Y. Harburg.`725
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On This Day In January 1947 - U.S. Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time. Viewers in Washington, Philadelphia and New York City saw some of the opening ceremonies of the 80th______ .`Congress
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On This Day In January 1948 - ______ Brothers-Pathe showed the very first color newsreel. The footage was of the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl football classic.`Warner
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On This Day In January 1948 - ______ granted independence to Burma.`Britain
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On This Day In January 1949 - ______ records were introduced by RCA (45 rpm) and Columbia (33.3 rpm.`Vinyl
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On This Day In January 1949 - The announcement of the first ______ of genes was shown at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.`photograph
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On This Day In January 1949 - Vinyl records were introduced by RCA (______ rpm) and Columbia (33.3 rpm.`45
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On This Day In January 1950 - RCA ______ announced that it would manufacture long-playing (LP) records.`Victor
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On This Day In January 1950 - ______ recognized the Communist government of China.`Britain
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On This Day In January 1950 - ______ Tubb made his debut appearance at "The Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville, TN.`Ernest
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On This Day In January 1951 - During the ______ conflict, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul.`Korean
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On This Day In January 1951 - NBC-TV debuted______ .`Dragnet
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On This Day In January 1951 - The United Nations headquarters officially opened in ______ York City.`New
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On This Day In January 1952 - "Peanuts" debuted in ______ papers across the United States.`Sunday
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On This Day In January 1952 - ______ Wilson came to TV as "My Friend Irma.`Marie
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On This Day In January 1953 - Frances ______ and her son, Oliver from Ohio, became the first mother-son combination to serve at the same time in the U.S. Congress.`Bolton
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On This Day In January 1953 - Hank ______ died of drug and alcohol overdose at the age of 29.`Williams
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On This Day In January 1953 - "The Life of ______ " debuted on NBC-TV.`Riley
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On This Day In January 1953 - Tufted plastic ______ was introduced by Barwick Mills.`carpeting
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On This Day In January 1953 - U.S. ______ Harry Truman announced the development of the hydrogen bomb.`President
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On This Day In January 1954 - Elvis ______ recorded "Casual Love" and "Ill Never Stand in Your Way.`Presley
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On This Day In January 1954 - The Duoscopic TV receiver was unveiled this day. The ______ set allowed the watching of two different shows at the same time.`TV
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On This Day In January 1955 - After ______ home basketball wins, Georgia Tech defeated Kentucky 59-58. It was the first Kentucky loss at home since January 2, 1943.`130
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On This Day In January 1955 - ______ President Jose Antonio Remon was assassinated.`Panamanian
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On This Day In January 1955 - RCA ______ announced that they were dropping the prices of their records in an attempt to spur record sales.`Victor
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On This Day In January 1956 - Elvis Presley recorded his first songs as an RCA Victor artist in______ . Elvis recorded "Heartbreak Hotel," "I Was the One," "Im Counting On You," "I Got a Woman" and "Money Honey.`Nashville
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On This Day In January 1956 - ______ gained its independence.`Sudan
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On This Day In January 1957 - Boxer Joe ______ appeared on "The Steve Allen Show" to introduce singer Solomon Burke.`Louis
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On This Day In January 1957 - "Colliers" ______ was published for the last time. The periodical was published for 69 years.`magazine
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On This Day In January 1957 - Elvis Presley made his last appearance on the "Ed ______ Show" in New York City.`Sullivan
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On This Day In January 1957 - Fats ______ recorded "I'm Walkin'.`Domino
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On This Day In January 1957 - Pat Boone began filming the movie______ .`Bernadine
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On This Day In January 1957 - ______ Robinson announced his retirement from major league baseball in an article that appeared in "LOOK" magazine. (MLB.`Jackie
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On This Day In January 1957 - The San Francisco and Los Angeles ______ exchanges merged.`stock
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On This Day In January 1957 - The ______ Watch Company introduced the first electric watch.`Hamilton
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On This Day In January 1957 - ______ took the U.S. Army pre-induction exam on his 22nd birthday.`Elvis
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On This Day In January 1958 - Bobby Fisher, at the age of______ , won the United States Chess Championship for the first time.`14
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On This Day In January 1958 - Bobby Helms filmed a role in the movie "The Case Against______ .`Brooklyn
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On This Day In January 1958 - The European ______ Community (EEC) started operations.`Economic
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On This Day In January 1958 - The Flying V guitar was patented by the ______ Guitar Company.`Gibson
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On This Day In January 1958 - The Soviet satellite ______ I fell to the earth from its orbit. The craft had been launched on October 4, 1957.`Sputknik
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On This Day In January 1959 - Charles De Gaulle was ______ as president of France's Fifth Republic.`inaugurated
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On This Day In January 1959 - Elvis Presley destroyed his ______ on Germany's Autobahn.`BMW
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On This Day In January 1959 - Fidel ______ overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista, and seized power in Cuba.`Castro
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On This Day In January 1959 - In the U.S., Alaska became the 49th______ .`state
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On This Day In January 1959 - "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" backed by "Raining in My Heart" was released by Coral Records. It was the last release of ______ Holly before his death.`Buddy
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On This Day In January 1959 - ______ Radio ended four soap operas. "Our Gal Sunday", "This is Nora Drake", "Backstage Wife" and "Road of Life" all aired for the last time.`CBS
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On This Day In January 1959 - The United States recognized ______ Castro's new government in Cuba.`Fidel
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On This Day In January 1960 - ______ author Albert Camus died in an automobile accident at age 46.`French
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On This Day In January 1960 - Bobby Darin and Connie Francis ______ together on the "Ed Sullivan Show.`performed
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On This Day In January 1960 - Eddie Cochran's last ______ session was held in Hollywood.`recording
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On This Day In January 1960 - The NCAA met in New York and voted against reviving the unlimited substitution rule for college______ .`football
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On This Day In January 1960 - U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy of ______ announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.`Massachusetts
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On This Day In January 1961 - ______ Goulet made his national TV debut this night on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on CBS.`Robert
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On This Day In January 1961 - "Mr. Ed" debuted. The show would run for six______ .`years
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On This Day In January 1961 - The play, "______ " opened on Broadway.`Rhinoceros
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On This Day In January 1961 - The U.S. severed diplomatic ______ with Cuba.`relations
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On This Day In January 1962 - Gene ______ recorded "Point of No Return.`McDaniels
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On This Day In January 1962 - ______ John XXIII excommunicated Cuban prime minister Fidel Castro.`Pope
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On This Day In January 1962 - Leonardo da Vinci's ______ Lisa was exhibited in America for the first time at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The next day the exhibit opened to the public.`Mona
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On This Day In January 1962 - New York City introduced a ______ that operated without conductors and motormen.`train
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On This Day In January 1962 - The Beatles auditioned for ______ Records in London. The company opted for Brian Polle & the Tremeloes because the group was based in the south of England.`Decca
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On This Day In January 1963 - Gary "U.S." Bonds filed a $100,000 suit against ______ Checker. The charge was that Checker "stole" "Quarter to Three" and turned it into the song "Dancin' Party." The case was settled out of court.`Chubby
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On This Day In January 1963 - "Wild ______ " premiered on NBC.`Kingdom
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On This Day In January 1964 - Long John ______ formed Hoochie Coochie Men.`Baldry
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On This Day In January 1964 - The BBC ______ the first "Top of the Pops" TV rock show.`broadcasts
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On This Day In January 1964 - The Beach Boys ______ "Fun Fun Fun.".`recorded
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On This Day In January 1964 - The Beatles made their first ______ on U.S. television in a film clip shown on the "Jack Paar Show." It was a performance of the song "She Loves You.`appearance
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On This Day In January 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson declared a "War on______ .`Poverty
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On This Day In January 1965 - "Broadway" Joe ______ signed the richest rookie contract ($400,000) in the history of pro football.`Namath
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On This Day In January 1965 - In his State of the Union address, U.S. President ______ proclaimed the building of the "Great Society.`Johnson
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On This Day In January 1965 - Leo Fender sold the Fender ______ Company to CBS for $13 million.`Guitar
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On This Day In January 1965 - Poet T.S. Eliot ______ at age 76.`died
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On This Day In January 1965 - The Fender ______ Company was sold to CBS for $13 million.`Guitar
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On This Day In January 1965 - The ______ recorded "Stop! In the Name of Love.`Supremes
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On This Day In January 1965 - The TV ______ show "Hullabaloo" debuted on NBC.`dance
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On This Day In January 1966 - Duke Ellingtons concert recorded at 5th ______ Presbyterian Church in New York City, was broadcast on CBS-TV.`Avenue
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On This Day In January 1966 - The ______ appeared on "Hullabaloo.`Beatles
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On This Day In January 1966 - The final episode of "Shindig!" was broadcast on ABC-TV. The show featured the ______ and the Who.`Kinks
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On This Day In January 1966 - The final episode of "The Adventures of Ozzie & ______ " (with Rick Nelson) was filmed.`Harriet
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On This Day In January 1967 - Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) refused to be ______ in after receiving a U.S. Army draft notice. He said he was a conscientious objector.`sworn
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On This Day In January 1967 - Gary Lewis (______ ) was drafted into the U.S. Army.`Playboys
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On This Day In January 1967 - Jack ______ died in a Dallas, TX, hospital.`Ruby
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On This Day In January 1967 - Sonny and Cher were barred from the Tournament of Roses in______ , CA, for their support of the Sunset Strip rioters.`Pasadena
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On This Day In January 1967 - U.S. and South ______ forces launched a major offensive, known as Operation "Deckhouse V", in the Mekong River delta.`Vietnamese
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On This Day In January 1968 - ______ Castro announced petroleum and sugar rationing in Cuba.`Fidel
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On This Day In January 1968 - Dick Clark premiered his TV series "Happening '68." The show ran through ______ of 1969.`September
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On This Day In January 1968 - Dr. Christian ______ performed the first successful heart transplant.`Barnard
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On This Day In January 1968 - Evel Knievel, stunt performing______ , lost control of his motorcycle midway through a jump of 141 feet over the ornamental fountains in front of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.`daredevil
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On This Day In January 1968 - Gibson ______ its "Flying V" electric guitar.`patented
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On This Day In January 1968 - Newark, NJ, police confiscated a shipment of John ______ and Yoko Ono's album "Two Virgins". The album featured a nude cover.`Lennon
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On This Day In January 1968 - The Blue ______ changed the name of their band to Creedence Clearwater Revival.`Velvets
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On This Day In January 1968 - The cost of a U.S. first class ______ was raised to 6 cents.`stamp
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On This Day In January 1969 - The supersonic ______ Concorde made its first trial flight, at Bristol.`aeroplane
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On This Day In January 1970 - "All My Children" premiered on______ .`ABC
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On This Day In January 1970 - Davy Jones announced he was leaving the______ .`Monkees
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On This Day In January 1970 - "I Me Mine" was recorded by the______ . It was the last song that the band would record together.`Beatles
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On This Day In January 1970 - ______ Yasgur was sued for $35,000 in property damages by neighboring farmers. It was Yasgur's on which the August 1969 Woodstock Festival was held.`Max
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On This Day In January 1971 - ______ ads representing $20 million dollars in advertising were banned from TV and radio broadcast.`Tobacco
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On This Day In January 1971 - In the U.S., a federally imposed ban on ______ cigarette advertisements went into effect.`television
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On This Day In January 1971 - The film "Performance" starring Mick ______ debuted in London.`Jagger
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On This Day In January 1972 - British ______ went on strike for the first time since 1926.`miners
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On This Day In January 1972 - ______ Heilbron became the first woman judge in Britain at the Old Bailey, London.`Rose
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On This Day In January 1972 - The ocean liner Queen ______ was destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor.`Elizabeth
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On This Day In January 1972 - U.S. ______ Richard M. Nixon orderd the developement of the space shuttle.`President
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On This Day In January 1973 - Britain, Ireland, ______ and Norway joined the EEC.`Denmark
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On This Day In January 1973 - Elvis Presley sued ______ Presley for a divorce.`Priscilla
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On This Day In January 1973 - Mick ______ was refused a Japanese visa because of a 1969 drug bust. The event halted the Rolling Stones' plan to tour the Orient.`Jagger
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On This Day In January 1973 - Secret peace talks between the United States and North ______ resumed near Paris, France.`Vietnam
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On This Day In January 1973 - The Allman ______ name Lamar Williams as the replacement for the late Berry Oakley. The announcment was in Rolling Stone magazine.`Brothers
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On This Day In January 1973 - The Columbia ______ System (CBS) sold the New York Yankees to a 12-man syndicate headed by George Steinbrenner for $10 million.`Broadcasting
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On This Day In January 1973 - The trial opened in______ , of seven men accused of bugging Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate apartment complex in Washington, DC.`Washington
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On This Day In January 1973 - Yoko Ono released "Approximately ______ University" as a two record set.`Infinite
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On This Day In January 1974 - KISS gave a special dress ______ after being signed to Casablanca Records. It was their first recording contract.`rehearsal
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On This Day In January 1974 - NBC-TV presented hockey in prime time. The ______ Bruins and the New York Rangers were the teams in the National Hockey League (NHL) game.`Boston
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On This Day In January 1974 - ______ radio debuted "Radio Mystery Theatre.`CBS
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On This Day In January 1974 - U.S. President ______ refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.`Nixon
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On This Day In January 1974 - U.S. President Richard M. Nixon signed a bill requiring all states to lower the maximum speed limit to ______ MPH. The law was intended to conserve gasoline supplies during an embargo imposed by Arab oil-producing countries. Federal speed limits were abolished in 1995.`55
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On This Day In January 1975 - ABC-TV debuted "A.M.______ .`America
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On This Day In January 1975 - About a thousand Led ______ fans riot while waiting for tickets to go on sale at Boston Garden. About $30,000 was done in damage and the show was cancelled by Boston Mayor Kevin White.`Zeppelin
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On This Day In January 1975 - ______ agreed to raise crude oil prices by 10%, which began a time of world economic inflation.`OPEC
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On This Day In January 1975 - Ella Grasso became the governor of______ . She was the first woman to become a governor of a state without a husband preceding her in the governors chair.`Connecticut
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On This Day In January 1975 - The ______ premiere of "The Wiz" opened.`Broadway
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On This Day In January 1975 - "The Wiz" opened on______ .`Broadway
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On This Day In January 1975 - Three Led Zeppelin ______ and Madison Square Garden sold out in a record four hours.`concerts
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On This Day In January 1975 - U.S. District Court Judge Richard ______ ruled in New York, that John Lennon and his lawyers will have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case.`Owen
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On This Day In January 1976 - Graham ______ of Graham Parker & the Rumour signed his first recording contract.`Parker
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On This Day In January 1976 - Mal Evans, a Beatle's ______ and road manager, was killed in a confrontation with Los Angeles police.`bodyguard
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On This Day In January 1976 - Mal Evans was shot to death by ______ at his Los Angeles apartment. Evans alledgedly pointed a loaded rifle at officers causing them to fire upon him. Evans was a former roadie and bodyguard of the Beatles.`police
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On This Day In January 1976 - ______ premier Chou Enlai died at the age of 78.`Chinese
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On This Day In January 1977 - ______ terminated its contract with the Sex Pistols only 3 months after signing it. No reason was given.`EMI
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On This Day In January 1978 - Howlin' Wolf died following ______ surgery in Chicago.`brain
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On This Day In January 1978 - ______ made his solo performance debut in Minneapolis, MN.`Prince
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On This Day In January 1978 - The Sex Pistols' U.S. ______ debut took place.`concert
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On This Day In January 1979 - A benefit concert called A Gift of Song was held at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The performers were Olivia Newton-John, Rita______ , the Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Donna Summer, John Denver, Kris Kristofferson, Abba and Earth, Wind & Fire.`Coolidge
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On This Day In January 1979 - Bruce Springsteen's ______ was ripped open by a fire-cracker that was thrown onstage from the audience.`cheek
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On This Day In January 1979 - ______ forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government.`Vietnamese
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On This Day In January 1979 - Richard ______ entered a chemical dependency treatment center in Topeka, KS.`Carpenter
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On This Day In January 1979 - Rush was ______ the Canada's official "Ambassadors of Music" by the Canadian government.`named
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On This Day In January 1979 - The trial of ex-Sex______ , Sid Vicious for the October 1978 murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen, opened in New York City. Vicious died of a heroin overdose, thereby not living to hear the verdict.`Pistol
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On This Day In January 1979 - The United States and ______ held celebrations in Washington, DC, and Beijing to mark the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.`China
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On This Day In January 1980 - Conservationist Joy Adamson, ______ of "Born Free," was killed in northern Kenya by a servant.`author
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On This Day In January 1980 - Larry ______ committed suicide.`Williams
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On This Day In January 1980 - Larry Williams was found dead in his home in Los Angeles, CA. The gunshot wound to the head was never confirmed as the result of a murder or______ .`suicide
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On This Day In January 1981 - "Elvis ______ Day" was declared in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, North & South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia.`Presley
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On This Day In January 1981 - Greece joined the ______ Community.`European
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On This Day In January 1981 - Hockey Hall of Famer, Phil Esposito, announced that he would retire as a ______ player after the New York Rangers-Buffalo Sabres hockey game. The game ended in a tie. (NHL.`hockey
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On This Day In January 1981 - Jerry ______ and Terry Hall of the Specials were fined in London for inciting violence at a concert the previous fall.`Dammers
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On This Day In January 1981 - Prince and the ______ released their first home video "Live." The recording is from the "Purple Rain" tour.`Revolution
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On This Day In January 1981 - The Broadway show "______ " lost an estimated $2 million, when it opened and closed on the same night.`Frankenstein
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On This Day In January 1981 - The Gilbert and Sullivan musical "The Pirates of ______ " opened at Broadway's Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith.`Penzance
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On This Day In January 1982 - American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) settled the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 ______ System companies.`Bell
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On This Day In January 1982 - Bryant Gumbel moved from ______ Sports to the anchor desk where he joined Jane Pauley as co-host of the "Today" show on NBC.`NBC
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On This Day In January 1982 - The last ABBA concert was held in______ .`Stockholm
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On This Day In January 1982 - The ______ single "Let's Work" was released.`Prince
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On This Day In January 1982 - William G. ______ was convicted in Los Angeles, CA, of being the "freeway killer" who had murdered 14 young men and boys.`Bonin
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On This Day In January 1983 - The ______ "Annie" closed on Broadway at the Uris Theatre after 2,377 performances.`musical
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On This Day In January 1983 - The final edition of Garry Trudeaus comic strip, ______ , appeared in 726 newspapers. "Doonesbury" began runnning again in September 1984.`Doonesbury
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On This Day In January 1984 - AT&T was broken up into ______ Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement.`22
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On This Day In January 1984 - Clara ______ was first seen by TV viewers in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's.`Peller
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On This Day In January 1984 - The Police, announced a farewell concert for March 2 in______ . The group had been together for 9 years.`Australia
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On This Day In January 1984 - Wayne The Great One ______ scored eight points (four goals and four assists) for the second time in his National Hockey League (NHL) career. Edmontons Oilers defeated the Minnesota North Stars, 12-8. The game was the highest-scoring NHL game to date.`Gretzky
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On This Day In January 1985 - Ted Nugent appeared on TV's "______ Vice.`Miami
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On This Day In January 1985 - The Rebels of UNLV beat Utah State in three overtime periods. The final score of 142-140 set a new new NCAA record for total points in a ______ game (282). The game took over three hours to play.`basketball
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On This Day In January 1985 - VH-1 premiered as an adult ______ music video channel with Marvin Gaye's "Star Spangled Banner" video.`contemporary
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On This Day In January 1986 - ______ got out of the instant camera business after 10 years after losing a court battle that claimed that Kodak copied Polaroid patents.`Kodak
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On This Day In January 1986 - Spain and ______ joined the European Community (EC.`Portugal
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On This Day In January 1987 - After a 29-year lapse, the Ford ______ was presented with the Motor Trend Car of the Year Award. It was the first occurrance of a repeat winner of the award.`Thunderbird
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On This Day In January 1987 - An ______ train bound from Washington to Boston collided with Conrail engines approaching from a side track, 16 people were killed.`Amtrak
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On This Day In January 1987 - A pro-democracy rally took place in Beijing's ______ Square (China.`Tiananmen
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On This Day In January 1987 - Elton John cancelled all live ______ for a year after having throat surgery.`performances
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On This Day In January 1987 - ______ Franklin inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with Bill Haley and 14 others.`Aretha
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On This Day In January 1987 - Madhouse's first ______ entitled "8" was released.`album
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On This Day In January 1987 - The ______ Jones industrial average closed over the 2000 mark for the first time at 2,002.25.`Dow
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On This Day In January 1987 - U.S. President Ronald ______ underwend prostate surgery.`Reagan
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On This Day In January 1988 - Margaret Thatcher became the longest-serving ______ Prime Minister in the 20th century.`British
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On This Day In January 1989 - Crown Prince Akihito became the ______ of Japan following the death of his father, Emperor Hirohito.`emperor
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On This Day In January 1989 - Richard Marx ______ Cynthia Rhodes.`married
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On This Day In January 1989 - The Recording Industry Association of ______ (RIAA) changed the requirements for a musical work to achieve gold and platinum status.`America
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On This Day In January 1990 - Charles Stuart jumped to his death from a Boston ______ bridge. He had become a suspect in the murder of his wife. He had claimed that a gunman had shot him and his wife.`Harbor
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On This Day In January 1990 - David ______ was sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.`Dinkins
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On This Day In January 1990 - Deposed ______ leader Manuel Noriega was arraigned in U.S. federal district court in Miami on drug-trafficking charges.`Panamanian
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On This Day In January 1990 - Ousted ______ leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces, 10 days after taking refuge in the Vatican's diplomatic mission.`Panamanian
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On This Day In January 1990 - The Leaning ______ of Pisa was closed to the public. The accelerated rate of "leaning" raised fears for the safety of its visitors.`Tower
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On This Day In January 1991 - Sharon Pratt Dixon was sworn in as mayor of______ , DC. She was the first black woman to head a city of that size and prominence.`Washington
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On This Day In January 1991 - Steve Clark (Def Leppard) was found dead. The ______ ruled that the 30-year-old died of a lethal combination of alcohol and drugs.`coroner
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On This Day In January 1991 - The U.N. Security Council voted ______ to condemn Israel's treatment of the Palestinians in the occupied territories.`unanimously
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On This Day In January 1991 - U.S. secretary of state Baker and Iraqi foreign minister Aziz met for 61/2 hours in______ , but failed to reach any agreement that would forestall war in the Persian Gulf.`Geneva
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On This Day In January 1992 - Sting made a guest appearance on the series "The______ ," in the episode "Radio Bart.`Simpsons
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On This Day In January 1992 - The ESPN Radio Network was officially______ .`launched
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On This Day In January 1992 - U.S. President ______ Bush collapsed during a state dinner in Tokyo. White House officials said Bush was suffering from stomach flu.`George
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On This Day In January 1993 - Bill ______ announced that he has officially left the Rolling Stones.`Wyman
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On This Day In January 1993 - Elvis Presley commemorative ______ was debuted by the U.S. Postal Service. The 29-cent stamp showed the likeness of the 1950's era Elvis.`stamp
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On This Day In January 1993 - ______ President Izetbegovic visited the U.S. to plead his government's case for Western military aid and intervention to halt Serbian aggression.`Bosnian
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On This Day In January 1993 - ______ split into two separate states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The peaceful division had been engineered in 1992.`Czechoslovakia
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On This Day In January 1993 - The musical "Gypsy Passion" closed after 55______ .`performances
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On This Day In January 1993 - The state of ______ executed Westley Allan Dodd. It was America's first legal hanging since 1965. Dodd was an admitted child sex killer.`Washington
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On This Day In January 1993 - U.S. ______ George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in Moscow.`President
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On This Day In January 1994 - Bill Gates, Chief Executive Officer of ______ married Marilyn French.`Microsoft
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On This Day In January 1994 - Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant at Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI. Four men were later sentenced to ______ for the attack, including Tonya Harding's ex-husband.`prison
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On This Day In January 1994 - The North American Free Trade ______ went into effect.`Agreement
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On This Day In January 1994 - Tonya ______ won the ladies' U.S. Figure Skating Championship in Detroit, MI, a day after Nancy Kerrigan dropped out because of a clubbing attack that injured her right knee. The U.S. Figure Skating Association later took the title from Harding because of her involvement in the attack.`Harding
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On This Day In January 1995 - Eddie ______ (Pearl Jam) hosted a national late-night radio show broadcast titled "Self Pollution Radio" from Seattle, WA.`Vedder
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On This Day In January 1995 - Russian cosmonaut Valeri Poliakov, 51, completed his 366th day in outer space aboard the ______ space station, breaking the record for the longest continuous time spent in outer space.`Mir
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On This Day In January 1995 - The musical revival of "Guys and Dolls" closed after ______ performances.`1143
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On This Day In January 1995 - The U.S. ______ Service raised the price of the first-class stamp to 32 cents.`Postal
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On This Day In January 1995 - The World Trade Organization came into existance. The group of ______ nations monitors global trade.`125
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On This Day In January 1995 - ______ West, an alleged killer of 12 women and girls, was found hanged in his jail cell in Winston Green prison, in Birmingham. West had been under almost continuous watch since his arrest in 1994, but security had reportedly been relaxed in the months preceding the apparent suicide.`Frederick
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On This Day In January 1995 - WHO reported that the cumulative total of officially reported cases of ______ had risen to 1,025,073 in 192 countries as at the end of 1994.`AIDS
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On This Day In January 1996 - ______ Arzu was elected president of Guatemala.`Alvaro
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On This Day In January 1996 - AT&T announced that it would eliminate 40,000 ______ over three years.`jobs
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On This Day In January 1996 - ______ Ayyash, a member of the Hamas in Israel, is killed by a booby-trapped cellular phone.`Yahya
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On This Day In January 1996 - Former French president ______ Mitterrand died at age 79.`Francois
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On This Day In January 1996 - One of the biggest ______ in U.S. history hit the eastern states. More than 100 deaths were later blamed on the severe weather.`blizzards
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On This Day In January 1996 - ______ testified in an L.A. Court against Robert Dewey Hoskins. He had been accused of stalking and threatening to kill her.`Madonna
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On This Day In January 1997 - ______ Gumbel signed off for the last time as host of NBC's "Today" show.`Bryant
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On This Day In January 1997 - James Brown got a star on the Hollywood ______ of Fame.`Walk
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On This Day In January 1997 - Mister Rogers received a star on the ______ Walk of Fame.`Hollywood
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On This Day In January 1997 - Prince appeared on the ______ O'Donnell show.`Rosie
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On This Day In January 1997 - Tamil rebels attact a military base in Sri Lanka. ______ soldiers and 140 rebels were killed.`200
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On This Day In January 1997 - The Greek Cypriot government signed an agreement to buy S-300 surface-to-air ______ from Russia.`missiles
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On This Day In January 1998 - A new anti-______ law went into effect in California. The law prohibiting people from lighting up in bars.`smoking
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On This Day In January 1998 - ______ announced that they had discovered that galaxies were accelerating and moving apart and at faster speeds.`Scientists
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On This Day In January 1998 - China announced that it would spend $27.7 billion to fight ______ and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow river valleys.`erosion
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On This Day In January 1998 - Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky signed an affidavit denying that she had an affair with U.S. President______ .`Clinton
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On This Day In January 1998 - Lynn Odrick sued Anthony "______ " Banks for allegedly punching her, damaging her vision and breaking her nose with a pool cue on November 25, 1998.`Ant
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On This Day In January 1998 - Ramzi Yousef was sentenced to life in prison for his role of mastermind behind the World Trade Center ______ in New York.`bombing
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On This Day In January 1998 - Russia began circulating new ______ in effort to keep inflation in check and promote confidence.`rubles
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On This Day In January 1998 - Sony ______ died in a skiing accident.`Bono
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On This Day In January 1998 - Swedish police arrested a total of ______ people following a neo-Nazi concert near Stolkholm. Crowd members allegedly gave Hitler salutes, classified as a "hate crime" under Swedish law, during a performance by U.S. group Max Resist.`314
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On This Day In January 1998 - The spacecraft ______ Prospect was launched into orbit around the moon. The craft was crashed into the moon, in an effort to find water under the lunar surface, on July 31, 1999.`Lunar
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On This Day In January 1998 - U.S. Representative ______ Bono died in skiing accident.`Sonny
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On This Day In January 1999 - A drifting ______ fishing boat was found by the Norwegian oil tanker Joelm. The fisherman had been lost at sea for 35 days after the engine of their vessel quit working.`Nicaraguan
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On This Day In January 1999 - ______ authorities detained, and later expelled, 14 members of Concerned Christians. Israili officials claimed that the Denver, CO-based cult was plotting violence in Jerusalem to bring about the Second Coming of Christ.`Israeli
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On This Day In January 1999 - Bob ______ received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.`Newhart
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On This Day In January 1999 - Cinjun August Tate and ______ Milano were married.`Alyssa
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On This Day In January 1999 - Former professional ______ Jesse Ventura was sworn in as Minnesota's 37th governor.`wrestler
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On This Day In January 1999 - Guru (Gang Star) was ______ outside a small recording studio in Woohaven, Queens. The three masked men stole $10,000 in jewelry.`robbed
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On This Day In January 1999 - In California, a law went into effect that defined "invasion of ______ as trespassing with the intent to capture audio or video images of a celebrity or crime victim engaging in a personal of family activity.`privacy
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On This Day In January 1999 - It was announced that ______ people had been killed in Sri Lanka, Columbia, during two days of fighting between rebels and government troops.`66
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On This Day In January 1999 - ______ people were killed and 25 injured when gunmen opened fire on Shiite Muslim worshippers at a mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan.`16
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On This Day In January 1999 - The 106th U.S. ______ opened. The first item on the agenda was the impeachment proceedings of U.S. President Bill Clinton. The trial was set to begin January 7, 1999.`Congress
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On This Day In January 1999 - The ______ became currency for 11 Member States of the European Union. Coins and notes were not available until January 1, 2002.`euro
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On This Day In January 1999 - The top two executives of Salt Lake City's ______ Organizing Committee resigned amid disclosures that civic boosters had given cash to members of the International Olympic Committee.`Olympic
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On This Day In January 1999 - U.S. President Clinton went on trial before the______ . It was only the second time in U.S. history that an impeached president had gone to trial. Clinton was later acquitted of perjury and obstruction of justice charges.`Senate
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On This Day In January 2000 - ABC-TV began airing "The______ .`Mole
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On This Day In January 2001 - ______ agents in the Dallas area charged the "Texas 7" of unlawful flight to avoid federal prosecution for capital murder, broadening the manhunt nationwide.`FBI
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On This Day In January 2001 - The "______ 7," rented space in an RV park in Woodland Park, CO.`Texas
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On This Day In January 2001 - The ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) charged the "Texas 7" with weapons violations. An ______ showed that Office Aubrey Hawkins, killed by the convicts, had been shot 11 times and run over with a vehicle.`autopsy
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On This Day In January 2002 - Eric Clapton and ______ McEnery were married.`Melia
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On This Day In January 2002 - In Tampa, FL, Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys) was ______ and charged with a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest/opposing a law enforcement officer without violence.`arrested
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On Three's Company,what city did the trio live in?`Santa Monica
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On Three's Company,what is the name "Chrissy" is short for?`Christmas
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on three's company,what is the name "chrissy" short for`christmas
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On Three's Company, what is the name`Christmas
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On Three's Company,what's the first name of Mr. Furley's (landlord) tight wad brother who owned the building?`Bart
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On three's company,what was Chrissy's father's ocupation?`A Reverend
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On Three's Company,what was Jack's retaurant that he opened and was head chef ?`Jack's Bistro
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On "Three's Company" what was Larry's (the upstairs neighbor) last name?`Dallas
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on "three's company" what was larry's (the upstairs neighbour) last name`dallas
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On "trout mask replica" by Captain Beefheart, this economist is mentioned`thorstein veblen
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On TV, Ned Flanders lives next door to which family`the simpsons
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on tvs gilligans island, what characters real name was roy hinkley`the professor
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on tv's the love boat, what was adam bricker's job on the ship`doctor
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On TV the character Geraldine Grainger is better known by what title`the vicar of dibley
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On TV what was the name of the Beverly Hillbillies bank manager`mr drysdale
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On TV which character runs the Woolpack pub in 'Emmerdale'`bernice blackstock
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On TV which pub is Del Boy's local`nag's head
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on what album cover did john & yoko appear naked?`two virgins
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On what Alice Cooper LP did Vincent Price discuss "The Black Widow"`welcome to my nightmare
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On what book was 'three days of the condor' based`six days of the condor
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on what british sitcom was 'all in the family' based`steptoe and`gilmore
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On what british sitcom was 'all in the family' based`steptoe and son
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on what british sitcom was 'all in the family' based`steptoe & son
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on what cartoon show did the characters watch tv on station bdrx`flintstones
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on what circuit was the 1965 south african grand prix`east london
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On what continent did the Incas live`south america
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on what continent did the incas live`south`snoopy
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on what continent is kilimanjaro on`africa
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On what continent is Mt. Everest`asia
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On what continent would you find an echidna`Australia
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On what continent would you find ash trees`north america
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On what date did America become an independant nation`july 4th 1776
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on what date did america become an independant nation`july 4th`wooden
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On what date did it snow in the Sahara desert (day month year)`18 February 1979
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on what date did the united states declare war on germany and italy`december 11, 1941
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On what date did "The Wall" fall?`1989
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On what date does St Andrew's Day fall`30th november
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On what date does St George's day fall`23rd april
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On what date is Boxing day In Canada`Dec 26
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On what date is Michaelmas`29th september
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on what date is national sovereignty day/children's day celebrated in turkey`apr 23
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On what date is Thanksgiving Day celebrated in Canada`october 12
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On what date is Veteran's Day celebrated in the US`Nov 11
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On what date is Victoria Day in Canada`May 18
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On what date was D-Day`june 6, 1944
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on what date was singapore admitted to the un general assembly`september 21 1965
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on what date was singapore admitted to the un general assembly`september 21`mati
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on what date was singapore declared independent from malaysia (e.g. december 31st 9999)`august 9th 1965
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on what date was singapore declared independent from malaysia (e.g. december 31st 9999)`august 9th`percival
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on what date was the 50th star added to the us flag?`july 4, 1960
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On what day did Cyclone Tracy hit and destroy Darwin, Australia`christmas day
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on what day do americans drink the most wine?`thanksgiving
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On what day does Lent begin`ash wednesday
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On what day of the week did the Second World War begin`sunday
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On what day of the year does grouse shooting end`december 10th
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on what day was mother teresa awarded the nobel peace prize`october 17, 1979
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On what Dire Straits album was the track Money for Nothing`brothers in arms
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On what do approximately 100 people choke to death every year`ballpoint pens
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On what does an artist support his canvas`easel
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