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Who shot Martin Luther King, Jr. almost one year after escaping from Missouri State Penitentiary?

At what time did Paul Revere's ride take place according to the famous poem?

In 963, who was deposed from office by Holy Roman Emperor Otto I and replaced by Leo VIII?

What British dependency did China plan to dismantle the government of when it took over in 1997?

Which country was taken by the Ottoman Turks in 1517 when they installed a pasha, and is currently ruled by a Mubarak?

What series of holy wars against the Muslims led to the establishment of trade with the Middle East?

Who celebrated her golden jubilee in 1887?

In 1621, at a celebratory dinner for which holiday did colonists first taste popcorn?

What event did Georgia experience in 1828 that occurred 21 years before the same event in California?

Which region declared itself a republic and seceded from Nigeria on May 30, 1967?

From which English port city did the Mayflower depart on September 16, 1620?

Who was released from Victor Verster prison outside Cape Town on February 11, 1990, making world headlines?

Which country was targeted by U.S. cruise missiles on September 3, 1996 for attacking Kurdish territory?

In 1997, $13,000 was the high bid for the lock from the door of which committee's burglarized headquarters during the Watergate scandal?

In 1931, Alfonso XIII was forced to leave which country and died in exile in Rome 10 years later?

What 1773 event did John Adams describe as having 'a dignity, a majesty...in this last effort of the patriots that I greatly admire'?

In March 1995, in which city did a subway experience a nerve gas attack?

What is the term for a sudden overthrow of a political system, such as the one Iran experienced in 1979?

Which country's Czar Paul I was assassinated in 1801 with the approval of his own son due to his cruel and tyrannical rule?

For what action was Susan B. Anthony arrested in 1872?

What historic prison's storming was commemorated by a parade on July 14, 1989, marking its 200th anniversary?

What was the name of the fleet that Philip II sent to England in 1588 in an attempt to restore Catholicism?

Which religion was declared legal by Constantine in 313 in Ancient Rome?

Who were the people who lost the city of Granada in 1492 to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella?

In 1916, which guerrilla leader did General Pershing pursue into Mexico on orders from Woodrow Wilson?

What did Gorbachev refer to when he said, 'Nothing is eternal,' in response to a question about its potential downfall?

Who was the emperor of Ethiopia who was deposed in 1974, the same year Nixon resigned?

In which peninsular country were peaceful protests against Japanese rule violently crushed in 1919?

Which Ugandan president sent his cabinet on a month of forced leave in February 1973?

What historical event transformed the Western world from a mainly rural society to a predominantly urban one?

What was the name of the 1986 event that attempted to form a human chain across the United States but was unsuccessful?

What country did Kermit Roosevelt Jr. help maintain the Shah's rule in during 1953?

In what year did the Evacuation of Dunkirk take place?

Into which bay did Commodore George Dewey sail on May 1, 1898?

In which city was Anwar Sadat assassinated?

Which holy city was Crusader Godfrey of Bouillon chosen as king of, only to be abandoned by his allies?

What set of war aims did President Wilson propose in January 1918 to bring about a just settlement of World War I?

In what year did ABC start broadcasting 'General Hospital,' 'He's So Fine' reached No. 1 on the charts, and John F. Kennedy visited the Berlin Wall?

Which island country severed all its formal ties with Denmark and became a republic in 1944?

In the 1980s, the world followed the case of Lindy Chamberlain, who claimed one of which wild animals killed her baby in Australia?

In approximately 1260, Haakon IV, the illegitimate son of Haakon III, led which country to acquire Greenland and Iceland?

In which city has the Mistick Krewe of Comus been participating in parades since 1857?

In which city did the Duke of Hamilton and Lord Mohun kill each other in a duel in Hyde Park in 1712?

Which capital city in Georgia was largely burned and captured by Union troops led by Sherman during the Civil War?

During which historical event was the website www.reignofterror.fr taken down and replaced with www.directory.fr?

Which principality was acquired by the house of Grimaldi in 1297?

Which island country adopted Christianity by a vote of its parliament, the Althing, in the year 1000?

In 1282, friars in Palermo on which island were killed if they couldn't say 'Ciciri' correctly in the local dialect?

Who was the Mexican rebel that Gen. John Pershing was sent to capture in 1916?

In 1958, the World's Fair featuring the 334-foot high Atomium was inaugurated on April 17 by King Baudouin in which capital city?

A week after the fire at Windsor Castle, the Hofburg Palace in which city caught fire?

In which U.K. province did additional British troops arrive on August 14, 1969, starting a 30-year effort to quell sectarian conflict?

What did Benjamin Franklin urge Congress to abolish in his last public act by signing a petition?

Which actress received $100,000 from the Boston Symphony in 1984 due to the cancellation of her contract because of her PLO support?

Upon his return to power on July 8, 1815, how many days did Louis XVIII note that Napoleon had kept him out of power?

Which waterway's construction was overseen by William Howard Taft while he served as Secretary of War from 1904 to 1908?

What is the 2-word name of the army that brutally ruled Cambodia in the 1970s?

Who made himself president of Uganda after leading a military coup on January 25, 1971?

In which capital city was Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, an outspoken critic of the Somoza regime, assassinated in 1978?

In which country did France recognize the Diem government on October 24, 1955?