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November in History
Question | Answer |
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1558 - this British queen takes the throne and holds it for 45 years | Queen Elizabeth I |
1718 - this "colorful" pirate was killed off the coat of North Carolina | Blackbeard |
1863 - Abe Lincoln delivered this short speech in Pennsylvania. | Gettysburg Address |
1867 - this discoverer of radium was born in Poland. | Marie Currie |
1917 - first wartime use of this armored vehicle | tank |
1918 - people were still dying worldwide from this disease's epidemic | Spanish flu |
1929 - this American Admiral completed the first South Pole airplane flight | Richard Byrd |
1956 - the Soviets put down a rebellion in this Iron Curtain country | Hungary |
1995 - all-race elections took place in this post-apartheid country | South Africa |
2000 - she was elected to the U.S. senate, representing New York | Hillary Clinton |