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In 1492 he reached an agreement with the Spanish crown giving him 10% of any profit from their venture |
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Cyber Monday comes 4 days after this |
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Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! As Gomer Pyle, Jim Nabors joined & served in this military branch |
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Samuel Johnson comes to life in the biography by this man whom Johnson called "Bozzy" |
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In 1974 Ella Grasso of Connecticut became the first woman elected to this job whose husband hadn't once held the job |
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Last day of school! Will you sign this? Originally it was a type of volume containing reports of legal cases |
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In 1266 his father Niccolo & Uncle Maffeo became the first Europeans to reach what is now Beijing |
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This number day in June is Juneteenth, commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation |
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This one time People Magazine "Sexiest Man alive" plays former sniper Leroy Gibbs on "NCIS" |
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At their wedding in an Edward Lear poem, this beastly bride & groom "dined on mince & slices of quince" |
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In 1281 the Vivaldi bros. made an early attempt to find an ocean route from Europe to this subcontinent |
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The U.N. has dubbed July 11th as this day, & each year, appropriately, it can be observed by more people |
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He played ex-hostage & Sergeant Nicholas Brody on "Homeland" |
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Carl Sagan won a Nonfiction Pulitzer in 1978 for "The Dragons of" this Biblical Place |
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Hattie Caraway, the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, represented this state, the Land of Opportunity |
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He not only has a New York City bridge named for him but bridges in Maryland & Rhode Island as well |
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We take it for granted you can name this day celebrating the Virgin Mary's ascension on August 15th |
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It's what the 4 letters stand for in the TV show that featured Radar & Hot Lips |
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The Greek general Agamemnon is a character in this Shakespeare play |
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The Scottish village of Fortingall has an over 3,000-year-old one of these trees |
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In 1495 Henry VII gave this man then known as Giovanni (later John) letters of patent to explore & he reached N. America |
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On the 1st Monday in March, it's time for Illinois to celebrate this Polish patriot & Revolutionary War hero |
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Rhona Mitra stars as Dr. Rachel Scott on this TNT show about a Navy vessel surviving a deadly epidemic |
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Roddy Doyle's "Barrytown Trilogy" comprises "The Snapper", "The Van" & this novel about a rock band |
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Grilled chicken on a skewer, Japanese style |
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