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Generally Speaking: It's All in the Past Crossword Puzzle

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A small collection of Historical events from around the world. Part of the November Crossword Challenge
Author: leith90 - Diff: Harder

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      1. WWI Battle in France, July-November 1916
      4. English Naval Administrator, famous for his 1660s diary
      7. Fijian island, was dominant power until cession to Britain 1874
      8. Italian birthplace of Umberto Guidoni, the first European to visit the International Space Station
      9. Cuban revolutionary and poet, Jose
      10. Type of rabbit first bred for meat in 1850
      11. This gymnast was the first to score a perfect ten, at Montreal Games 1976
      14. Soviet Union Spaceflight program initiated in 1960s
      17. French military harbour from 1631, heavily damaged in WWII
      20. Territorial trade bloc signed 1994 between Mexico, Canada and United States (Inits)
      23. The Gallipoli Campaign was waged during this World War
      24. Dams built across Nile River 1899-1902 and 1960-1970
      25. Native spelling of capital of Czech Republic (1993), following the split of Czechoslovakia
      26. Small region in southwest India granted statehood in 1987
      27. Mau Mau Uprising was in this African nation 1952-1960
      28. Administrative region containing Rome, became part of Kingdom of Italy 1870

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      1. Ferdinand and Isabella united Castile and Aragon to form this Kingdom
      2. Penicillin was discovered after this grew on a dirty petri dish
      3. Hemorrhagic disease named for an African River in 1976
      4. The source of the Cholera epidemic of 1849-54 was traced to these water features
      5. Noble family in English Middle Ages, rivals of House of Neville
      6. Swimmer Mark who set seven World records and won seven Olympic gold medals in 1972
      12. Scottish birthplace of poet Robert Burns in 1759
      13. Multinational artificial satellite whose first segment was launched 1998
      15. Ovonramwen was the last 'King' of Benin
      16. New process of sterilising dairy, led to long-life milk (Inits)
      17. 17th century pandemic spread by rat fleas: ___ plague
      18. King of Northumbria until (circa) 632, or second man to walk on the moon
      19. Polynesian nation declared a constitutional monarchy in 1875
      20. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay ascended Everest from this country
      21. Archduke Ferdinand, whose assassination led to WWII
      22. Pivotal Battle of the Texas Revoluion 1836