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1. President John F Kennedy was assassinated on 22 November 1963 in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. Following Oswald's arrest he was ...
2. On 13 September 1959 the Soviet Union's Luna 2 became the first man-made object to ...?
3. Between 22 and 23 January 1879 a group of 150 British and colonial troops successfully defended the mission station at Rorke's Drift ...
4. William II of Normandy invaded England and defeated the forces of the Anglo-Saxon __________________ on 14 October 1066 during the Battle of Hastings.
5. Between August and November 1888 several murders took place around the Whitechapel area of London, England. The name given to the still unknown serial killer was "Jack the Ripper". However, this was a name taken from a letter written to the police by someone who claimed to be the murderer and which was most probably a hoax. The Metropolitan Police referred to the case as "The Whitechapel Murders" and to the killer as "The Whitechapel Murderer" as well as "Leather Apron". Did that actually happen?
6. In October 1994 three filmmaking students disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland while shooting a documentary. A year later, their footage was found by police. Has that actually happened?
7. A young man named Chojun Miyagi began learning karate on Okinawa at the tender age of 9. His training was interrupted for a two year period while he completed his military service from 1910 until 1912. After his master passed away he formed his own style of karate in 1930. What is the name of this style of karate?
8. A homosexual serial killer was caught after a 13 year killing spree during which he murdered and in some cases cannibalized 17 young men. He was sentenced to life in prison. Three years after he went to jail he was murdered by fellow inmates. Who was he?
9. Bram Stoker's "Dracula" is a fictional story about a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Vlad Dracula, who renounces God after his wife commits suicide after receiving a false report of his death. He then becomes a vampire living on the blood of the living. The character of Count Dracula is said to be based on the real life Vlad Dracula. Vlad Dracula, also known as Vlad the Impaler, was a Transylvanian born Romanian nobleman who is said to have impaled as many as 100,000 Ottoman Turks during his quest to drive the invading Turks out of Romania. What was his full title?
10. On February 14, 1929, five members of the North Side Gang, plus gang collaborators Reinhardt H. Schwimmer and John May, were lined up against the rear inside wall of the garage at 2122 North Clark Street, in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago's North Side, and executed. What is this incident known as?
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