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1. Muammar al-Qaddafi was proclaimed by the General People's Congress the premier of what country in 1970?
2. What 25 year-old daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was crowned queen of England in 1559 at Westminster Abbey?
3. The Ford Foundation, which once had more than $4 billion in assets, was created on January 15th in what decade?
4. What landmark crime drama debuted on NBC on January 15, 1981 and won a record number of Emmys before it went off the air in 1987? A famous line from this show was "Let's be careful out there", spoken by Sergeant Ezterhaus.
5. What famous French work was finally finished in 1831 by Victor Hugo after he had put it off for quite a few years?
6. What was the name of the break-away republic from Nigeria which surrended on January 15, 1970 after its oil fields had been taken away and the capital, Owerri, was captured by Nigerian troops?
7. The wife of a former Nazi concentration camp commandant was sentenced to life in jail on January 15, 1951 for crimes against humanity. She had taken an active part in comitting atrocities and was aptly named "The Witch of ____________".
8. Which one of these people, who all had a birthday on January 15th, was born in the 20th century?
9. Tim Berners Lee released the first Web browser on the Internet in what year?
10. In what decade was famous civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. born?
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