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Quiz
1
Which British-Italian engineer obtained a patent for radio in London in 1897
2 In weather, a High pressure system is also known as what? a) Cyclone b) Anticyclone c) Warm Front
3 What was originally created by members of the Cornish Tremayne family, but then restored in the 1990s after it fell into neglect after the first world war?
4 The Chukwa is the Hindi version of a legend from many cultures about a giant turtle. What is the turtle's purpose?
If an Australian was watching the 'bush telly' what would they be doing?
History
1864 Abraham Lincoln was nominated for another term as president during the National Union (Republican) Party's convention in Baltimore.
1939 Britain's King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth, arrived in Washington, D.C., where they were received at the White House by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1968 Authorities announced the capture in London of James Earl Ray, the suspected assassin of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
1972 During the Vietnam War, an Associated Press photographer took a picture of a screaming 9-year-old girl, Phan Thi Kim Phuc (fahn thee kihm fook), as she ran naked and severely burned from the scene of a South Vietnamese napalm attack.
1998 The National Rifle Association elected actor Charlton Heston to be its president.
Birthdays
● Musician Boz Scaggs is 76
● Rock singer Bonnie Tyler is 69
● Singer Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) is 60
● Musician Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) is 58
● Actress Julianna Margulies is 53
Quiz Answers
1 Guglielmo Marconi 2 b) Anticyclone 3 The Lost Gardens of Heligan 4 To carry the world on its back 5 Sat watching a campfire
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