Hisdates•ComHistorical Facts
Sunday, 17 August 2025
Q: Who nailed (or mailed) his 95 theses to the Catholic Church in 1517?
A: Martin Luther
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Q: Who wrote the words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal"?
A: Thomas Jefferson
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Q: How did Joan of Arc die?
A: She was burned at the stake.
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Q: How many US states were once part of Mexico?
A: Ten — California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming
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Q: Where does the Mona Lisa currently reside?
A: At the Louvre Museum in France.
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Q: Eva Perón was the first lady of which country?
A: Argentina
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Q: What is the shortest presidential term in US history?
A: 32 days, belonging to William Henry Harrison
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Q: How many US presidents have been assassinated?
A: Four — Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy
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Q: Who invented the cotton gin?
A: Eli Whitney
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Q: Who was the emperor of Rome when it fell in 476 AD?
A: Romulus Augustulus
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Q: Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
A: An Indian lawyer who used non-violent resistance to fight for Indian independence
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Q: When was Berlin reunified?
A: October 3, 1990
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Q: The Incan Empire was located in which modern-day country?
A: Peru
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Q: What is the relationship between the Rubicon and Julius Caesar?
A: The Rubicon is a river that Julius Caesar crossed with his legion in 49 BC.
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Q: What 14th-century disease decimated a third of Europe’s population?
A: The Bubonic Plague
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Q: Where was JFK assassinated?
A: Dallas, Texas
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Q: What Indigenous group inhabited Puerto Rico when Christopher Columbus arrived there in 1492?
A: The Tainos
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Q: What is the only known disease to have been completely eradicated, according to the World Health Organization?
A: Smallpox
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Q: What scandal forced Richard Nixon to resign from the presidency in 1974?
A: Watergate
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