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This American actress and comedian, who had a breakthrough role playing Elaine Benes on ‘Seinfeld’, is born.1961
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
87.3%
Tina Fey
5.4% Julianna Margulies
3.4% Tracee Ellis Ross
2.3%
The National ______ Society is founded in Washington, D.C.1888
Geographic
86.9%
Exploration
1.7% Scientific
5.6% Maritime
5.8%
Johnny Cash famously performs live at this US prison.1968
Folsom State Prison
80%
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
7.1% San Quentin State Prison
9% Rikers Island
1.6%
Henry Ford patents a ______ automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.1942
Plastic
61.6%
Wood
28.9% Rubber
5.8% Glass
2.6%
Soviet Union troops attack ______ independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding around 1000 others.1991
Lithuanian
55.3%
Polish
8.1% Estonian
16.5% Latvian
17.5%
‘J'accuse…!’, an open letter penned by this influential French novelist, exposes the Dreyfus affair.1898
Émile Zola
49.6%
Victor Hugo
27.3% Alexandre Dumas
19.6% Henrik Ibsen
3%
A coup d'état in this West African nation on the Gulf of Guinea results in the assassination of president Sylvanus Olympio.1963
Togo
36.1%
Senegal
40.7% Tunisia
10% Namibia
11.1%
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