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On This Day: July 8th Quiz Stats

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Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to this colony, now the smallest state by land area.
1663		 Rhode Island
88.5%
Connecticut
1.5%
Delaware
8.4%
Vermont
1.6%
The ______ Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression.
1932		 Dow Jones
82.7%
NASDAQ
6.8%
S&P 500
2.4%
Russell 3000
1.4%
The first issues of this American business-focused newspaper is published.
1889		 The Wall Street Journal
80.7%
Financial Times
3.4%
The Economist
3.6%
Forbes
6.1%
This American businessman, the founder of the Standard Oil Company, is born.
1839		 John D. Rockefeller
77.9%
Andrew Carnegie
6.7%
J. P. Morgan
8%
Cornelius Vanderbilt
3.6%
The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade. The expedition would lead to the establishment of diplomatic relations between ______ and the ‘western powers’.
1853		 Japan
67.8%
China
23%
Vietnam
2.4%
Thailand
1.9%
This man begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea following the death of his father.
1994		 Kim Jong-il
59%
Kim Il-sung
7.4%
Kim Jong-un
25.5%
Kim Jong-nam
1.1%
This Space Shuttle, which was named after an oceanic research vessel, is launched in the final mission of the US Space Shuttle program.
2011		 Atlantis
46.5%
Columbia
9%
Challenger
10.1%
Discovery
27.3%
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