Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to this colony, now the smallest state by land area. 1663
Rhode Island
88.2%
Connecticut
1.6%
Delaware
8.4%
Vermont
1.8%
The ______ Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression. 1932
Dow Jones
81.9%
NASDAQ
7.5%
S&P 500
2.5%
Russell 3000
1.6%
The first issues of this American business-focused newspaper is published. 1889
The Wall Street Journal
80.3%
Financial Times
3.7%
The Economist
4.1%
Forbes
6.1%
This American businessman, the founder of the Standard Oil Company, is born. 1839
John D. Rockefeller
77.4%
Andrew Carnegie
6.6%
J. P. Morgan
8.4%
Cornelius Vanderbilt
4.1%
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
67.7%
China
22.7%
Vietnam
2.6%
Thailand
2.3%
This man begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea following the death of his father. 1994
Kim Jong-il
58.8%
Kim Il-sung
7.3%
Kim Jong-un
26.1%
Kim Jong-nam
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
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