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
1.7%
Delaware
8.3%
Vermont
1.8%
The ______ Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression. 1932
Dow Jones
81.2%
NASDAQ
7.3%
S&P 500
2.6%
Russell 3000
1.6%
The first issues of this American business-focused newspaper is published. 1889
The Wall Street Journal
79.6%
Financial Times
3.5%
The Economist
4%
Forbes
6.2%
This American businessman, the founder of the Standard Oil Company, is born. 1839
John D. Rockefeller
77%
Andrew Carnegie
6.6%
J. P. Morgan
8.4%
Cornelius Vanderbilt
4%
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
67.2%
China
22.8%
Vietnam
2.6%
Thailand
2.1%
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%
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
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