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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
87.5%
Connecticut
1.8%
Delaware
8.5%
Vermont
2.2%
The ______ Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression.
1932		 Dow Jones
81.6%
NASDAQ
8%
S&P 500
3%
Russell 3000
1.8%
The first issues of this American business-focused newspaper is published.
1889		 The Wall Street Journal
80.2%
Financial Times
4.5%
The Economist
4.1%
Forbes
6.2%
This American businessman, the founder of the Standard Oil Company, is born.
1839		 John D. Rockefeller
77.7%
Andrew Carnegie
6.6%
J. P. Morgan
8.5%
Cornelius Vanderbilt
4.6%
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
68.5%
China
22.5%
Vietnam
2.6%
Thailand
2.5%
This man begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea following the death of his father.
1994		 Kim Jong-il
57.7%
Kim Il-sung
7.5%
Kim Jong-un
27.8%
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		 Atlantis
43.9%
Columbia
8.8%
Challenger
12.4%
Discovery
28.6%

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