This American singer-songwriter, known for her hits ‘Poker Face’ and ‘Just Dance’, is born. 1986
Lady Gaga
85.4%
Kelly Clarkson
2.4%
Katy Perry
4.8%
Taylor Swift
4.7%
This former Olympian, a four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Berlin games, is posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by US President George H. W. Bush. 1990
Jesse Owens
84.1%
Carl Lewis
5.8%
Jim Thorpe
5.7%
Dick Fosbury
1.4%
A coolant leak at the ______ Mile Island Unit 2 nuclear reactor leads to a partial nuclear meltdown, the most significant accident in US commercial nuclear power plant history. 1979
Three
77.6%
Eight
8.8%
Nine
8.5%
Long
3%
During the Spanish Civil War, General Francisco Franco conquers this capital city after a three-year siege. 1939
Madrid
67%
Lisbon
6.6%
Barcelona
19.6%
Valencia
5.2%
Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a powered ______ after taking off from a water runway near Marseilles, France. 1910
Seaplane
63.8%
Helicopter
7.9%
Blimp
12.6%
Hot Air Balloon
14.8%
Union forces stop a Confederate invasion of this southwestern territory, ending the Battle of Glorieta Pass during the American Civil War. 1862
New Mexico
52.8%
California
6.9%
Utah
5.1%
Texas
34.9%
The Treaty of ______ is signed, ending a conflict between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples, one of the wars of the French Revolution. 1801
Florence
30.5%
Paris
21.1%
Versailles
36.4%
Rome
11.9%
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