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On This Day: March 2nd Quiz Stats

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Children's author Theodor Geisel, better known by this pen name, is born.
1904		 Dr. Seuss
87.6%
Roald Dahl
4.7%
E. B. White
2%
A. A. Milne
3%
This Portuguese explorer lands on the Island of Mozambique during his first voyage around Africa to India.
1498		 Vasco da Gama
58.2%
Bartholomeu Dias
5.2%
Ferdinand Magellan
33.3%
Pedro Alvares Cabral
3.2%
English cleric and theologian John Wesley, known for founding the Christian denomination _____ with his brother Charles, dies.
1791		 Methodism
54.8%
Presbyterianism
33.5%
Pentecostalism
6.5%
Congregationalism
3.1%
The first major American campaign in the American Revolution, the siege of this British-controlled city, begins with sustained artillery bombardment.
1776		 Boston
50.8%
New York
11.5%
Savannah
8.5%
Charleston
27.9%
The Great Fire of Meireki begins, claiming an estimated 100,000 lives and destroying the majority of this Japanese city.
1657		 Edo
40.5%
Kyoto
41%
Kamakura
7.3%
Nagasaki
10.7%
The Pioneer 10 probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a mission to this planet.
1972		 Jupiter
19.5%
Venus
12.1%
Pluto
6.3%
Mars
59.2%
The short-lived Republic of Texas formally declares its independence from Mexico, with this man as its first President.
1836		 David G. Burnet
9.3%
Sam Houston
52.6%
Stephen F. Austin
33.7%
Mirabeau B. Lamar
2%
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