Siam officially changes its name to ______ for the second time. 1949
Thailand
80.7%
Laos
6.9%
Cambodia
4.8%
Taiwan
5.4%
On a single day, eight people die during summit attempts of this mountain. 1996
Mount Everest
80.5%
K2
11.3%
Mount Kilimanjaro
4.3%
Denali
0.8%
This Spanish painter, known for his work ‘The Persistence of Memory’, is born. 1904
Salvador Dalí
75.4%
Pablo Picasso
18.4%
Joan Miró
3.4%
Juan Gris
1.3%
This state, known as the ‘Land of 10,000 Lakes’, is admitted to the Union. 1858
Minnesota
71.3%
Oregon
2.6%
Michigan
24.1%
Colorado
1.8%
______ becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following talks between Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to form the UK's first coalition government since World War II. 2010
David Cameron
61.3%
Theresa May
8.7%
Tony Blair
15.9%
Gordon Brown
10.7%
This Nazi fugitive, one of the major organizers of the Holocaust, is captured in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is eventually found guilty of war crimes during a highly publicized trial in Israel. 1960
Adolf Eichmann
59.6%
Josef Mengele
27.3%
Reinhard Heydrich
7.4%
Alois Brunner
3%
President ______ addresses Congress and asks for a Declaration of War against Mexico. 1846
James K. Polk
41.3%
Zachary Taylor
31.9%
John Tyler
11.8%
James Buchanan
14.8%
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