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Pope Benedict XV canonizes this heroine of France who was burned at the stake for heresy.
1920		 Joan of Arc
93.1%
Marie Antoinette
2.8%
Isabelle Romée
0.9%
Madame du Barry
0.9%
In Hollywood, the first of these award ceremonies takes place.
1929		 Academy Awards
87.2%
Tony Awards
1.7%
Grammy Awards
4.6%
Emmy Awards
3.9%
Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of this mountain.
1975		 Mount Everest
83.6%
K2
7.9%
Mount Kilimanjaro
7.8%
Aconcagua
0.6%
This American actor, known for his roles in ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ and ‘12 Angry Men’, is born.
1905		 Henry Fonda
74.1%
James Stewart
11.6%
Cary Grant
7.3%
Clark Gable
6.3%
A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of this are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
1988		 Nicotine
71.6%
Marijuana
10.4%
Alcohol
4.3%
Sugar
10.6%
The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the US Congress, making criticism of the ______ during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
1918		 Government
70%
Armed Forces
14.7%
Press
4.1%
USA
9.3%
The Communist Party of China issues the ‘May 16 Notice’, marking the beginning of the ______ Revolution.
1966		 Cultural
50.7%
People's
35.1%
Capitalist
2.4%
Chinese
9%
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