In the first engagement of this war, the Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen. 1754
French and Indian War
78.9%
Northwest Indian War
5.6%
Shays' Rebellion
10%
First Barbary War
5.3%
This former New York City mayor and a past candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination is born. 1944
Rudy Giuliani
77.3%
Chris Christie
3.7%
Michael Bloomberg
13.9%
Bill de Blasio
1.9%
This German automobile manufacturer is founded. 1937
Volkswagen
69.7%
Mercedes-Benz
20.3%
Volvo
2.8%
Porsche
4.7%
In San Francisco, John Muir organizes this environmentalist group. 1892
Sierra Club
47.2%
National Audubon Society
17%
World Wide Fund for Nature
8.5%
Greenpeace
25.3%
In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece ______ is put back on display. 1999
The Last Supper
46.7%
Mona Lisa
46.6%
The Starry Night
1.9%
The Scream
1%
Malta votes on whether they should approve a new law which would allow this. 2011
Divorce
45.4%
Drinking Alcohol
8.2%
Medical Marijuana
35.7%
Smoking Tobacco in Public
6.6%
This short-lived socialist and revolutionary government that ruled Paris following the defeat of Emperor Napoleon III falls. 1871
Paris Commune
39.9%
French Second Empire
20%
Republic of Paris
20.5%
Paris Proletariat Government
18.4%
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