The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament in London, which houses Big ______, starts keeping time. 1859
Ben
98.3%
Boy
0.4%
Bell
0.7%
Bull
0.5%
This American actor and director, who played anti-hero cop Harry Callahan in the ‘Dirty Harry’ film series, is born. 1930
Clint Eastwood
92.4%
Morgan Freeman
1%
Gene Hackman
1.9%
Robert Redford
2.1%
Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed this, and is opened to the public. 1879
Madison Square Garden
81.6%
Highland Botanical Park
14.3%
Barclays Center
1%
Island Garden
1.8%
In accordance with the Uniform ______ Holiday Act passed by the US Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last ______ in May for the first time. 1971
Monday
79.5%
Friday
4.8%
Sunday
10.4%
Saturday
1.9%
On this island nation in the Indian Ocean, the Jaffna library is burned down, a violent example of ethnic biblioclasm. 1981
Sri Lanka
69.3%
Madagascar
16%
New Zealand
5.8%
Cabo Verde
5.2%
The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Second Boer War, and ensures ______ control of South Africa. 1902
British
55.3%
French
5.9%
American
1.3%
Dutch
35.6%
Imperial Japanese Navy submarines begin a series of attacks on this major Oceania city. 1942
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Quiz Updated May 31, 2017
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