The United States and Peru nearly went to war over access to Peru’s guano (bird excrement) reserves necessitating this president to negotiate a special treaty.
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Daily Quiz for July 13, 2015
Will Rogers who famously said, “I never met a man I didn’t like,” died in a plane crash along with this famous pilot.
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Messerschmitt Bf 109D-1
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 arrived in time to change the course of the air war during the Spanish Civil War
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Daily Quiz for July 12, 2015
Merv Griffin originally wrote the Jeopardy! Think music in 1963 for this use.
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Daily Quiz for July 11, 2015
During the Great Depression, one of the first soup kitchens in the United States was opened at 935 South State Street in Chicago by this well-known person.
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Daily Quiz for July 10, 2015
The last brothel in Deadwood, South Dakota, closed in this year.
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Daily Quiz for July 9, 2015
On November 27, 1909, U.S. Marines landed in this country to protect American interests.
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Whitney Western Art Museum
Merging the old and new West, the Whitney Western Art Museum in Cody, Wyo., holds everything from Remington to Ross
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Home Grown Terrorists
The Civil War was over, but white terror organizations like the Ku Klux Klan and Knights of the White Camellia fought a new war against Republicans and African Americans.
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Daily Quiz for July 8, 2015
The first state law prohibiting alcohol sales was passed in this year.