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Daily Quiz for February 25, 2009

by HistoryNet Staff2/25/2009

This million-seller songwriter of the 19th century wrote many popular songs including "Kingdom Coming," "Marching Through Georgia" and "My Grandfather?s Clock."

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Daily Quiz for February 24, 2009

by HistoryNet Staff2/24/2009

The Owen-Glass Act did this.

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Daily Quiz for February 23, 2009

by HistoryNet Staff2/23/2009

Forced to flee Nicaragua by the Sandinista revolution in 1979, President Anastacio Somoza Debayle was subsequently assassinated here in 1980.

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Daily Quiz for February 22, 2009

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The British knew this person by the secret code number 7.

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Daily Quiz for February 21, 2009

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In this year hostility and violence between Protestants and Catholics became so intense that Great Britain sent troops into Northern Ireland to attempt to restore order.

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10 Battle of Little Bighorn Myths

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Why do so many myths persist about the events of Jun 25, 1876, when the Sioux and Cheyenne defeated Lt. Col. George Custer in Montana Territory?

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Daily Quiz for February 20, 2009

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She was given a military funeral in 1913.

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Daily Quiz for February 19, 2009

by HistoryNet Staff2/19/2009

In 1816 they constructed the first Western-style fort in Hawaii.

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Daily Quiz for February 18, 2009

by HistoryNet Staff2/18/2009

In 1927 the French launched a major military campaign in Syria to suppress a revolt by this religious group.

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Old Abe’s Favorite Photo?

by Harold Holzer2/17/20096/20/2016

Looking at Lincoln by Harold Holzer, is a study of the 16th president through imagery.

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