Name The Year Trivia Game (4)
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Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum), born. Edouard Manet, French painter, born. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor II, queen of England (1952- ), born. Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right" Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader Emma Lazarus, whose poem was inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, born. English defeat French at Battle of Blenheim. Eric Clapton, guitarist, singer, born. Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking record-4.4 sec.. Esther Williams (in Inglewood, CA), actor, swimmer European community proposes a boycott of Iraq. European Space Agency launches Giotto Sattelite to Halley's Comet. Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation (Nat'l Day) F.B.I. begins it's "10 most wanted list". Federal Bureau of Investigation established. Federico Fellini Italian director (Satyricon, La Dolce Vita), born. Ferdinand Magellan world traveler, killed by Filipino natives. Fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks, begins Cuban Revolution. Fifteenth Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 3 returns to Earth. First all-color television station to televise live local programs. First American expeditionary force to land in Africa (WW II). First Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump". First Cable Car is patented by Andrew S. Hallidie. First drinking straw is patented by M.C. Stone in Washington, D.C. First electric razor marketed by Schick, Inc.
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