Statesman and nobleman Anthony Eden (1897-1977) briefly succeeded Winston Churchill as prime minister of Britain during its disastrous invasion of Suez in 1956.From a wealthy and privileged background...
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Question 1 of 10:Who, in 1901, became the first American president of the 20th Century to die by an assassin's bullet?
William
McKinley
Theodore
Roosevelt
Grover
Cleveland
William
Taft
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Jan 7 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on January 14 since 1900: 1943 - Allied leaders met in Casablanca to agree on a
strategy for ending World War Two and to d...
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Today is Tuesday, Jan. 9, the ninth day of 2007. There are 356 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 9, 1913, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, wa...
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Today is Thursday, Jan. 10, the 10th day of 2008. There are 356 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published his influential pamphlet, "Common Sense."...
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Would France have been better off under Queen Elizabeth II?The revelation that the French government proposed a union of Britain and France in 1956 _ even offering to accept the sovereignty of the ...
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Newly declassified British documents provide a window into heated Cabinet discussions on Iraq, Israeli-Arab relations, protecting the environment, and a secret deal on when the prime minister would...
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Anthony Eden
A Quiz on the 20th Century
