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2021_Congo_River_disaster

2021

Question 1 of 5

Which of the following best describes what happened on February 15?

ASixty people drown and hundreds are missing after a boat sinks on the Congo Rive

BA royal coronation ceremony

CA scientific moon landing

DA major peace treaty signing

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Chelyabinsk_meteor

2013

Question 2 of 5

On February 15, a notable event occurred. Which description matches it?

AA volcanic eruption in Iceland

BA meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out w

CThe founding of the United Nations

DA major earthquake in Japan

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15_February_2003_Iraq_War_protests

2003

Question 3 of 5

Which event took place on February 15 in history?

ADiscovery of penicillin

BFall of the Berlin Wall

CProtests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is est

DFirst commercial flight

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2003

Question 4 of 5

Historians remember February 15 for which of the following?

AFirst Moon walk by astronauts

BSigning of the Magna Carta

CLaunch of the first satellite

DThe last Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre, carrying Inte

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2001

Question 5 of 5

What significant event is recorded on February 15?

AOpening of the Suez Canal

BThe first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature

CEnd of World War I

DFirst transatlantic telegraph cable

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