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Nakhon_Ratchasima_shootings

2020

Question 1 of 5

Which of the following best describes what happened on February 8?

AA soldier opens fire in a military camp and a shopping center in Nakhon Ratchasi

BA royal coronation ceremony

CA scientific moon landing

DA major peace treaty signing

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2014_Medina_hotel_fire

2014

Question 2 of 5

On February 8, a notable event occurred. Which description matches it?

AA volcanic eruption in Iceland

BA hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia, kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others

CThe founding of the United Nations

DA major earthquake in Japan

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February_2013_North_American_blizzard

2013

Question 3 of 5

Which event took place on February 8 in history?

ADiscovery of penicillin

BFall of the Berlin Wall

CA blizzard kills at least 18 and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without

DFirst commercial flight

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2010

Question 4 of 5

Historians remember February 8 for which of the following?

AFirst Moon walk by astronauts

BSigning of the Magna Carta

CLaunch of the first satellite

DOver 2 miles (3.2 km) of road are buried after a storm in the Hindu Kush mountai

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Iran_Airtour

1993

Question 5 of 5

What significant event is recorded on February 8?

AOpening of the Suez Canal

BAn Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 and an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 collide m

CEnd of World War I

DFirst transatlantic telegraph cable

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