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2026_Adamuz_rail_disaster

2026

Question 1 of 5

Which of the following best describes what happened on January 18?

AAt least 45 people are killed and 292 others injured after two trains collide in

BA royal coronation ceremony

CA scientific moon landing

DA major peace treaty signing

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2025

Question 2 of 5

On January 18, a notable event occurred. Which description matches it?

AA volcanic eruption in Iceland

BThe popular social media app, TikTok, is banned in the United States, after the

CThe founding of the United Nations

DA major earthquake in Japan

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2023_Brovary_helicopter_crash

2023

Question 3 of 5

Which event took place on January 18 in history?

ADiscovery of penicillin

BFall of the Berlin Wall

CA helicopter crash in Ukraine leaves 14 people dead, including the country's Int

DFirst commercial flight

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2018

Question 4 of 5

Historians remember January 18 for which of the following?

AFirst Moon walk by astronauts

BSigning of the Magna Carta

CLaunch of the first satellite

DAn oil pipeline explosion near Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico, kills 137 people

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Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA

2012

Question 5 of 5

What significant event is recorded on January 18?

AOpening of the Suez Canal

BA bus catches fire on the Samara–Shymkent road in Yrgyz District, Aktobe, Kazakh

CEnd of World War I

DFirst transatlantic telegraph cable

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