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Alaska_Airlines_Flight_1282

2024

Question 1 of 5

Which of the following best describes what happened on January 5?

AAlaska Airlines Flight 1282 makes an emergency landing at Portland International

BA royal coronation ceremony

CA scientific moon landing

DA major peace treaty signing

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Kassym-Jomart_Tokayev

2022

Question 2 of 5

On January 5, a notable event occurred. Which description matches it?

AA volcanic eruption in Iceland

BKazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dismisses Prime Minister Asqar Mamin and

CThe founding of the United Nations

DA major earthquake in Japan

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Eris_(dwarf_planet)

2005

Question 3 of 5

Which event took place on January 5 in history?

ADiscovery of penicillin

BFall of the Berlin Wall

CThe dwarf planet Eris is discovered by Palomar Observatory-based astronomers, la

DFirst commercial flight

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Georgia_(country)

1991

Question 4 of 5

Historians remember January 5 for which of the following?

AFirst Moon walk by astronauts

BSigning of the Magna Carta

CLaunch of the first satellite

DGeorgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening

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Somali_Civil_War

1991

Question 5 of 5

What significant event is recorded on January 5?

AOpening of the Suez Canal

BSomali Civil War: The United States Embassy to Somalia in Mogadishu is evacuated

CEnd of World War I

DFirst transatlantic telegraph cable

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