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Lawyer turned holy man Mahatma Ghandi was assassinated in what year?

1948.

Eugene O'Neill was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for 'Beyond the Horizon' in ________

1920.

Almost no one likes getting pricked with a needle, so we can thank Raymond Libby for developing oral penicillin in the year _________.

1945.

The bell rang and the Peace of Beijing was signed, officially bringing an end to the Boxer Rebellion in what year?

1901.

After 5 years of being its protectorate, Japan formally annexed Korea in ____________

1910.

With C. Lang aboard and 3 lengths ahead of Misstep, Reigh Count wins the Kentucky Derby in the year _____________.

1928.

King Alfonso XIII is overthrown and Spain becomes a republic in______.

1931.

In baseball, the World Series is broadcast in color for the first time in ______________

1955.

The first woman Episcopal priest was ordained in________

1977.

Rose Coyle of Pennsylvania, was crowned Miss America in _________.

1936.

Henry Mancini's 'Moon River' is named Record of the Year in_______.

1961.

Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager make the first non-stop flight around the world without refueling. And the year was___________

1986.

Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the country at 46 Amboy St., Brooklyn in __________.

1916.

For the first time, Pulitzer Prizes are awarded in fiction, drama and poetry in the year ___________.

1918.

At the age of 23, film star River Phoenix dies of a drug overdose on Halloween. Name the year.

1993.

Bishop Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in _________.

1984.

Christian K. Nelson receives a patent for the Eskimo Pie on Jan. 24 _____________

1922.

Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles in ___________

1962.

After 10 years of construction, the Panama Canal officially opens in _________

1914.

Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, was deported from the USSR in __________

1929.