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07/03/09 Grif.Net – 4th of July Trivia (part 3)

07/03/09 Grif.Net – 4th of July Trivia (part 3)

Part of the correct answer to EVERY question is the 4th of July. What is
missing, however, is the YEAR. Bet you can’t get even ONE correct.

HARDEST
21. Republic of Hawaii formed = July 4th, ____

22. At the Battle of the Horns of Hattin, Saladin defeated the Crusader army
and wrested control of the Holy Land = July 4th, ____

23. 5th President of the United States, James Monroe, died = July 4th, ____

24. Lou Gehrig, stricken with ALS, made his farewell speech in Yankee
Stadium = July 4th, ____

25. The Statue of Liberty was presented in Paris as a gift from France to
the US = July 4th, ____

26. US probe “Pathfinder” lands on Mars = July 4th, ____

27. “America the Beautiful” was published by Katharine Lee Bates = July 4th,
____

28. First direct keyboard data entry in a computer was performed at MIT =
July 4th, ____

29. The greatest city-wide fire in the US (Portland, ME) only later eclipsed
in Chicago and San Francisco = July 4th, ____

30. The Philippines were granted their independence = July 4th, ____

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Dr Bob Griffin
“Jesus knows me, this I love”