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Quiz

1 In which town would you find the

i360 tower?

2 What feature of the ‘Wandering Albatross' make this bird a record breaker?

3 Which comedy actress and writer played the characters Mrs Merton and Denise Royle?

4 Gutzon Borglum was the sculptor responsible for one of the most iconic sculptures in the United States but died before completion, what is it called?

5 The United Arab Emirates is a federation of how many Emirates?

Bible quote

“God is more glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.” John Piper

History

1566 French astrologer, physician and professed prophesier Nostradamus died in Salon.

1917 Rioting erupted in East St. Louis, Illinois, as white mobs attacked Black residents; nearly 50 people, mostly Blacks, are believed to have died in the violence.

1937 Aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight along the equator.

1961 Author Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death at his home in Idaho.

1963 President John F. Kennedy met Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, the first meeting between a Catholic US chief executive and the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress.

1987 18 Mexican immigrants were found dead inside a locked boxcar near Sierra Blanca, Texas, in what authorities called a botched smuggling attempt; a 19th man survived.

2018 Rescue divers in Thailand found 12 boys and their soccer coach, who had been trapped by flooding as they explored a cave more than a week earlier.

Birthdays

● Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos is 91

● Jazz musician Ahmad Jamal is 90

● Actor Robert Ito is 89

● Actress Polly Holliday is 83 Actor Saul Rubinek is 72.

● Rock musician Gene Taylor is

68. Actress-model Jerry Hall is 64.

● Actress Margot Robbie is 30.

Quiz Answers

1 Brighton 2 It has the longest wingspan 3 Caroline Aherne 4 Mount Rushmore National Memorial 5 7

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