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October 1959

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  1. 1st October 1959What happened in August 1991, and how did it affect Gorbachev's authority?
  2. 2nd October 1959Name one arms control agreement signed during the era of detente.
  3. 3rd October 1959Who were Elizabeth's parents?
  4. 4th October 1959What was the Privy Council?
  5. 5th October 1959What did John Hawkins pioneer in the 1560s?
  6. 6th October 1959What did the Public Health Act of 1875 require every council to provide?
  7. 7th October 1959Who accidentally discovered penicillin's antibacterial effect, and in what year?
  8. 8th October 1959What symptom made cholera so rapidly fatal?
  9. 9th October 1959What is significant about the first day of the Battle of the Somme in terms of British casualties?
  10. 10th October 1959In what way did mustard gas, introduced in 1917, work differently from chlorine and phosgene?
  11. 11th October 1959What lesson did Hitler draw from the failed Munich Putsch about how to gain power?
  12. 12th October 1959Give one profession from which women were discouraged or barred under the Nazis.
  13. 13th October 1959What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  14. 14th October 1959What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  15. 15th October 1959What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  16. 16th October 1959Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  17. 17th October 1959In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  18. 18th October 1959Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  19. 19th October 1959Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  20. 20th October 1959What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  21. 21st October 1959What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  22. 22nd October 1959Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  23. 23rd October 1959What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  24. 24th October 1959Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  25. 25th October 1959Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  26. 26th October 1959In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  27. 27th October 1959What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  28. 28th October 1959What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  29. 29th October 1959What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  30. 30th October 1959What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  31. 31st October 1959On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?