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June 1960

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  1. 1st June 1960In what ship, and over what years, did Francis Drake circumnavigate the globe?
  2. 2nd June 1960In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  3. 3rd June 1960In roughly which decade did penicillin become a widely available, mass-produced drug?
  4. 4th June 1960Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  5. 5th June 1960In what year was the Battle of the Somme fought?
  6. 6th June 1960Why was phosgene more dangerous than chlorine, despite being introduced afterwards?
  7. 7th June 1960In what month and year did Hitler refound the banned Nazi Party?
  8. 8th June 1960What were the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens?
  9. 9th June 1960Give one role, other than chief, that existed within Plains Indian band society.
  10. 10th June 1960In what year was the Fort Laramie Treaty signed?
  11. 11th June 1960Should a narrative account end with a personal judgement about whether events were good or bad?
  12. 12th June 1960When did Germany formally reunify?
  13. 13th June 1960What event in December 1979 caused detente to collapse?
  14. 14th June 1960Give one reason Elizabeth's education helped prepare her to rule.
  15. 15th June 1960Who was Elizabeth's chief adviser from 1558, and what position did he hold?
  16. 16th June 1960Who sponsored England's attempts to found a colony at Roanoke Island in Virginia?
  17. 17th June 1960Was the Public Health Act of 1848 compulsory or permissive?
  18. 18th June 1960Give one reason Fleming's discovery was not developed into a usable drug straight away.
  19. 19th June 1960Why were workers at a nearby brewery largely unaffected by the 1854 outbreak?
  20. 20th June 1960What is Passchendaele also known as?
  21. 21st June 1960In which year, and near which town, did the Germans first use chlorine gas in a large-scale attack on the Western Front?
  22. 22nd June 1960What was a Gauleiter?
  23. 23rd June 1960What award did the Nazis give to mothers of large families?
  24. 24th June 1960Why did Plains Indian bands often organise communal buffalo hunts rather than hunting alone?
  25. 25th June 1960What broad change in US government policy towards Plains Indians did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 begin?
  26. 26th June 1960Where in the answer should specific factual detail (names, dates, places) appear?
  27. 27th June 1960On what dates did Gorbachev resign and the Soviet Union formally dissolve?
  28. 28th June 1960What does 'detente' mean, and roughly which decade is most associated with it?
  29. 29th June 1960Who were Elizabeth's parents?
  30. 30th June 1960What was the Privy Council?