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100
King Bird Jaguar IV assumes the throne in modern-day Chiapas. What civilization was he a king of?
Maya
100
On this day in 1921 the British partitioned this island into a Northern and southern portions.
Ireland
100
Name either of the two countries that celebrate their constitution today. Both of them happen to have flags consisting only of red and white.
Japan
Poland
100
On this day in 1621, this English scientist and philosopher was accused of bribery.
Francis Bacon
100
Name this painting by Goya
The Third of May
200
In 1374 BC astronomers of this civilization observed a solar eclipse on May 3, writing: "On the day of the new moon, in the month of Hiyar, the Sun was put to shame, and went down in the daytime, with Mars in attendance."
Babylon or Mesopotamia
200
On May 3 in 1802, this city on the banks of the Potomac was officially established.
Washington, District of Columbia
200
The American Academy of Dermatology established ________ Monday, which falls on the first Monday in May.
Melanoma
200
On this day in 1715 this English astronomer did not observe a comet, but he did observe a total eclipse.
Edmond Halley
200
On May 3 of 1915 English soldier John McCrae writes this most famous poem of World War I.
In Flanders Fields
300
On May 3, 1491 missionaries from this nation baptized the king of Kongo, Nkuwu Nzinga, giving him the name João I.
Portugal
300
On this day in 1810 English poet Lord Byron swam across this body of water separating Europe and Asia.
Dardanelles
Hellespont
300
May 3 can be thought of as the "eve" of this film-related annual day.
Star Wars Day
300
On May 3 of 1945 American troops arrest this German physicist.
Werner Heisenberg
300
On May of 1936 this player made his Major League Baseball debut as a center fielder for the New York Yankees.
Joe DiMaggio
400
On May 3 of 1863 there took place the Battle of Fredericksburg in this Confederate state.
Virginia
400
On May 3 of 1906 this British colony annexed the Sinai Peninsula from the Ottoman Empire.
Egypt
400
Since May 1 falls on a Saturday this year, many countries will give workers the day off on May 3 in honor of......
Labor Day
400
On May of 1968 this medical operation was successfully performed for the first time by Dr. Denton Cooley of Texas.
heart transplant
400
On May 3 of 1948 this playwright, famous for A Streetcar Named Desire among others, wins the Pulitzer Prize.
Tennessee Williams
500
On May 3 of 1926 US Marines invade this Central American country, staying for 7 years.
Nicaragua
500
May 3 of 1952 witnesses the first landing of an airplane at this location.
North Pole
500
May 3 is an ancient holiday called Sham el-Nessim, which people in this country spend by having a picnic in the park with their family.
Egypt
500
May 3 is the birthday of this Iranian mathematician who, in 2014, was the first woman ever to be awarded the Fields Medal, “for her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces.”
Maryam Mirzakhani
500
On May 3 of 1997 this Russian Grand Master begins his famous series of matches against Deep Blue.
Garry Kasparov