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100

On this day in 1957, Egypt reopened this canal to international traffic.

The Suez Canal

100

On this day in 1959, this Mattel toy made her debut.

Barbie doll

100

On this day in 1959, Tibetans banded together to revolt against occupation by this powerful nation.

China

100
On this day in 1933, President Roosevelt broadcast the first of these, his regular national radio addresses.

Fireside Chats

200

On this day in 1971, this boxer met Joe Frazier for the "Fight of the Century" at Madison Square Garden.

Muhammad Ali

200

On this day in 1954, President Eisenhower privately criticized this anti-communist senator.

Joseph McCarthy

200

On this day in 1876, the first discernible speech was transmitted over this type of system.

Telephone

200

This day in 1894 marked the first time this beverage was sold in a glass bottle.

Coca Cola

300

On this day in 1669, this Sicilian volcano began erupting.

Mount Etna

300

1454: Italian explorer and eponymous "discoverer" of this continent is born.

Amerigo Vespucci

300

On this day in 1864, President Lincoln commissioned this Major General to command the U.S. Army.

Ulysses S. Grant

300

On this day in 1938, German troops marched into this neighboring country to annex it for the Third Reich.

Austria

400

On this day in 1950, this bus - a favorite mode of transportation for hippies of the counterculture movement - went into production.

Volkswagen Bus

400

1824: Leland ______, American business tycoon and eponymous founder of a famous California university is born.

Stanford

400

On this day in 1926, the first selection for this _____-of-the-Month Club was published.

Book

400

1922: this American Beat writer and author of On the Road is born.

Jack Kerouac

500

1702: Irish pirate Anne ______ is born.

Bonny

500

1934: Yuri ______, Russian cosmonaut and 1st man in space (aboard Vostok 1) is born.

Gagarin

500

On this day in 1997, this British singer-songwriter (and former member of the most successful rock band in history) was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

Sir Paul McCartney

500

On this day in 1781, astronomer William Herschel discovered this planet, the seventh from the sun.

Uranus