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#TodayInHistory Secretariat became the first horse since 1948 to win America’s coveted Triple Crown: the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes. In one of the finest performances in racing history.

#History #Trivia #TripleCrown #Horseracing #Secretariat
Not exactly surprising #History but #TodayInHistory on June 6, 1944, Allied forces started Operation Overlord. It's better known as #Dday

#WW2 #Trivia
#TodayInHistory On June 5, 1944, more than 1,000 British bombers dropped 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries placed at the Normandy assault area, while 3,000 Allied ships croseds the English Channel in preparation for the invasion of Normandy—D-Day.

#D-Day #Trivia #History #WW2
#TodayInHistory A mere 83 hours after leaving New York City, the Transcontinental Express train arrived in San Francisco.

That any human being could travel across the entire nation in less than four days was inconceivable to previous generations of Americans.

#History #Trivia #Travel
#TodayInhistory On June 3, 1965, 120 miles above the Earth, Major Edward H. White II opewned the hatch of the Gemini 4, stepping out of the capsule and becoming the first American astronaut to walk in space.

#Trivia #History #NASA #spacewalk
Join us tonight at Phase Three Elmhurst www.phasethreebrewing.com/elm for a special edition of Pride Music Trivia at 7 PM!
#TodayInHistory on June 1, 1935, Babe Ruth retired from baseball greatest players in the history of baseball, ends his Major League playing career after 22 seasons, 10 World Series and 714 home runs.

#Trivia #Baseball #BabeRuth
#TodayInHistory On March 30, 1593, playwright Christopher Marlowe was killed in a brawl over a bar tab. He was 29 years old.

Considered one of the greatest writers of his era, he is largely believed to have influenced the works of #Shakespeare

#Trivia #History #Drama
#TodayInHistory On May 29, 1848, following approval of statehood by the territory’s citizens, Wisconsin entered the Union as the 30th state. You can find shirts saying "Outdrinking Your State Since 1848" there.

(Seriously. One of our hosts has one)

#Trivia #History #Wisconsin
Look at our Queen of Hearts Progressive Pot winners at Avenue Tavern! Want to know why they're so excited? That's a team that just won $1800!
On May 28, 1998, the comedian and actor Phil Hartman, famous for his work on Saturday Night Live and NewsRadio, was shot to death by his wife, Brynn, in a murder-suicide. He was 49.

Jon Lovitz family accused Andy Dick for the death www.cbsnews.com/news/lovitz-...

#Trivia #history
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Diabotical
A friend asked me to do trivia for his 40th birthday, so I'm about to ruin his party.
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This map shows places in Europe whose name consists of a single letter. What a great bit of useless geography trivia!
Me, seeing a "Same Name" category question
I am very good at very specific trivia.
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You know, I usually take IMDb trivia with a grain of salt, but I fully believe every word of this.
This is the funniest movie production fact I’ve ever read
#TodayInHIstory On May 27, 1986, the U.S. Patent Office grants a patent to inventor Lonnie Johnson for his toy design that would be named the “Super Soaker®”—becoming the best-selling water toy of all time.

#History #Toys #Patents #Invention #SuperSoaker
#TodayInHistory On May 21, 1999, Soap star Susan Lucci won her first Emmy after 19 nominations. Shemar Moore of "The Young and the Restless" awarded the award saying "the streak is over!"

#History #Soaps #TV #DaytimeEmmys #Television
#TodayInHistory On May 19, 2018, Prince Harry married Meghan Markle, which in now way has been talked about since

#BritishRoyalty #Trivia #History #Marriage #HarryAndMeghan
#TodayInHistory On May 16, 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held its first awards, at a dinner party held in the Blossom Room of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California.

"Wings" won Best Picture- the only silent film to win the award

#Movies #Trivia #HIstory
#TodayInHistory On May 15, 1982, “Ebony And Ivory” took the top spot in the Billboard Hot 100, holding the spot for seven weeks. Recorded as a duet with the great Stevie Wonder, it was the biggest hit record of Paul McCartney's post-Beatles career.

#Trivia #Music #Beatles #History
#TodayInHistory
On May 14, 1607, ~100 English colonists arrivde along the east bank of the James River in Virginia to found Jamestown, after sailing across the Atlantic aboard the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery.
#History #Trivia
The spoils of victory!
Our geek trivia team, Plaid’s Addition, won first again. I’m a trivia beast also there was an Animorphs question