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Questions relate to events that happened in the month of June

 

From which country did Tonga gain independence in 1970?
United Kingdom

 

In 1963, The British Secretary of State for War resigned over a sex scandal which bacame known as what?
The "Profumo affair".

 

Which author started a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper with her anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly?
Harriet Beecher Stowe

 

Who was trampled by the King's horse at the Derby in June 1913?
Emily Davison

 

Which English engineer, born in June 1910, invented the hovercraft?
Christopher Cockerell

 

Which country became the 29th member of the NATO in June 2017?
Montenegro

 

In 1967 Israel launched surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border. What did this conflict become known as?
The Six-Day War

 

Which long-distance passenger train service was created in 1883 by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits?
The Orient Express

 

In 1947 the United States Secretary of State gave a speech calling for economic aid to war-torn Europe. What did the proposal become known as?
Marshall Plan

 

American author and screenwriter who died in June 2012, best known for writing the dystopian novel 'Fahrenheit 451', and the science-fiction 'The Martian Chronicles'
Ray Douglas Bradbury