Clue of the Day

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Archived Clues

• MONDAY May 20 20th CENTURY PEOPLE

  IN A PS TO AN APRIL 12, 1945 LETTER, HE WROTE, "THIS WAS DICTATED BEFORE THE WORLD FELL IN ON ME...WHAT A BLOW IT WAS. BUT--I MUST MEET IT"

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  What is Tennessee?

• FRIDAY May 17 THE CIVIL WAR

  THE LAST OF THE 11 SOUTHERN STATES TO SECEDE FROM THE UNION, IT BORDERS 6 OF THEM

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  Who are Richard Nixon & Lyndon Johnson?

• THURSDAY May 16 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTS

  THESE 2 MEN FOLLOWED EACH OTHER CONSECUTIVELY AS VICE PRESIDENT & LATER, IN REVERSE ORDER, AS PRESIDENT

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  Who are Richard Nixon & Lyndon Johnson?

• WEDNESDAY May 15 FAMOUS EUROPEANS

  AFTER MOVING TO ARGENTINA IN 1949, THIS INDUSTRIALIST WAS NAMED A RIGHTEOUS GENTILE BY YAD VASHEM

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  Who is Oskar Schindler?

• TUESDAY May 14 MODERN-DAY CHINA

  BECAUSE INTERNET CENSORS BLOCK MENTIONS OF THIS 1989 DATE, CHINESE BLOGGERS WRITE IT AS "535"

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  What is June 4?