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Questions

On This Day In January 1997 - ______ Gumbel signed off for the last time as host of NBC's "Today" show.?

On This Day In January 1998 - China announced that it would spend $27.7 billion to fight ______ and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow river valleys.?

On This Day In January 1999 - ______ authorities detained, and later expelled, 14 members of Concerned Christians. Israili officials claimed that the Denver, CO-based cult was plotting violence in Jerusalem to bring about the Second Coming of Christ.?

On This Day In January 2001 - The ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) charged the "Texas 7" with weapons violations. An ______ showed that Office Aubrey Hawkins, killed by the convicts, had been shot 11 times and run over with a vehicle.?

On This Day In January 1710 - ______ Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was born.?