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• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

What name is given to Emperor Hirohito’s 15 August 1945 surrender broadcast?

Answer

Gyokuon-hōsō

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• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

Which Japanese city was struck by the second atomic bomb in 1945?

Answer

Nagasaki

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• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

Which Japanese city was the first target of an atomic bomb in World War II?

Answer

Hiroshima

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• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

What was the name of the Allied declaration that set Japan’s 1945 surrender terms?

Answer

Potsdam Declaration

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• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

Who signed Japan’s surrender document first on behalf of the Japanese government?

Answer

Mamoru Shigemitsu

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

In the Revolutionary War history commemorated by America250, which June 1775 battle was a British victory despite heavy losses?

Answer

Battle of Bunker Hill

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

In the Revolutionary history commemorated by America250, which 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine argued for independence from Britain?

Answer

Common Sense

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

Which four U.S. cities did the 2016 semiquincentennial law identify as leading cities for America250 events?

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Boston, Philadelphia, New York City, and Charleston

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

What was the name of America250’s nationwide communal meal held on July 5, 2026?

Answer

America’s Potluck

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

Who hosted Philadelphia’s One Philly: Unity Concert for America during America250?

Answer

Wanda Sykes

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

In America250’s time-capsule plan, in what year is the capsule scheduled to be unearthed?

Answer

2276

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• America's 250th Anniversary (America250)

Which treaty officially ended the American Revolutionary War?

Answer

Treaty of Paris (1783)

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