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31/10/2010

Halloween Happenings

All these headlines could have been written for events that occurred on Halloween in an earlier year.

Identify the words that have been replaced by their initial letters from the following October 31st headlines.

There are 2 separate sets of initials in each question.

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1.

1517: NFT found on WC door

Ninety Five Theses;

Wittenberg Church

2.

1794: JD’s first lecture to Manchester’s L/PS

John Dalton;

Literary/Philosophical Society

3.

1864: N becomes 36th US S

Nevada;

State

4.

1926: E,HH dies of P after his appendix ruptures

Escapologist, Harry Houdini;

Peritonitis

5.

1955: PM says she will not be marrying CPT

Princess Margaret;

Captain Peter Townsend

6.

1963: What a sad day - HKIMN!  Birth of JMOTS

Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now;

Johnnie Marr of The Smiths

7.

1984: Assassination of IG spark riots in ND

Indira Gandhi;

New Delhi

8.

1992: PJPTS admits G was not a heretic after all

Pope John Paul The Second;

Galileo

9.

1993: LDV comes to an end for Director FF

La Dolce Vita;

Frederico Fellini

10.

1997: British au pair LW convicted of S-DM

Louise Woodward;

Second-Degree Murder