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Each of the following events happened on July 31. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) US swimmer Michael Phelps captures an unprecedented 19th career Olympic medal when he helps the American team win the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay at the Summer Games in London.
• B) Marilyn Monroe, then known as Norma Jean Dougherty, signs her first movie contract. The deal with 20th Century Fox pays Dougherty $150/week.
• C) A hurricane strikes Florida’s east coast, sinking 10 Spanish treasure ships carrying ~14 million pesos worth of gold and silver, and killing nearly 1,000 people. The treasure wouldn’t be recovered until 250 years later.
• D) Apollo 15 astronauts James B. Irwin and David Scott first use the four-wheeled battery-powered Lunar Roving Vehicle to extensively explore the Moon’s surface.

Hint: Phelps won 4 gold medals in London

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C, B, D, A

• C) 1715 – A hurricane strikes the east coast of Florida, sinking 10 Spanish treasure ships.
• B) 1946 – Marilyn Monroe signs her first movie contract.
• D) 1971 – Apollo 15 astronauts first use the Lunar Roving Vehicle.
• A) 2012 – Michael Phelps captures an unprecedented 19th career Olympic medal.

*Disclaimer: Based on internal data; results vary

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