The Grammy Award for best female rhythm & blues vocal performance, given annually since 1967, was won each year for the first eight years by the same singer: Aretha Franklin.

Two of American history’s most infamous men, Lee Harvey Oswald and John Dillinger, aren’t often thought of together, but they do have something in common. They both were apprehended:

A) In Dallas, Texas

B) Upon leaving a movie theater

C) By the same FBI agent

D) With the assistance of their girlfriends

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