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On This Day (June 1st) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on June 1st?
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1. 1495 – A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of what drink ?.
Gin
Guiness
Scotch Whisky
Lager Beer
2. 1533 – Which of Henry VIII's wives is crowned Queen of England ?
Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymour
Catherine of Aragon
Anne of Cleves
3. 1648 – The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at which battle in the Second English Civil War ?
Battle of Preston
Battle of Maidstone
Battle of St Fagans
Battle of Carbisdale
4. 1796 – Which state is admitted as the 16th state of the United States ?
Tennessee
Kentucky
Kansas
Arkansas
5. 1831 – James Clark Ross becomes the first European at which point on earth ?
Cape Horn
Kamchatka Peninsula
Magnetic North Pole
Pitcairn Island
6. 1855 – The American adventurer William Walker conquers which central American country ?
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
7. 1868 – The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing which native Americans to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico ?
Cherokee
Navajo
Seminole
Apache
8. 1929 – The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in which city ?
Caracas
Lima
Buenos Aires
Santiago
9. 1943 – BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay, killing British actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill who ?
Winston Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
Neville Chamberlain
Haile Selassie
10. 1962 – Adolf Eichmann is hanged in which country ?
Argentina
Netherlands
Poland
Israel
11. 1974 – Which medical maneuver is published in the journal Emergency Medicine ?
Valsalva's maneuver
Heimlich maneuver
Phalen's maneuver
Leopold's maneuvers
12. 1980 – Which TV channel begins broadcasting ?
Cable News Network (CNN)
Music Television (MTV)
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
13. 1999 – American Airlines Flight 1420 from Dallas, Texas slides and crashes while landing at it's destination in which city ?
Bangor, Maine
Portland, Oregon
Little Rock, Arkansas
Anchorage, Alaska
14. 2009 – Which company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history ?
Exxon
Walmart
Sears
General Motors
15. 1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress is born. She attended which Los Angeles high school ?
Bellarmine-Jefferson High School
Van Nuys High School
San Gabriel Mission High School
Pete Knight High School
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