On This Day (August 13th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 13th?
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1. 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the tribes from which region ?
Moldavia
Dalmatia
Galicia
Silesia
2. 523 – Who becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas ?
Pope John I
Pope Felix IV
Pope Anastasius II
Pope Boniface II
3. 1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested as a heretic by John Calvin in which European city ?
Vienna
Rome
Geneva
Hamburg
4. 1645 – Sweden and which other nation sign Peace of Brömsebro ?
Norway
Russia
Lithuania
Denmark
5. 1650 – Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become which regiment ?
Household Cavalry
Grenadier Guards
Coldstream Guards
Royal Welch Fusiliers
6. 1792 – King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared to be what ?
Insane
An enemy of the people.
Persona non grata
Guilty of Treason
7. 1889 – William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408709 for what invention ?
A coin-controlled apparatus for telephones
Coffee vending machine
"One Armed Bandit" gaming machine
Animal restraint system
8. 1913 – The first production in the UK of which product ?
Potato Chips or Crisps
Tea Bags
Stainless Steel
Self adhesive labels
9. 1918 – Which motor car manufacturer is established as a public company in Germany ?
Porsche
Audi
Mercedes Benz
BMW
10. 1942 – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as what ?
Project Paperclip
Manhattan Project
Operation Cornflakes
Rainbow War Plans
11. 1954 – Radio Pakistan broadcasts what for the first time ?
Pop Music
Sports Reports
National Anthem
Weather Forecasts
12. 1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from which nation ?
France
United Kingdom
Belgium
Portugal
13. 1964 – Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people to be executed in which country ?
Australia
United Kingdom
Canada
New Zealand
14. 1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are honoured in what way in New York City ?
Given the Presidential Medal of Freedom
State Banquet
Freedom of the City
Ticker Tape Parade
15. 2008 – Russian units occupy part of which country ?
Afghanistan
Ukraine
Georgia
Armenia
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