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On This Day (August 23rd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 23rd?
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1. 1382 – The Golden Horde led by Tokhtamysh lays siege to which city ?
Vienna ✓
Moscow ✓
Budapest ✓
Baghdad ✓
2. 1521 – Christian II of Denmark is deposed as king and Gustav Vasa is elected regent in which country ?
Denmark ✓
Norway ✓
Sweden ✓
Prussia ✓
3. 1784 – Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under what name ?
Franklin ✓
Jefferson ✓
Hancock ✓
Rutledge ✓
4. 1839 – The United Kingdom captures which area as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China ?
Singapore ✓
Ceylon ✓
Aden ✓
Hong Kong ✓
5. 1873 – Which bridge over the river Thames in London is opened ?
Albert Bridge ✓
Grosvenor Bridge ✓
Tower Bridge ✓
Hammersmith Bridge ✓
6. 1898 – The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from which city ?
Cape Town ✓
Southampton ✓
London ✓
Lisbon ✓
7. 1904 – The automobile safety accessory is patented ?
Electric horn ✓
Tyre chain ✓
Seatbelt ✓
Headlight bulb ✓
8. 1914 – World War I: Japan declares war on which country ?
China ✓
USA ✓
United Kingdom ✓
Germany ✓
9. 1944 – World War II: Which French city is liberated by the Allies ?
Nice ✓
Perpignan ✓
Marseille ✓
Caen ✓
10. 1944 – Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into what type of building in Freckleton, England ?
School ✓
Church ✓
Library ✓
Pub ✓
11. 1948 – World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from how many countries ?
62 ✓
44 ✓
31 ✓
59 ✓
12. 1985 – Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to which country ?
Soviet Union ✓
United States ✓
Cuba ✓
East Germany ✓
13. 1990 – Which country declares its independence from the Soviet Union ?
Estonia ✓
Georgia ✓
Armenia ✓
Kyrgyzstan ✓
14. 1991 – What is opened to the public on this day ?
World Wide Web ✓
Legoland, Windsor, UK ✓
Washington Metro Green Line, USA ✓
Estadio Panamericano, Havana, Cuba ✓
15. 2007 – The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members are discovered near which Russian city ?
St. Petersburg ✓
Yekaterinburg ✓
Ulan Ude ✓
Perm ✓
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