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On This Day (August 31st) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on August 31st?
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1. 1314 – King Haakon V of Norway moves the capital to Oslo from which city ?
Fredrikstad ✓
Bergen ✓
Stavanger ✓
Kristiansand ✓
2. 1422 – King Henry V of England dies while in France of which condition ?
Dysentry ✓
Plague ✓
Heart Disease ✓
Head Injury ✓
3. 1776 – William Livingston begins serving his first term as the first Governor of which state ?
Massachusetts ✓
Delaware ✓
New Jersey ✓
Maryland ✓
4. 1795 – The British capture Trincomalee from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands. What is Trincomalee known as today ?
Sri Lanka ✓
Myanmar ✓
Singapore ✓
Bhutan ✓
5. 1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on which city ?
Newark ✓
Atlanta ✓
Memphis ✓
Mobile ✓
6. 1888 – Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims in which district of London ?
Woolwich ✓
Camberwell ✓
Fulham ✓
Whitechapel ✓
7. 1918 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by an Army Corps from which country ?
Australia ✓
United Kingdom ✓
United States ✓
South Africa ✓
8. 1935 – In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, which country passes the first of its Neutrality Acts ?
Switzerland ✓
United States ✓
Spain ✓
Russia ✓
9. 1936 – Which radio station, now an official international broadcasting station of an Eastern European country, goes on the air ?
Radio Kiev ✓
Radio Bucharest ✓
Radio Prague ✓
Radio Tirana ✓
10. 1943 – "USS Harmon" is commissioned. It is the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after what ?
A Native American ✓
A black person ✓
An insect ✓
A mountain ✓
11. 1957 – The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from which country ?
Netherlands ✓
France ✓
Spain ✓
United Kingdom ✓
12. 1986 – The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in which sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev ?
Black Sea ✓
Baltic Sea ✓
Caspian Sea ✓
Sea of Japan ✓
13. 1993 – Russia completes removing its troops from which country ?
Latvia ✓
Lithuania ✓
Estonia ✓
Belarus ✓
14. 1994 – Russia completes removing its troops from which country ?
Latvia ✓
Lithuania ✓
Estonia ✓
Belarus ✓
15. 1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash on what type of road in Paris ?
Bridge ✓
Motorway ✓
Alleyway ✓
Tunnel ✓
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