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On This Day (December 9th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 9th?
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1. 1793 – New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster. Within a few years it was renamed as what ?
Long Island Press
Commercial Advertiser
New York Evening Express
Staten Island Register
2. 1851 – The first YMCA in North America is established in which city ?
Montreal
New York
Los Angeles
Vancouver
3. 1868 – The first traffic lights are installed, outside of which building in London ?
Buckingham Palace
Tower of London
Marble Arch
Palace of Westminster
4. 1892 – Which English football club is founded ?
Crewe Alexandra
Brighton and Hove Albion
Newcastle United
Chelsea
5. 1922 – Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of which country ?
Finland
Poland
Hungary
Liechtenstein
6. 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on which Chinese city ?
Nanjing
Shanghai
Wuhan
Xian
7. 1941 – World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of which island ?
Java
Honshu
Luzon
Borneo
8. 1953 – Red Scare: Which company announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company ?
Ford
Universal Studios
McDonalds
General Electric
9. 1960 – The first episode of the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom. What is it called ?
Eastenders
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Crossroads
10. 1962 – The Petrified Forest National Park is established in which state of the US ?
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Montana
11. 1965 – Kecksburg UFO incident: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near which city ?
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Toronto
12. 1988 – The Michael Hughes Bridge is officially opened in which Irish county ?
Co. Kerry
Co. Waterford
Co. Dublin
Co. Sligo
13. 1992 – American troops land in which country for Operation Restore Hope ?
El Salvador
Kuwait
East Timor
Somalia
14. 2017 – The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making which country the 26th to legalize same-sex marriage ?
Australia
United Kingdom
Canada
Sweden
15. 2019 – A volcano on which island in New Zealand, kills at least 18 people after it erupts ?
Codfish Island
White Island
Red Mercury Island
Forsyth Island
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