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On This Day (February 15th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on February 15th ?
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1. 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of which country ?
Persia
San Marino
Albania
Bavaria
2. 1214 – During the Anglo-French War, an English invasion force led by John, King of England, lands at which French port ?
Calais
La Rochelle
Le Havre
St. Malo
3. 1471 – Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian ruler, was born on this day. By what name was he more commonly known ?
Piero the Unfortunate
Piero the Short
Piero the Infectious
Piero the Foolish
4. 1764 – Which city is established in Spanish Louisiana ?
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Pensacola
St. Louis
5. 1898 – The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks in which harbour, killing 274?
Havana, Cuba
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Charleston, USA
Nassau, Bahamas
6. 1923 – Greece becomes the last European country to adopt what ?.
The Gregorian Calendar
Driving on the Right
Visa System for Passports
Democratic Government
7. 1949 – Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover what ?
Mummified King
Blackbeards Treasure
Dead Sea Scrolls
Evidence of Viking Habitation
8. 1954 – Canada and the United States agree to the construction of what in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska?
Oil Pipelines
System of Radar Stations
Railway Lines
Deep Sea Ports
9. 1961 – Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States team of which sport ?
Basketball
Figure Skating
Gymnastics
Soccer
10. 1965 – Which country adopts a new flag ?
India
Australia
Brazil
Canada
11. 1971 - Today was known as what day in the United Kingdom ?
Decimal Day
National Park Day
Entry to Europe Day
Glam Rock Day
12. 1982 – The drilling rig "Ocean Ranger" sinks during a storm off the coast of where, killing 84 workers ?
Scotland
Texas
Newfoundland
Svalbard
13. 1989 – The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left which country ?
Hungary
Afghanistan
Iraq
Mongolia
14. 2012 – Three hundred and sixty people die in a fire at a prison in which Central American country ?
Costa Rica
Panama
Belize
Honduras
15. A meteor explodes injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings over which country?
Angola
Mexico
Russia
New Zealand
16. 2021 - Sixty people drown and hundreds are missing after a boat sinks on which African river?
Congo
Nile
Zambezi
Niger
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