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On This Day (February 3rd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on February 3rd ?
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1. 1690 – The colony of Massachusetts is the first in the Americas to issue what?
Paper Money ✓
Tax Demands ✓
Stamps ✓
Unemployment Benefit ✓
2. 1807 – A British military force, under the command of Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures which Spanish Empire city ?
Santiago ✓
San Salvador ✓
Cuzco ✓
Montevideo ✓
3. 1943 – Eric Haydock, English bass player, was born in Stockport, UK. He was the original bass guitarist in which band ?
The Hollies ✓
The Yardbirds ✓
The Rolling Stones ✓
The Who ✓
4. 1945 – World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake which city from Japan ?
Davao ✓
Manila ✓
Cebu ✓
Ormoc ✓
5. 1953 - J Fred Muggs becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show. What is he ?
Comedian ✓
Chimpanzee ✓
Singer / Dancer ✓
Magician ✓
6. 1959 – Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near which city ?
Clear Lake, Iowa ✓
Clark's Grove, Minnesota ✓
Miller, South Dakota ✓
Salina, Kansas ✓
7. 1961 – The United States Air Forces begins which operation ensuring a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air ?
Operation Skyfall ✓
Operation Flying Eye ✓
Operation Looking Glass ✓
Operation Long Range ✓
8. 1966 – The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to do what ?
Orbit the Moon ✓
Make a soft landing on the moon ✓
Fly beyond Mars ✓
Return safely to Earth ✓
9. 1972 – The first day of a seven-day blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history, in which Asian country ?
Turkey ✓
Syria ✓
Bangladesh ✓
Iran ✓
10. 1982 - John Sharples of England finishes 371 hours of what ?
Disco Dancing ✓
Sitting in a bath of beans ✓
Unicycling ✓
Trampolining ✓
11. 1984 – John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announce history's first successful what ?
Embryo Transfer ✓
Lung Transplant ✓
Ear Implants ✓
Elbow Replacement ✓
12. 1989 – South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party after suffering from what ?
Heart Attack ✓
Pneumonia ✓
Stroke ✓
Cancer ✓
13. 1994 - Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme weds Darcy Lapier in in which Asian city ?
Hanoi ✓
Singapore ✓
Tokyo ✓
Bangkok ✓
14. 1998 – A United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane hits what near Trento, Italy ?
Town Hall ✓
Bus ✓
Cable Car ✓
Ferris Wheel ✓
15. 2014 – Two people are shot and killed and 29 students are taken hostage at a high school in which Russian city ?
Vladivostok ✓
Moscow ✓
Saint Petersburg ✓
Yekaterinburg ✓
16. 2023 - A freight train carrying hazardous cargoes derails and catches fire releasing chemicals to the air and contaminating which US river?
Ohio ✓
Mississippi ✓
Hudson ✓
Rio Grande ✓
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