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On This Day (July 10th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on July 10th?
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1. 138 – Which Roman Emperor dies of heart failure at the then popular resort of Baiae near Naples ?
Hadrian ✓
Trajan ✓
Antoninus Pius ✓
Lucius Verus ✓
2. 988 – The Norse King Glúniairn recognises and agrees to pay taxes to Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill. The event is considered to be the founding of which city ?
Edinburgh ✓
Helsinki ✓
Gothenburg ✓
Dublin ✓
3. 1499 – The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon after discovering the sea route to where ?
India ✓
China ✓
Southern Africa ✓
North America ✓
4. 1553 – Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England. How long is her reign ?
Nine Months ✓
Nine Days ✓
Nine Years ✓
Nine Hours ✓
5. 1869 – Which Swedish city is largely destroyed in a fire leaving 80% of its residents homeless ?
Sundsvall ✓
Uppsala ✓
Gävle ✓
Karlstad ✓
6. 1890 – Which state is admitted as the 44th U.S. state ?
Montana ✓
North Dakota ✓
South Dakota ✓
Wyoming ✓
7. 1921 – Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in which UK city ?
Glasgow, Scotland ✓
Belfast, NI ✓
Birmingham, England ✓
Liverpool, England ✓
8. 1942 – Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and which nation are established ?
United Kingdom ✓
United States ✓
China ✓
Soviet Union ✓
9. 1942 – An American pilot spots a downed, intact airplane on Akutan Island that the US Navy uses to learn it's flight characteristics. What type of airplane was it ?
Dornier Flying Boat ✓
Kawasaki Ki-100 ✓
Mitsubishi Zero ✓
Nakajima Kate ✓
10. 1943 – World War II: Operation Husky begins on which island ?
Jersey ✓
Sicily ✓
Crete ✓
Malta ✓
11. 1973 – Which nation gains full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations ?
Bahamas ✓
Barbados ✓
Tonga ✓
Zimbabwe ✓
12. 1985 – The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in which city's harbour by French DGSE agents ?
Sydney ✓
Hong Kong ✓
Auckland ✓
Port Moresby ✓
13. 1991 – Which cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following a change of regime in the country ?
South Africa ✓
Zimbabwe ✓
Sri Lanka ✓
Pakistan ✓
14. 2007 – Erden Eruç begins the first solo circumnavigation of the world by what means ?
Following the Equator ✓
Via both Poles ✓
With no money ✓
Using only human power ✓
15. 2019 – The last of which iconic car rolls off the production line in Puebla, Mexico ?
Land Rover Defender ✓
Volkswagen Beetle ✓
Citroen 2CV ✓
Mini Cooper ✓
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