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On This Day (July 28th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on July 28th?
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1. 1540 – Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries which of his wives on the same day ?
Catherine Howard ✓
Anne Boleyn ✓
Catherine Parr ✓
Anne of Cleves ✓
2. 1571 – La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province is founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest provinces in which country ?
Argentina ✓
Indonesia ✓
Philippines ✓
Sri Lanka ✓
3. 1821 – José de San Martín declares the independence of which country from Spain ?
Costa Rica ✓
Colombia ✓
Nicaragua ✓
Peru ✓
4. 1854 – USS Constellation, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy is commissioned. She is now a museum in which harbour ?
New Orleans ✓
Baltimore ✓
Savannah ✓
Newark ✓
5. 1866 – At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the US government for a statue of which president ?
George Washington ✓
Thomas Jefferson ✓
Abraham Lincoln ✓
John Adams ✓
6. 1896 – Which city in Florida is incorporated ?
Miami ✓
Jacksonville ✓
Tampa ✓
Orlando ✓
7. 1914 – In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on which country, igniting World War I ?
Germany ✓
Serbia ✓
Poland ✓
France ✓
8. 1935 – The first flight of which aircraft takes place ?
Douglas DC-3 ✓
Northrop Delta ✓
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ✓
Dornier Do 26 ✓
9. 1943 – World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs which city causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians ?
Hamburg ✓
Dresden ✓
Berlin ✓
Cologne ✓
10. 1973 – Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Approximately how many people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway ?
100,000 ✓
750,000 ✓
400.000 ✓
600,000 ✓
11. 1984 – The Summer Olympics officially known as the "Games of the XXIII Olympiad" were opened in which city ?
Los Angeles ✓
Tokyo ✓
London ✓
Rome ✓
12. 1996 – The remains of what are discovered near Kennewick, Washington, USA ?
Tyrannosaurus dinosaur ✓
Sabre Toothed Tiger ✓
A prehistoric man ✓
Sasquatch ✓
13. 2002 – Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in which US state, are rescued after 77 hours underground ?
Connecticut ✓
Pennsylvania ✓
Maine ✓
Oregon ✓
14. 2017 – Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif was disqualified for life by the Supreme Court of Pakistan that found him guilty of what ?
Corruption ✓
Embezzlement ✓
Espionage ✓
Dereliction of Duty ✓
15. 1866 – Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator is born. She is best known for inventing which character ?
Winnie the Pooh ✓
Paddington Bear ✓
Peter Rabbit ✓
Thomas the Tank Engine ✓
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