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On This Day (June 10th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on June 10th?
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1. 1596 – Willem Barentsz and Jacob van Heemskerk discover which island ?
Bear Island
Ascension Island
Bouvet Island
Jan Mayen Island
2. 1624 – Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the which other nation ?
United Kingdom
Belgium
Netherlands
Spain
3. 1793 – The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public what ?
Library
Zoo
Aquarium
Execution Viewing Platform
4. 1829 – The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on which river ?
Cam
Severn
Thames
Medway
5. 1838 – Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight of which indigenous people are murdered ?
New Zealand Maoris
Native Americans
South African Bantu
Aboriginal Australians
6. 1924 – Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in which city ?
Rome
Milan
Naples
Palermo
7. 1935 – Dr. Robert Smith founds which organisation in Akron, Ohio, USA ?
Outlaws Motorcycle Club
Alcoholics Anonymous
International College of Surgeons
Fedcap Rehabilitation Services
8. 1940 – World War II: The Kingdom of Italy declares war on France and which other country ?
Spain
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Belgium
9. 1947 – Which company produces its first automobile ?
Saab
Mahindra
Toyota
Holden
10. 1963 – The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on what, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy ?
Race
Sex
Religion
Political Beliefs
11. 1977 – James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in which state of the US ?
Oklahoma
Washington
New Jersey
Tennessee
12. 1990 – British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at which airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit ?
Southampton
Heathrow
Paris CDG
Manchester
13. 1991 – Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until which year ?
2011
1998
2009
2001
14. 2001 – Pope John Paul II canonizes which country's first female saint, Saint Rafqa ?
Turkey
Ghana
Argentina
Lebanon
15. 2002 – John Gotti, American mobster, dies. What did the media call him ?
"The Teflon Don"
"The Slippery Snake"
"The Big Boss"
"The Italian Stallion"
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