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On This Day (June 12th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on June 12th?
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1. 1381 – Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels arrive at what is now which part of London ?.
Blackheath ✓
Hendon ✓
Southall ✓
Notting Hill ✓
2. 1665 – Thomas Willett is appointed the first mayor of which city ?
London ✓
Manchester ✓
New York ✓
Boston ✓
3. 1772 – French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by which indigenous people ?
Moor ✓
Maori ✓
Aborigine ✓
Native American ✓
4. 1817 – The "Dandy Horse", is driven by Karl von Drais. It is the earliest form of what method of transport ?
Unicycle ✓
Two Wheeled Carriage ✓
Motor Vehicle ✓
Bicycle ✓
5. 1898 – Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from which nation ?
Netherlands ✓
Spain ✓
Portugal ✓
United Kingdom ✓
6. 1921 – Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of what against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising ?
Tanks ✓
Artillery Guns ✓
Chemical Weapons ✓
Water Cannons ✓
7. 1939 – Which Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York ?
Baseball Hall of Fame ✓
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ✓
Pro Football Hall of Fame ✓
Country Music Hall of Fame ✓
8. 1942 – Anne Frank receives a diary for which of her birthdays ?
Twelfth ✓
Fourteenth ✓
Eleventh ✓
Thirteenth ✓
9. 1964 – Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa for what crime ?
Assault ✓
Sabotage ✓
Treason ✓
Manslaughter ✓
10. 1979 – Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight in the "Gossamer Albatross" across which body of water ?
Strait of Gibraltar ✓
Bay of Fundy ✓
English Channel ✓
Cook Strait ✓
11. 1987 – Which country's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule ?
Senegal ✓
Central African Republic ✓
Mozambique ✓
Republic of the Congo ✓
12. 1987 – Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to do what ?
Tear Down the Berlin Wall ✓
Release all Political Prisoners ✓
Disarm Nuclear Weapons ✓
Resign ✓
13. 1997 – Queen Elizabeth II reopens which theatre in London ?
The Old Vic ✓
Royal Court Theatre ✓
Garrick Theatre ✓
The Globe ✓
14. 2009 – A disputed presidential election in which country leads to wide-ranging local and international protests ?
Russia ✓
Iran ✓
USA ✓
Taiwan ✓
15. 2017 – American student Otto Warmbier returns home in a coma after spending 17 months in a prison in which country ?
Thailand ✓
Venezuela ✓
North Korea ✓
Yemen ✓
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