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On This Day (June 18th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on June 18th?
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1. 1178 – Five monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. Where is the Giordano bruno crater ?
France ✓
Arabian Peninsula ✓
The Moon ✓
Sahara Desert ✓
2. 1633 – Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, in which city ?
Edinburgh ✓
Stirling ✓
London ✓
Glasgow ✓
3. 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon which city ?
Boston ✓
Philadelphia ✓
Charlotte ✓
Richmond ✓
4. 1815 – The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington. In which country is the site of the battle ?
France ✓
Luxembourg ✓
Germany ✓
Belgium ✓
5. 1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to do what ?
Open a "Fight Club" ✓
Vote in a presidential election ✓
Sell slaves ✓
Own a bar ✓
6. 1908 – The University of where is established ?
The Philippines ✓
Sao Paolo ✓
Adelaide ✓
Lesotho ✓
7. 1935 – Police in Vancouver, Canada clash with striking workers from which industry ?
Truck Drivers ✓
Dock Workers ✓
Locomotive Engineers ✓
Construction Workers ✓
8. 1945 – William Joyce is charged with treason. By what name was he infamously known ?
Tokyo Joe ✓
Axis Albert ✓
Lord Haw Haw ✓
Berlin Bobby ✓
9. 1948 – Columbia Records introduces which music format in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City ?
Long Playing Vinyl Album ✓
Cassette Tape ✓
Eight Track Cartridge ✓
Single Vinyl Record ✓
10. 1954 – Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the border setting in motion a coup d'état in which country ?
Venezuela ✓
Guatemala ✓
Honduras ✓
El Salvador ✓
11. 1972 – 118 people are killed when a British European Airways Trident crashes two minutes after take off from which airport ?
Manchester ✓
Paris Orly ✓
Berlin Templehof ✓
London Heathrow ✓
12. 1979 – SALT II is signed by the United States and which nation ?
Russia ✓
China ✓
Soviet Union ✓
United Kingdom ✓
13. 1982 – Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath which bridge in London, England ?
Blackfriars Bridge ✓
London Bridge ✓
Tower Bridge ✓
Vauxhall Bridge ✓
14. 1984 – A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike. Where in the UK is Orgreave ?
Lancashire ✓
Gwent ✓
Nottinghamshire ✓
South Yorkshire ✓
15. 2006 – The first space satellite from which former Soviet country is launched ?
Kyrgyzstan ✓
Kazakhstan ✓
Uzbekistan ✓
Ukraine ✓
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