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On This Day (June 22nd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on June 22nd?
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1. 1527 – Fatahillah expels Portuguese forces from Sunda Kelapa, now regarded as the foundation of which Asian city ?
Jakarta ✓
Manila ✓
Singapore ✓
Kuala Lumpur ✓
2. 1783 – A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches which city in France ?
Toulouse ✓
Perpignan ✓
Le Havre ✓
Lille ✓
3. 1893 – Which Royal Navy battleship accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria killing 358 crew, including the fleet's commander ?
HMS Implacable ✓
HMS Camperdown ✓
HMS Goliath ✓
HMS Royal Oak ✓
4. 1911 – Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of which city ?
Tijuana ✓
Monterrey ✓
Hermosillo ✓
Durango ✓
5. 1921 – Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region in which country ?
Algeria ✓
Gambia ✓
Mali ✓
Morocco ✓
6. 1940 – World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany. It was signed in what mode of transport ?
Submarine ✓
Railway carriage ✓
Bus ✓
Private Yacht ✓
7. 1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany invades which country in Operation Barbarossa ?
Soviet Union ✓
Norway ✓
Turkey ✓
Malta ✓
8. 1944 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as what ?
The Soldiers Charter ✓
The G.I. Bill ✓
The Military Mend ✓
The Army Apology ✓
9. 1948 – The ship "HMT Empire Windrush" brought the first group of 802 West Indian immigrants to which UK port ?
Portbury ✓
Southampton ✓
Liverpool ✓
Tilbury ✓
10. 1948 – King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", how long after Britain actually gave up its rule of India ?
One year ✓
Two years ✓
Six months ✓
Two months ✓
11. 1984 – Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from which UK airport ?
London Gatwick ✓
Prestwick ✓
London Heathrow ✓
Manchester ✓
12. 2012 – President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco in which country ?
Spain ✓
Paraguay ✓
Guatemala ✓
Andorra ✓
13. 2009 – A metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station in which city ?
New York ✓
Seattle ✓
Dallas ✓
Washington D.C. ✓
14. 1936 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor is born. In the film "Convoy" what was his CB handle ?
Rubber Duck ✓
Cottonmouth ✓
Pig Pen ✓
Spider Mike ✓
15. 1949 – Meryl Streep, American actress and singer is also born on this day. She won an Oscar for portraying which world leader ?
Golda Meir ✓
Eva Peron ✓
Margaret Thatcher ✓
Benazir Bhutto ✓
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