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On This Day (October 19th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on October 19th?
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1. 1216 – King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his son Henry. How old was Henry at the time ?
Nine ✓
Fifteen ✓
Twenty-Two ✓
Four ✓
2. 1386 – Which university holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university ?
University of Göttingen ✓
University of Cologne ✓
Humboldt University of Berlin ✓
University of Heidelberg ✓
3. 1453 – Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in which region ?
Normandy ✓
Alsace-Lorraine ✓
Southern France ✓
Catalonia ✓
4. 1596 – The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities. It sailed from Manila destined for which country ?
Mexico ✓
Panama ✓
Venezuela ✓
Spain ✓
5. 1812 – The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from which city ?
St.Petersburg ✓
Moscow ✓
Minsk ✓
Kiev ✓
6. 1912 – Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now which country from the Ottoman Empire ?
Tunisia ✓
Morocco ✓
Libya ✓
Ethiopia ✓
7. 1922 – British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government it has with which political party ?
Liberal ✓
Labour ✓
Whigs ✓
Scottish Nationalist ✓
8. 1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for which disease, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University ?
Smallpox ✓
Rabies ✓
Measles ✓
Tuberculosis ✓
9. 1944 – United States forces land in which country ?
Indonesia ✓
Philippines ✓
Papua New Guinea ✓
Malaysia ✓
10. 1944 – A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year revolution in which country ?
Mexico ✓
Honduras ✓
Guatemala ✓
Venezuela ✓
11. 1950 – Which country is the to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program ?
Iran ✓
Yemen ✓
Liberia ✓
Chile ✓
12. 1986 – The president of Mozambique, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into which African mountain range ?
Hoggar ✓
Lebombo ✓
Drakensberg ✓
Rwenzori ✓
13. 1989 – The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent how long in prison ?
Two Years ✓
Eight Years ✓
Nineteen Years ✓
Fifteen Years ✓
14. 2003 – Mother Teresa is beatified by which Pope ?
John Paul II ✓
Benedict XVI ✓
Francis ✓
John Paul I ✓
15. 2005 – Which hurricane becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb ?
Katrina ✓
Dennis ✓
Wilma ✓
Rita ✓
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