On This Day (October 20th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on October 20th?
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1. 1548 – Which national capital city is founded by Alonso de Mendoza ?
Panama City, Panama
La Paz, Bolivia
Quito, Ecuador
Santiago, Chile
2. 1720 – Which pirate of the Caribbean is captured by the Royal Navy ?
Calico Jack
Blackbeard
Henry Morgan
Captain Kidd
3. 1910 – The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in which city ?
Liverpool
Glasgow
Belfast
Southampton
4. 1944 – World War II: The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate which city ?
Zagreb
Dubrovnik
Skopje
Belgrade
5. 1944 – Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks in which US city ?
Detroit
Oklahoma City
Cleveland
Jacksonville
6. 1951 – Al Greenwood, American keyboard player is born. Which band was he a founder member of ?
Foreigner
Toto
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Alabama
7. 1952 – The Governor declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising in which African country ?
Somalia
Kenya
Mozambique
Equatorial Guinea
8. 1961 – Which country performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile ?
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
France
United States
9. 1968 – Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis on which Greek island ?
Lesbos
Zakynthos
Skorpios
Santorini
10. 1973 – Which iconic building is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction ?
The Gherkin, London
The Lotus Temple, New Delhi
São Paulo Museum of Art
Sydney Opera House
11. 1976 – The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing which river ?
Thames
Mississippi
Zambezi
Ganges
12. 1977 – Which rock band's airplane crashes killing the lead singer and a guitarist ?
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Grateful Dead
Def Leppard
Rammstein
13. 1981 – Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army in which US state ?
New Jersey
New York
California
Texas
14. 1982 – During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster in which European city ?
Minsk
Amsterdam
Moscow
Budapest
15. Today is celebrated in the USA as what ?
National Office Chocolate Day
National Fluffernutter Day
National Hot Mulled Cider Day
National Mustard Day
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