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On This Day (September 14th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on September 14th ?
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1. 1682 – Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded. But in which city ?
Swansea ✓
Cardiff ✓
Bangor ✓
St. Davids ✓
2. 1723 – Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel on which island ?
Madeira ✓
Ibiza ✓
Malta ✓
Cyprus ✓
3. 1752 – The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping how many days ?
Eight ✓
Eleven ✓
Fourteen ✓
Five ✓
4. 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters which city ?
Minsk ✓
St. Petersburg ✓
Kiev ✓
Moscow ✓
5. 1917 – The Russian Empire is formally replaced and renamed as what ?
Soviet Union ✓
Russian Republic ✓
Russia ✓
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ✓
6. 1936 – Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans on which island ?
Tenerife ✓
Corsica ✓
Ibiza ✓
Guernsey ✓
7. 1944 – World War II: Which is the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces ?
Maastricht ✓
Eindhoven ✓
Terneuzen ✓
Weert ✓
8. 1948 – The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of an operation called what ?
Operation Trebor ✓
Operation Polo ✓
Operation Dressage ✓
Operation Ganges ✓
9. 1960 – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded in which city ?
Doha ✓
Muscat ✓
Abu Dhabi ✓
Baghdad ✓
10. 1975 – The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by which Pope ?
Pope John XIII ✓
Pope John Paul II ✓
Pope Paul VI ✓
Pope Benedict XVI ✓
11. 1984 – Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean by what means ?
Gas Balloon ✓
Hovercraft ✓
Hot Air Balloon ✓
Glider ✓
12. 1994 – The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of what ?
Potential Virus ✓
Strike ✓
Financial Problems ✓
Actual Illness ✓
13. 1999 – Kiribati, Nauru and which other Pacific state join the United Nations ?
Samoa ✓
Palau ✓
Tonga ✓
Marshall Islands ✓
14. 2000 – Microsoft releases which version of Windows ?
Me ✓
XP ✓
Vista ✓
2000 ✓
15. 2007 – Financial crisis of 2007–2008: Which bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years ?
National Westminster ✓
Coutts ✓
Barclays ✓
Northern Rock ✓
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