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On This Day (September 26th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on September 26th ?
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1. 1087 – William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until which year ?
1100
1098
1102
1091
2. 1580 – Which explorer finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth ?
Amerigo Vespucci
Francis Drake
Christopher Columbus
James Cook
3. 1688 – The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of which country ?
Denmark
Belgium
Luxembourg
England
4. 1777 – American Revolution: British troops occupy which city ?
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
New York
5. 1810 – A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the throne of which nation ?
Denmark
Sweden
Belgium
Norway
6. 1905 – Albert Einstein publishes which of his "Annus Mirabilis" papers, introducing the special theory of relativity ?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
7. 1907 – Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and which other country are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire ?
Newfoundland
Jamaica
Fiji
Kenya
8. 1923 – The German government accepts the occupation of which region ?
Bavaria
Saxony
West Pomerania
The Ruhr
9. 1934 – Which ocean liner is launched.
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Mary
Mauretania
Empress of Britain
10. 1953 – The rationing in the United Kingdom of what product ends ?
Meat
Fuel
Sugar
Coffee
11. 1969 – Which album by The Beatles is released ?
Let It Be
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Magical Mystery Tour
Abbey Road
12. 1973 – Which airplane makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time ?
Boeing 747
Concorde
Lockheed Tristar
Airbus A300
13. 1983 – Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's domination of the race for the past how many years
132
94
161
119
14. 2000 – Anti-globalization protests in which European city turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits ?
Budapest
Prague
Bucharest
Zagreb
15. 2005 – The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called what ?
Squirt
Toddler
Sprout
Kiddywink
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