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On This Day (September 4th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on September 4th ?
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Last updated: September 4, 2020
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1. 1282 – Peter III of Aragon becomes the King of which Mediterranean island ?
Sicily ✓
Corsica ✓
Majorca ✓
Malta ✓
2. 1607 – The "Flight of the Earls" takes place from which country ?
England ✓
Norway ✓
Ireland ✓
Denmark ✓
3. 1781 – Which city is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles by 44 Spanish settlers ?
El Paso ✓
Los Angeles ✓
Las Vegas ✓
Phoenix ✓
4. 1800 – The French garrison in which city surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the local population ?
Tripoli, Libya ✓
Larnaca, Cyprus ✓
Port Said, Egypt ✓
Valletta, Malta ✓
5. 1882 – The Pearl Street Station in which city becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers ?
London ✓
Paris ✓
New York ✓
Boston ✓
6. 1888 – George Eastman recieves a patent and registers which trademark ?
Polaroid ✓
Kodak ✓
Xerox ✓
Kodachrome ✓
7. 1923 – Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship. What was it's name ?
USS Macon ✓
USS Akron ✓
USS Los Angeles ✓
USS Shenandoah ✓
8. 1939 – World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany. What other first is he famous for ?
First pilot to be shot down and killed in WW2 ✓
First pilot taken as a POW in WW2 ✓
First pilot to shoot down an enemy airplane ✓
First pilot to escape from a POW camp ✓
9. 1944 – World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates which Belgian city ?
Brugges ✓
Namur ✓
Antwerp ✓
Charleroi ✓
10. 1950 – Which circuit is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race ?
Daytona International Speedway ✓
Phoenix Raceway ✓
Talladega Superspeedway ✓
Darlington Raceway ✓
11. 1964 – Scotland's Forth Road Bridge officially opens near which city ?
Edinburgh ✓
Glasgow ✓
Dundee ✓
Inverness ✓
12. 1970 – Salvador Allende is elected President of which South American country ?
Peru ✓
Chile ✓
Bolivia ✓
Ecuador ✓
13. 1977 – The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in a restaurant in which Californian city ?
Los Angeles ✓
San Diego ✓
San Francisco ✓
Sacramento ✓
14. 1998 – Which Internet company is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University ?
eBay ✓
Instagram ✓
Wikipedia ✓
Google ✓
15. 1951 – Martin Chambers, English drummer and singer is born. He was a founding member of which band ?
The Pretenders ✓
The Clash ✓
The Stranglers ✓
Status Quo ✓
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Level 49
Sep 20, 2023
You're missing the Jetpunk Sept 4 2018 Incident.
toowise
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Level 78
Sep 20, 2023
Don't remember that, but remind me and I'll put it in when I do the updates later in the year.
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