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On This Day (September 6th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on September 6th ?
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1. 1492 – Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. Where is La Gomera ?
Mainland Spain ✓
Portugal ✓
Canary Islands ✓
Azores ✓
2. 1620 – The Pilgrims sail from which English port on the Mayflower to settle in North America ?
Penzance ✓
Plymouth ✓
Portsmouth ✓
Southampton ✓
3. 1642 – England's Parliament bans what activity ?
Stage Plays ✓
Archery ✓
Performing Bears ✓
Gambling ✓
4. 1863 – American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in which state ?
Maine ✓
Virginia ✓
Massachusetts ✓
South Carolina ✓
5. 1870 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to do what legally ?
Own a Casino ✓
Cast a Vote ✓
Drive a Locomotive ✓
Compete in a Rodeo ✓
6. 1885 – The autonomous territory of Eastern Rumelia declares its union with which European country ?
Romania ✓
Albania ✓
Bulgaria ✓
Hungary ✓
7. 1916 – The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in which US city ?
Wichita, Kansas ✓
Detroit, Michigan ✓
Memphis, Tennessee ✓
St. Louis, Missouri ✓
8. 1930 – Democratically elected president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup in which country ?
Argentina ✓
Venezuela ✓
Chile ✓
Bolivia ✓
9. 1944 – World War II: Which city in Belgium is liberated by Allied forces ?
Namur ✓
Ypres ✓
Charleroi ✓
Brugges ✓
10. 1962 – Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to which century in the Blackfriars area of London ?
Third Century BC ✓
Seventh Century AD ✓
Thirteenth Century AD ✓
Second Century AD ✓
11. 1966 – Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting in which South African city ?
Cape Town ✓
Pretoria ✓
Johannesburg ✓
Durban ✓
12. 1970 – Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorists and taken to Dawson's Field airstrip in which country ?
Lebanon ✓
Israel ✓
Jordan ✓
Syria ✓
13. 1976 – Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in which country ?
Japan ✓
United States ✓
United Kingdom ✓
Canada ✓
14. 1997 – The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Approximately how many people watched on TV worldwide ?
1.5 billion ✓
3.0 billion ✓
2.0 billion ✓
2.5 billion ✓
15. 2013 – Forty one elephants are poisoned by poachers in Hwange National Park in which country ?
Zimbabwe ✓
Zambia ✓
Tanzania ✓
Kenya ✓
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