On This Day (April 12th) Multiple Choice

1. 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of which city ?

2. 1012 – Duke Oldřich of Bohemia deposes and does what to his brother Jaromír who then flees to Poland ?

3. 1204 – The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls and enter which city ?

4. 1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and what other country's ships ?

5. 1820 – Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow whos rule over Greece ?

6. 1831 – Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in England, cause it to collapse. In which city ?

7. 1877 – The United Kingdom annexes which South African region ?

8. 1937 – Sir Frank Whittle tests what for the first time in Rugby, England ?

9. 1955 – A vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective against which disease ?

10. 1961 – The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, aboard which spacecraft ?

11. 1963 – The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in which body of water ?

12. 1983 – Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of which city ?

13. 1992 – Which theme park has its official opening today ?

14. 2009 – Which country officially abandons its own currency ?

15. 1947 – Alex Briley, American disco singer, and member of the Village People was born today, which character did he portray in the band ?