On This Day (April 14th) Multiple Choice

1. 966 – After his marriage to Doubravka of Bohemia, Mieszko I converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of which modern day nation ?

2. 1205 – Battle of Adrianople between the Crusaders and which people ?

3. 1434 – The foundation stone is laid at the start of the construction of which French Cathedral ?

4. 1865 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth in which Washington theatre ?

5. 1902 – James Cash Penney opens his first store in which city ?

6. 1028 – Henry III, son of Conrad, is elected King of where ?

7. 1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at what time ?

8. 1927 – Which car manufacturer displays their first car in Gothenburg, Sweden ?

9. 1942 – Which island receives the George Cross for its gallantry by King George VI and is now an emblem on its flag ?

10. 1981 – The first operational Space Shuttle completes its first test flight, what was it called ?

11. 1986 – What falls on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92 ?

12. 2003 – The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of what percentage ?.

13. 2003 – U.S. troops capture Abu Abbas, leader of the terrorist group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauro. Which group ?

14. 2005 – The Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County in which state ?

15. 1945 – Ritchie Blackmore, English guitarist and songwriter, founding member of rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow, is born in which English seaside resort ?