On This Day (April 9th) Multiple Choice

1. 1388 – Forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels, despite being outnumbered by how many to 1 ?

2. 1440 – Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of which country ?

3. 1682 – Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of which river, claiming it for France ?

4. 1914 – One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of which country ?

5. 1937 – The first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe arrives at Croydon Airport in London. what was its name ?

6. 1947 – The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and which other state ?

7. 1948 – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in which city ?

8. 1957 – Which canal is cleared of debris and opened to shipping ?

9. 1959 – NASA announces the selection of the United States' first astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the what ?

10. 1969 – Which British-built aircraft makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford ?

11. 1991 – Which country declares independence from the Soviet Union ?

12. 1992 – A US Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to how many years in prison ?

13. 2005 – Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at the Guildhall in which town ?

14. 2017 – After refusing to give up his seat on an overbooked flight, Dr. David Dao Duy Anh is forcibly dragged off the flight by aviation security officers on which airline ?

15. 1957 – Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer and architect, is born in which Spanish region ?