On This Day (August 22nd) Multiple Choice

1. 1485 – The Battle of Bosworth Field results in the death of Richard III and the end of which royal house ?

2. 1654 – Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known immigrant to America that followed which religion ?

3. 1798 – Troops from which country land at Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid the rebellion ?

4. 1827 – José de la Mar becomes President of which South American nation ?

5. 1851 – The first America's Cup is won by a yacht named what ?

6. 1902 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in a what ?

7. 1941 – World War II: German troops begin the Siege of which city ?

8. 1949 – The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the Cascadia earthquake in which year ?

9. 1968 – Pope Paul VI arrives in Latin America on the first papal visit to that region. In which city does he land ?

10. 1972 – Which former country is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies ?

11. 1978 – The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies the national palace in which country ?

12. 1985 – British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at which UK airport resulting in 55 deaths ?

13. 1991 – Which country is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states ?

14. 2004 – Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in which city ?

15. 2012 – Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in the Tana River District of which country result in more than 52 deaths ?