On This Day (August 23rd) Multiple Choice

1. 1382 – The Golden Horde led by Tokhtamysh lays siege to which city ?

2. 1521 – Christian II of Denmark is deposed as king and Gustav Vasa is elected regent in which country ?

3. 1784 – Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under what name ?

4. 1839 – The United Kingdom captures which area as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China ?

5. 1873 – Which bridge over the river Thames in London is opened ?

6. 1898 – The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from which city ?

7. 1904 – The automobile safety accessory is patented ?

8. 1914 – World War I: Japan declares war on which country ?

9. 1944 – World War II: Which French city is liberated by the Allies ?

10. 1944 – Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into what type of building in Freckleton, England ?

11. 1948 – World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from how many countries ?

12. 1985 – Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to which country ?

13. 1990 – Which country declares its independence from the Soviet Union ?

14. 1991 – What is opened to the public on this day ?

15. 2007 – The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members are discovered near which Russian city ?