On This Day (August 25th) Multiple Choice

1. 1270 – King Louis IX of France dies in which city while on the Eighth Crusade ?

2. 1543 – António Mota and a few companions become the first Europeans to visit which country ?

3. 1609 – Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first what to Venetian lawmakers ?

4. 1823 – American fur trapper Hugh Glass is injured by what animal whilst on an expedition in South Dakota ?

5. 1825 – Which nation declares its independence from Brazil ?

6. 1835 – The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in which newspaper, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon ?

7. 1875 – Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover to Calais in what time ?

8. 1939 – The United Kingdom and which country form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend the other in case of invasion by a foreign power ?

9. 1940 – World War II: The first Bombing of which German city by the British Royal Air Force ?

10. 1950 – President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's what to avert a strike ?

11. 1980 – Which African country joins the United Nations ?

12. 1981 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to which planet ?

13. 1989 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to which planet ?

14. 1991 – Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become which computer software operating system ?

15. 2012 – Voyager 1 spacecraft becomes the first man-made object to do what ?