On This Day (August 27th) Multiple Choice

1. 1810 – The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France, now known as which country ?

2. 1813 – French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians in a battle on land near which present day German city ?

3. 1828 – Brazil and Argentina recognize the sovereignty of Uruguay in the Treaty of which city ?

4. 1832 – The leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities. What was his name ?

5. 1859 – Petroleum is discovered in which US state leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well ?

6. 1896 – The shortest war in world history takes place between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar. How long does it last ?

7. 1916 – World War I: Which nation declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations ?

8. 1928 – The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately how many nations will sign it ?

9. 1933 – The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in which South African city ?

10. 1956 – Calder Hall in the United Kingdom became the world's first commercial power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale by what means ?

11. 1962 – The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to which planet by NASA ?

12. 1971 – An attempted coup d'état fails in which African nation ?

13. 1985 – The government of which country is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida ?

14. 1991 – Which country declares it's independence from the USSR ?

15. 2011 – Which hurricane strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage ?