On This Day (August 28th) Multiple Choice

1. 475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city. What was his capital city ?

2. 1521 – The Ottoman Turks occupy which city ?

3. 1609 – English explorer Henry Hudson discovers which North American bay ?

4. 1789 – William Herschel discovers which moon of Saturn ?

5. 1845 – The first issue of which magazine is published ?

6. 1859 – The Carrington event is the strongest of which type of storm on record to strike the Earth ?

7. 1898 – Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed as what ?

8. 1917 – Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing which building ?

9. 1937 – Which Japanese motor manufacturer becomes an independent company ?

10. 1944 – World War II: Marseille and which other city are liberated ?

11. 1955 – Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in which state

12. 1957 – U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on the Civil Rights Act. How long did he speak for ?

13. 1963 – The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech in which city ?

14. 1993 – The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon. What was it named ?

15. 1930 – Windsor Davies, British actor is born. He is best known for playing Battery Sergeant Major Williams in which British sitcom ?