On This Day (August 30th) Multiple Choice

1. 1464 – Pope Paul II succeeds Pope Pius II as which pope ?

2. 1594 – The christening of Prince Henry of Scotland is celebrated with the Masque at the baptism of Prince Henry at which castle ?

3. 1791 – HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground the previous day in which place ?

4. 1800 – Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion, but is arrested before he can make it happen in which US city ?

5. 1835 – Which Australian city is founded ?

6. 1873 – Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover which archipelago ?

7. 1916 – Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on which island in Antarctica ?

8. 1918 – Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures which world leader ?

9. 1941 – The Tighina Agreement, a treaty regarding administration issues is signed between Germany and which other country ?

10. 1945 – The Japanese occupation of which city comes to an end ?

11. 1963 – The hotline between the leaders of which two nations goes into operation ?

12. 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American to hold which position ?

13. 1974 – A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in which city ?

14. 1984 – Which Space Shuttle takes off on its maiden voyage ?

15. 1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Which country declares independence on this day ?