On This Day (August 31st) Multiple Choice

1. 1314 – King Haakon V of Norway moves the capital to Oslo from which city ?

2. 1422 – King Henry V of England dies while in France of which condition ?

3. 1776 – William Livingston begins serving his first term as the first Governor of which state ?

4. 1795 – The British capture Trincomalee from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands. What is Trincomalee known as today ?

5. 1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on which city ?

6. 1888 – Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims in which district of London ?

7. 1918 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by an Army Corps from which country ?

8. 1935 – In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, which country passes the first of its Neutrality Acts ?

9. 1936 – Which radio station, now an official international broadcasting station of an Eastern European country, goes on the air ?

10. 1943 – "USS Harmon" is commissioned. It is the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after what ?

11. 1957 – The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from which country ?

12. 1986 – The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in which sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev ?

13. 1993 – Russia completes removing its troops from which country ?

14. 1994 – Russia completes removing its troops from which country ?

15. 1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash on what type of road in Paris ?