On This Day (August 4th) Multiple Choice

1. 1693 – Date traditionally ascribed to the invention of champagne by which person ?

2. 1783 – Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes an additional 20,000 deaths in the following what ?

3. 1790 – A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service. This is the forerunner of which US department ?

4. 1824 – The Battle of Kos is fought between Greece and which other nation's forces ?

5. 1889 – The Great Fire of which US city destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project ?

6. 1914 – In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. Which country declares its neutrality ?

7. 1944 – A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in what type of building in Amsterdam , where they find Anne Frank and her family ?

8. 1946 – An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits which Caribbean country killing 100 and leaving 20,000 homeless ?

9. 1965 – The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within which nation ?

10. 1975 – The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in which city ?

11. 1984 – The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to what ?

12. 2019 – Nine people are killed and 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. This comes only 12 hours after another mass shooting in which city ?

13. 1901 – Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer is born in New Orleans. Which of these was NOT one of his nicknames ?

14. 1952 – Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player is born. She is known as a member of which succesful Irish band ?

15. 1962 – Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress dies of what cause ?