On This Day (August 6th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by what means ? Electric Chair
71%
1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 named what ? Enola Gay
71%
1825 – Bolivia gains independence from which nation ? Spain
71%
1926 – Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to do what ? Swim the English Channel
57%
2012 – NASA's rover lands on the surface of Mars. What was it's name ? Curiosity
43%
1962 – Which island nation becomes independent from the United Kingdom ? Jamaica
43%
1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany and Austria declares war on which country ? Russia
43%
1940 – Which country is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union ? Estonia
29%
1996 – The Ramones played their farewell concert at The Palace in which US city ? Los Angeles
29%
1538 – Which South American capital city is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ? Bogota
14%
1926 – In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with which movie starring John Barrymore ? Don Juan
14%
1996 – NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains what ? Evidence of primitive life-forms
14%
2008 – A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi in which African country ? Mauritania
14%
1986 – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the Australian coast dumps a record 13 inches of rain in a day on which city ? Sydney
14%
1819 – Norwich University is founded as the first private military school in the United States in which state ? Vermont
14%
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