On This Day (August 7th) Multiple Choice

1. 936 – Coronation of which king of Germany ?

2. 1782 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed as what ?

3. 1786 – The first federal what is created by the United States ?

4. 1794 – U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in the west of which state ?

5. 1858 – The first Australian rules football match is played between Melbourne Grammar and which other team ?

6. 1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York to where ?

7. 1927 – The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and which other city ?

8. 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the US Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war in which island group ?

9. 1944 – IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator. It is better known by what name ?

10. 1947 – Thor Heyerdahl's raft the "Kon-Tiki", hits the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day journey across the Pacific Ocean. What was it made of ?

11. 1960 – Ivory Coast becomes independent from which country ?

12. 1974 – Philippe Petit performs a high wire act at which place ?

13. 1981 – The Washington Star ceases all operations after how many years of publication ?

14. 1987 – Lynne Cox becomes first person to swim across which body of water ?

15. 1958 – Bruce Dickinson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist is born. He is known as the lead singer of which rock band ?