On This Day (December 26th) Multiple Choice

1. 887 – Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with at Pavia with a crown made from which material ?

2. 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Which battle takes place in which the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces ?

3. 1860 – The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between two football clubs from which city ?

4. 1862 – Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board which vessel are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship ?

5. 1871 – The first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the score has been lost. What was it called ?

6. 1919 – Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to which team by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition ?

7. 1943 – World War II: German warship "Scharnhorst" is sunk off the northern coast of which country after a battle against major Royal Navy forces ?

8. 1948 – The last Soviet troops withdraw from which country ?

9. 1963 – Lars Ulrich, Danish-American drummer, songwriter, and producer is born. He is a co-founder of which rock band ?

10. 1963 – The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and which other song are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level ?

11. 1972 – Vietnam War: 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked which city in the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history ?

12. 1975 – The world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach 2, went into service. It was built in which country ?

13. 1994 – Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers when it lands in which city ?

14. 2012 – China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and which other city ?

15. 2012 – Gerry Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter dies on this day. Which of the following is NOT one of his creations ?