On This Day (December 30th) Multiple Choice

1. 999 – The combined forces of Munster and Meath inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin in what is now which Irish county ?

2. 1460 – Wars of the Roses: Lancastrians kill the 3rd Duke of York and win which battle ?

3. 1853 – Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest. The majority of the land is in which state ?

4. 1896 – Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in which city ?

5. 1905 – Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell in which US state ?

6. 1916 – Russian mystic and advisor to Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. Where was his body found ?

7. 1916 – The last coronation in which country is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita ?

8. 1927 – The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in which city ?

9. 1935 – The Italian Air Force bombs a Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. Which nation operated the hospital ?

10. 1952 – An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashes on which island after an engine failure ?

11. 1993 – Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with which nation ?

12. 2004 – A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in which city kills 194 ?

13. 2006 – Madrid–Barajas Airport is bombed. It is the 2nd largest airport in Europe after which other facility ?

14. 2009 – A suicide bomber kills nine people at Camp Chapman, a key facility of the CIA in which country ?

15. 2017 – In a bid to reduce accidents Nepal bans solo climbers, double amputees and climbers with which other disability from scaling its mountains ?