On This Day (December 9th) Multiple Choice

1. 1793 – New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster. Within a few years it was renamed as what ?

2. 1851 – The first YMCA in North America is established in which city ?

3. 1868 – The first traffic lights are installed, outside of which building in London ?

4. 1892 – Which English football club is founded ?

5. 1922 – Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of which country ?

6. 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on which Chinese city ?

7. 1941 – World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of which island ?

8. 1953 – Red Scare: Which company announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company ?

9. 1960 – The first episode of the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom. What is it called ?

10. 1962 – The Petrified Forest National Park is established in which state of the US ?

11. 1965 – Kecksburg UFO incident: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near which city ?

12. 1988 – The Michael Hughes Bridge is officially opened in which Irish county ?

13. 1992 – American troops land in which country for Operation Restore Hope ?

14. 2017 – The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making which country the 26th to legalize same-sex marriage ?

15. 2019 – A volcano on which island in New Zealand, kills at least 18 people after it erupts ?