On This Day (February 11th) Multiple Choice

1. 1534 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as the supreme head of what ?

2. 1659 – The assault on Copenhagen by forces from which country is beaten back with heavy losses ?

3. 1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is the first to be accused of what ?

4. 1823 – Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a stampede at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in which European city ?

5. 1858 – Bernadette Soubirous has her first vision of who in Lourdes, France ?

6. 1926 – Leslie Nielsen, actor, producer, and star of the "Naked Gun" film franchise is born in which city ?

7. 1929 – The Kingdom of Italy and which other state sign the Lateran Treaty ?

8. 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in which country ?

9. 1978 – China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and which other author ?

10. 1981 – Around 100,000 gallons of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of a nuclear plant, contaminating 8 workers, in which state of the US ?

11. 2001 – A Dutch programmer launched a virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of which tennis star ?

12. 2006 – U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney shot Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Texas attorney, while participating in which activity on a ranch in Riviera, Texas ?

13. 2012 – Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress dies in which Beverly Hills Hotel ?

14. 2013 - The Vatican confirms that Pope Benedict XVI will resign the papacy as a result of what?

15. 2014 – A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province, killing 77 people, in the east of which country ?

16. 2020 - The World Health organisation officially names the coronavirus outbreak as what?