On This Day (February 16th) Multiple Choice

1. 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the head of which Empire ?

2. 1646 – The last major battle of the First English Civil War is fought in which town ?

3. 1804 – During the First Barbary War, Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn which frigate that was held by pirates ?

4. 1881 – Which company is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa ?

5. 1923 – Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of which Pharaoh ?

6. 1930 – Which Eastern European Football Federation joins FIFA ?

7. 1937 – Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for which product ?

8. 1941 – Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, is born according to Russia in Khabarovsk, where was he born a year later according to his official biography ?

9. 1960 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin what feat ?

10. 1968 – The first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service in which city ?

11. 1985 – Which political and militant extremist group is founded on this day ?

12. 1986 – The Soviet cruise liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, in which country ?

13. Today is a celebration of which food in the USA ?

14. 2005 – The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs for what reason ?

15. 2006 – The last of which type of unit is decommissioned by the United States Army ?

16. 2016 - Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 6th Secretary General of the United Nations dies. What was his nationality?