On This Day (February 17th) Multiple Choice

1. 1753 – In Sweden February 17 is followed by which date as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar ?

2. 1854 – The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of which now defunct country ?

3. 1859 – Cochinchina Campaign: The French Navy captured the Citadel of which city ?

4. 1863 – A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which would later become known as what ?

5. 1864 – American Civil War: The "H. L. Hunley" becomes the first what to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic ?

6. 1867 – The first ship passes through which Canal ?

7. 1904 – Which opera receives its première at La Scala in Milan, Italy ?

8. 1934 – Barry Humphries, Australian comedian, actor, and author, known for his character portrayal of Dame Edna Everage is born in which Australian city ?

9. 1972 – Cumulative sales of which car exceed those of the Ford Model T ?

10. 1974 – Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes which building in a stolen helicopter ?

11. 1995 – The Cenepa War between which two countries ends with a ceasefire brokered by the UN ?

12. 1996 – In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats which opponent in a chess match ?

13. 2006 – A massive mudslide, with an official death toll of 1,126, occurs in the area of Southern Leyte, in which Asian country ?

14. 2008 – Kosovo declares independence from which nation ?

15. 2015 - Eighteen people die in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in which country?

16. 2016 - Military vehicles explode in an attack outside an Armed Forces barracks in which city?