On This Day (February 19th) Multiple Choice

1. 1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers which Dutch colony to England?

2. 1807 – Former Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr, is arrested in Wakefield, Alabama for what crime ?

3. 1819 – British explorer William Smith discovers which island chain and claims them in the name of King George III ?

4. 1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party, a group of pioneers stranded by snow for 4 months in which mountain range ?

5. 1913 – Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country, how long was his presidency ?

6. 1924 – Lee Marvin, American actor, was not born under a "Wanderin' Star" but was in fact born in which city ?

7. 1942 – World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack which Australian city, killing 243 people ?

8. 1945 – World War II: About 30,000 United States Marines land on which island ?

9. 1981 - Which "Beatle" is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" ?

10. 1985 - Which canned & bottled Coke variation is introduced by Coca-Cola ?

11. 1985 – William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of which replacement body part to leave hospital ?

12. 1995 - "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson weds rocker Tommy Lee in which Mexican city ?

13. 2006 – A methane explosion kills 65 workers in what type of facility near Nueva Rosita, Mexico ?

14. 2011 - The first exhibition of artifacts from the Belitung shipwreck begins in Singapore. The exhibits are from which Chinese dynasty?

15. 2012 - Forty-four people are killed in a prison fight in which country?

16. 2019 - New York city bans discrimination on the grounds of what ?