On This Day (February 25th) Multiple Choice

1. 1843 – Lord George Paulet occupies which Kingdom in the name of Great Britain ?

2. 1866 – Miners in Calaveras County, California, discover human remains that are now known by which name?

3. 1870 – Hiram Rhodes Revels, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first American of which ethnicity to sit in the U.S. Congress ?

4. 1901 - Which of the Marx brothers is born this day in Manhattan ?

5. 1908 - The first tunnel opens under which river ?

6. 1916 – World War I: The Germans capture Fort Douaumont during which battle ?

7. 1919 – Oregon places a tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax. How much per US gallon was the tax?

8. 1928 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a license for which activity ?

9. 1933 – The USS Ranger is launched. It is the first US Navy ship to be designed from the start of construction as which type of vessel ?

10. 1939 – The first of how many Anderson air raid shelters appeared in North London ?

11. 1951 – The first Pan American Games were officially opened in which city ?

12. 1957 - Buddy Holly & the Crickets record which of their hit songs ?

13. 1980 – The government of which country is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse ?

14. 2009 – Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashed during landing at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, primarily due to what reason ?

15. 2018 - China briefly bans which letter as part of widespread censorship efforts ?

16. 2019 - Robert Kraft is charged in Florida with solicitation. Which NFL team does he own?