On This Day (February 7th) Multiple Choice

1. 1301 – Edward of Caernarvon (later king Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of which region ?

2. 1497 – In Florence, Italy, supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn art, books, and what other items in a "Bonfire of the Vanities" ?

3. 1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves which city after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar ?

4. 1900 – A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to the first incidence of which disease in the continental United States ?

5. 1900 – Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of which South African town?

6. 1922 – Hattie Jacques, English actress, was born on this day, for which movie franchise is she best known ?

7. 1962 – The United States bans all imports and exports from which country ?

8. 1965 - Beatle George Harrison undergoes which operation ?

9. 1974 – Which country gains independence from the United Kingdom ?

10. 1979 – Which two planets orbits cross for the first time since either was discovered ?

11. 1979 – Josef Mengele, German SS officer and physician a.k.a. "The Angel of Death" dies in Sao Paolo by what means?

12. 1991 – The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launched a mortar attack on which building ?

13. 1992 – Which Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union ?

14. 1995 – Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in which city ?

15. 2009 - Bushfires in which state leave 173 dead in the worst disaster in Australian history?

16. 2014 - Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints date back more than 800,000 years, the oldest known outside Africa. Where were they found?