On This Day (February 9th) Multiple Choice

1. 1540 - The first recorded horse race meeting in England takes place at which course ?

2. 1555 – The Bishop of Gloucester, John Hooper, is executed in which manner ?

3. 1870 – US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing what ?

4. 1886 - US President Grover Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle for what reason ?

5. 1895 – William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as what ?

6. 1907 – What is the name of the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies in the UK ?

7. 1909 – Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer, famous for wearing fruit hats, was born in which city ?

8. 1923 - Which airline, that is still operational, is founded on this day ?

9. 1941 – World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in which Italian city is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate ?

10. 1964 – Which musical act makes its first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA ?

11. 1978 – The Budd Company unveils its first "SPV-2000" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, what is the SPV-2000 ?

12. 1981 - Bill Haley, American rock vocalist known as the father of Rock 'n' Roll, dies of a heart attack probably caused by alcoholism, at what age ?

13. 1986 - Halley's Comet makes it's last appearance in the Inner Solar System, in how many years will it return?

14. 1995 - Irish music and dance show "Riverdance" first opens in which European city ?

15. 1996 – The Provisional IRA declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in which part of London, killing two people ?

16. 2018 - The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics is performed in which country?