On This Day (January 15th) Multiple Choice

1. 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of what duration ?

2. 1559 – Who is crowned Monarch of England in Westminster Abbey, London ?

3. 1759 – Which London Museum opens to the public ?

4. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut declares its independence. What is New Connecticut known as today ?

5. 1889 – What company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta ?

6. 1919 – Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through which city, killing 21 and injuring 150 ?

7. 1961 - Berry Gordy signs which group to Motown Records ?

8. 1967 – The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat which team, 35–10 ?

9. 1974 - TV sitcom "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on the ABC network. In which US city is it set ?

10. 1981 – Armando Christian Pérez , American rapper and producer, born this day in Miami, Florida, is better known by what name ?

11. 1982 - Mark Thatcher, son of UK prime minister Magaret Thatcher, makes his way home after 6 days missing in which desert ?

12. What food is celebrated nationally in the US on this day ?

13. 2001 – Which well known website goes online for the first time ?

14. 2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in which river after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off ?

15. 2014 – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor, best known for the role of Trigger, in the UK comedy series Only Fools and Horses died in which area of London ?

16. 2021 - An earthquake kills over a hundred people when it hits which Indonesian island?