On This Day (January 19th) Multiple Choice

1. 1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is executed in the Tower of London for the crime of what ?

2. 1607 – San Agustin Church is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in which Asian city ?

3. 1848 – Captain Matthew Webb, is born on this day, what is his claim to fame ?

4. 1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, in which State of the US ?

5. 1903 - Which sporting event was announced for the first time, several months in advance of the event ?

6. 1915 – German zeppelins bomb which towns of the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target ?

7. 1922 - Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in how many years ?

8. 1937 – Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to where in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds ?

9. 1940 – "You Nazty Spy!", the first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring which comedy act ?

10. 1953 – Almost 72% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch what event ?

11. 1955 - Which board game debuts on this day ?

12. 1983 – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in which South American country ?

13. 1995 Jean-Claude Juncker is sworn in as premier of which European nation ?

14. 2006 - A terrorist blows himself up in which Middle Eastern city, killing only himself but injuring 20 people ?

15. 2006 – Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter dies in Reston, Virginia as the result of what ?

16. 2012 - The Hong Kong based file sharing website, Megaupload, is shut down by which agency?