On This Day (January 20th) Multiple Choice

1. 1502 - The present-day location of which South American city is first explored ?

2. 1841 – Which island is occupied by the British for the first time?

3. 1869 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes the first woman to do what ?

4. 1887 – The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease which naval base ?

5. 1921 – The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in which body of water killing all 56 on board ?

6. 1930 – Buzz Aldrin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut, is born in which state of the US ?

7. 1949 - J. Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a fountain pen containing what ?

8. 1953 – First live US coast-to-coast inauguration address by which President ?

9. 1973 - A car bomb explodes in Sackville Place, in which Irish city, killing 1 person and injuring 17 ?

10. 1981 - The US diplomats and citizens held hostage at the US embassy in which city are released and begin their journey home after 444 days ?

11. 1982 - Heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne does what on stage in Des Moines, Iowa ?

12. 1984 – Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor, dies on this day, he was best known for his role as which fictional character ?

13. 1992 – Air Inter Flight 148, an Airbus A320-111, crashes into a mountain near which European city, killing 87 of the 96 people on board ?

14. Today is "National Heroes Day" in which African island nation ?

15. 2014 - Credit cards of at least 20 million people in which Asian country are hacked ?

16. 2022 - Michael Lee Aday, American singer and actor, dies on this day. Under what name is he better known?