On This Day (January 21st) Multiple Choice

1. 1287 - Which Meditteranean island is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon ?

2. 1899 - Which European company manufactures its first automobile ?

3. 1925 –Which Eastern European country declares itself a republic ?

4. 1938 - The Dutch government starts obligatory insurance against what ?

5. 1941 – Plácido Domingo, Spanish conductor, and one of the "Three Tenors" is born in which Spanish city ?

6. 1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, is launched in Groton, Connecticut, what is its name ?

7. 1959 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter, dies in Hollywood. What is his middle name ?

8. 1960 – A coal mine collapses at Coalbrook, killing 435 miners in which country ?

9. 1966 - Which "Beatle" marries model Pattie Boyd in Epsom, UK ?

10. 1968 – A B-52 bomber crashes near which airbase, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures ?

11. 1976 – Commercial service of Concorde begins with the Paris-Rio de Janiero and what other route ?

12. 1981 – Production of which sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, UK ?

13. 1999 – In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the US Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms of what on board ?

14. January 21st is "Errol Barrow Day" in which Caribbean nation ?

15. 2003 – A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes which Mexican state, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless ?

16. 2023 - Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio, killing eleven people before committing suicide, in which US city ?