On This Day (January 28th) Multiple Choice

1. 1547 – At what age does Edward VI, the son of Henry VIII, become King of England on the day of his father's death ?

2. 1624 – Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on which island ?

3. 1813 – Which of Jane Austen's novels is first published in the United Kingdom ?

4. 1896 – Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, UK becomes the first person to be convicted of what traffic related offence ?

5. 1915 - The first US ship is lost during WW I, the William P Frye was carrying what cargo to the UK ?

6. 1932 - Japanese forces attack which Chinese city ?.

7. 1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy, French lawyer and politician, and 23rd President of France is born in which French city ?

8. 1956 - Science student, and later astronaut, Neil Armstrong marries fellow student Janet Elizabeth Shearon in which city ?

9. 1956 - Which singer made his first appearance on National TV on the "Dorsey Bros Stage Show" ?

10. 1965 – The current design of which nation's flag is chosen by an act of Parliament ?

11. 1980 – USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn and capsizes while leaving which port, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers ?

12. 1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger explodes how many seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral with the tragic loss of all on board ?

13. 2006 – The roof of one of the buildings at the International Fair in which Polish city collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others ?

14. 2013 - Iran’s Pishgam rocket successfully completes a return trip after sending what type of animal into space ?

15. 2017 – Geoff Nicholls, British musician dies on this day of lung cancer at the age of 72. Which rock band was he a member of ?

16. 2021 - A leak at a poultry processing plant in Georgia kills six people, but what leaked?