On This Day (July 12th) Multiple Choice

1. AD 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of which city after a six-month siege ?

2. 1527 – Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty in which country ?

3. 1543 – King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at which Palace ?

4. 1576 – The Mughal Empire annexes which region after a victory at the Battle of Raj Mahal ?

5. 1776 – Captain James Cook begins which of his voyages ?

6. 1801 – British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of where ?

7. 1913 – Serbian forces begin their siege of which Bulgarian city ?

8. 1920 – A Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of whish nation ?

9. 1961 – Which Indian city floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people ?

10. 1962 – Which famous band perform their first concert, at London's Marquee Club ?

11. 1963 – Pauline Reade, 16, the first victim in the Moors murders, disappears from which area of Manchester, England ?

12. 1979 – Which island nation becomes independent from the United Kingdom ?

13. 2012 – A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, in which African country ?

14. 1950 – Eric Carr, American drummer and songwriter is born. He is best known as the drummer for which band ?

15. July 12 is also known as Orangemen's Day predominantly in which region ?