On This Day (July 1st) Multiple Choice

1. 1523 – Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in which city ?

2. 1782 – American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg. Where is Lunenburg ?

3. 1863 – American Civil War: Which battle begins on this day ?

4. 1867 – Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of which nation ?

5. 1879 – Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of which religious magazine ?

6. 1881 – The world's first international telephone call is made between which two countries ?

7. 1903 – Which famous race starts for the first time ?

8. 1916 – World War I: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme approximately how many soldiers of the British Army are killed ?

9. 1931 – Boeing Air Transport begins service. It would later be renamed what ?

10. 1960 – Which country becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state ?

11. 1968 – The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed by 62 countries in Washington, D.C., London and which other city ?

12. 1987 – The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first radio station broadcasting solely what content ?

13. 1991 – The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in which city ?

14. 2007 – Smoking is banned in all public indoor spaces in which part of the British Isles ?

15. 2013 – Which country becomes the 28th member of the European Union ?