On This Day (July 29th) Multiple Choice

1. 1030 – Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from which nation ?

2. 1567 – James VI is crowned King of Scotland in which city ?

3. 1836 – The inauguration of which European landmark takes place ?

4. 1858 – The United States and which other country sign the Harris Treaty of Amity and Commerce ?

5. 1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in which harbour on the south coast of England ?

6. 1914 – Which navigational canal is opened in the USA ?

7. 1948 – After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in which city ?

8. 1957 – Which international organisation is established ?

9. 1967 – During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, which city of is shaken by an earthquake ?

10. 1973 – Greece votes to abolish what ?

11. 1976 – David Berkowitz a.k.a. the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks in which city ?

12. 1981 – Which event attracts a worldwide television audience of over 700 million people ?

13. 1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign an agreement to do what ?

14. 2005 – Astronomers announce their discovery of which dwarf planet ?

15. 1953 – Geddy Lee, Canadian musician is born. He is best known as a member of which Canadian rock band ?