On This Day (July 9th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1922 – Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world record and the 'minute barrier'. What fictional character did he also portray ? Tarzan
70%
1815 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of which country ? France
60%
1986 – The New Zealand Parliament passes a Reform Act legalising what in New Zealand ? Homosexuality
60%
2002 – The African Union is established replacing the Organisation of African Unity. In which city was it established ? Addis Ababa
50%
1540 – King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to which of his wives ? Anne of Cleves
50%
1790 – The navy of which nation captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet ? Sweden
50%
1755 – The Braddock Expedition is defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now which city ? Pittsburgh
40%
1999 – Days of student protests begin after police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of where ? Tehran
30%
1850 – U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and what other food ? Iced Milk
20%
1947 – Mitch Mitchell, English drummer is born. With which band is he best known ? Jimi Hendrix Experience
20%
1877 – Which sporting event begins for the first time ? Wimbledon Tennis Tournament
20%
1955 – The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of what ? Nuclear Warfare
10%
1893 – Daniel Hale Williams, American surgeon, performs the first successful surgery of which type in United States without anesthesia ? Open Heart
10%
1979 – A car bomb destroys a motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France. What make of car was it ? Renault
10%
1937 – The silent film archives of which film corporation are destroyed by a fire in their vault ? Fox
0%
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