On This Day (June 29th) Multiple Choice

1. 1194 – Sverre Sigurdsson is crowned King of which country ?

2. 1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach which island ?

3. 1786 – Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in which Canadian province ?

4. 1880 – Which country annexes Tahiti ?

5. 1881 – Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam in which African country ?

6. 1922 – France grants 1 square kilometre of land at Vimy Ridge to be "freely, and for all time, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes" to which nation ?

7. 1927 – The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to where ?

8. 1945 – Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by the Soviet Union. In which modern day country is most of Carpathian Ruthenia ?

9. 1956 – The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating what ?

10. 1974 – Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with what type of entertainment ?

11. 1976 – The Seychelles become independent from which nation ?

12. 1987 – Which of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings was bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England ?

13. 1995 – The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of which city ?

14. 2007 – Apple Inc. releases what device for the first time ?

15. 1948 – Ian Paice, English drummer, songwriter, and producer is born. He is known as the drummer for which band ?