On This Day (June 30th) Multiple Choice

1. 296 – Which pope begins his papacy ?

2. 1559 – King Henry II of France is mortally wounded whilst doing what ?

3. 1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses what on a tightrope ?

4. 1886 – The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on which date ?

5. 1908 – The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over which region ?

6. 1916 – The Battle of the Boar's Head takes place in Richebourg-l'Avoué . It was to be known as what ?

7. 1934 – Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place. It became known as what ?

8. 1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against which nation's invasion of his country ?

9. 1937 – The world's first emergency telephone number is introduced in London. What was the number ?

10. 1953 – The first of which model of car rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan ?

11. 1960 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo gains independence from which country ?

12. 1974 – The municipal strike of 1974 begins in which US city ?

13. 1985 – Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed after being held for 17 days in which city ?

14. 2007 – A 4x4 filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance at Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. What make of car was it ?

15. 2015 – Which country signed a free trade agreement with European Union ?