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

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1732 – James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of which future U.S. state ? Georgia
67%
AD 53 – Which Roman emperor marries Claudia Octavia ? Nero
50%
1959 – The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first of what type of vessel ? Nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile Submarine
50%
1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to describe and map which river ? St. Lawrence
50%
1900 – Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies in a British prison of what disease ? Cholera
33%
1311 – Duccio's Maestà, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in which Italian cathedral ? Duomo di Siena
33%
1979 – A fire on the "Ghost Train" ride at which amusement park, kills seven people ? Luna Park Sydney, Australia
33%
1972 – Severe rainfall causes a dam to burst in which US mountain range ? Black Hills, South Dakota
17%
1934 – Which Disney character makes it's debut in The Wise Little Hen ? Donald Duck
17%
1967 – Six-Day War: Israel captures which area ? Golan Heights
17%
1928 – Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane. What was it named ? Southern Cross
17%
1944 – World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in which French town ? Tulle
17%
1930 – A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station, allegedly for what reason ? Gambling debt
0%
What food is celebrated on this day, primarily in the USA ? Lemon Drizzle Cake
0%
1963 – Johnny Depp, American actor is born in which city ? Owensboro, Kentucky
0%
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