On This Day (March 11th) Multiple Choice

1. 222 – Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with which of his relations, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt ?

2. 1702 – England's first national daily newspaper is published for the first time. What was it called ?

3. 1787 - Naval officer Horatio Nelson weds Frances Nisbet at the Montpelier Estate on which Caribbean island ?

4. 1869 - The West first learns of which creature via French missionary Armand David who receives a skin from a hunter ?

5. 1872 – Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery begins, located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain, in which regional area?

6. 1927 – Samuel Lionel Rothafel opens which theatre in New York City?

7. 1941 – World War II: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs which Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan ?

8. 1945 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in which island group ?

9. 1946 – Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of which German concentration camp, is captured by British troops ?

10. 1978 – Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack a bus in which country ?

11. 1986 - Today marks 1 million days since the foundation of Rome on April 21st, in which year ?

12. 1990 – Which country declares itself independent from the Soviet Union ?

13. 1993 – Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female to hold which government post ?

14. 2011 – Which Japanese nuclear power station was destroyed by a tsunami that also killed thousands of people?

15. 2013 - Falkland Islands’ sovereignty referendum: What percentage of residents choose to remain an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom ?

16. 2021 - US President Joe Biden signs into law the American Rescue Package following which event?