On This Day (March 19th) Multiple Choice

1. 1649 – The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing what, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England" ?

2. 1687 – Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, is murdered by his own men while searching for the mouth of which river ?

3. 1882 - The first stone is laid for which famous building ?

4. 1931 – Gambling is legalized in which state of the US ?

5. 1932 – Which famous bridge is opened ?

6. 1944 – World War II: The German army occupies which country ?

7. 1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering what ?

8. 1946 - French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and which other territory become overseas departments of France?

9. 1954 – Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running how many consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition,setting a record that remains unbroken ?

10. 1958 – The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured in which city ?

11. 1962 – Influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, called what ?

12. 1969 – The 385-metre-tall (1,263 ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapses due to what ?

13. 1982 – Argentinian forces land on which island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom ?

14. 1995 - Five people die in the Tokyo subway system due to what reason ?

15. 2002 – Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and what else ?

16. 2018 – The last male northern white rhinoceros dies, what was his name ?