On This Day (March 20th) Multiple Choice

1. 673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka. What flower is this throne named after ?

2. 1616 – Sir Walter Raleigh is freed after 13 years of imprisonment in which building ?

3. 1760 – The Great ______ Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings, in which city ?

4. 1815 – After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule, with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around how many men ?

5. 1888 – The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in which city ?

6. 1922 – The USS Langley is commissioned as the first of what type of vessel for the United States Navy ?

7. 1923 – The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the first showing in the United States by which artist ?

8. 1933 – Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of which concentration camp ?

9. 1942 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur makes his famous speech regarding the fall of which country?

10. 1956 – Tunisia gains independence from which country ?

11. 1969 - John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in which British Overseas Territory ?

12. 1980 - The "Mi Amigo" ship sinks. It is the base of which English pirate radio station?

13. 1985 – Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win which endurance race ?

14. 1987 – The Food and Drug Administration approves the drug AZT in the fight against which disease ?

15. 1993 – A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in which English town leading to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland ?

16. 1999 - Lego opens its first non-European theme park in which country?