On This Day (March 22nd) Multiple Choice

1. 1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit, leader of which native group ?

2. 1630 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of what items ?

3. 1713 – The Tuscarora War ends with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of which state to European colonization?

4. 1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on what ?

5. 1829 – In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of which country ?

6. 1872 – Illinois becomes the first state to require what rule in employment ?

7. 1933 – President Franklin Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of what ?

8. 1943 – World War II: the entire village of Khatyn is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118. In which modern day country is Khatyn ?

9. 1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for which invention?

10. 1968 - Lynda Johnson is ordered off a San Francisco cable car for what reason ?

11. 1972 – In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess what ?

12. 1992 – USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect of which problem on aircraft ?

13. 1997 – Tara Lipinski, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion at what age ?

14. 2006 – Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after how many days of captivity ?

15. 2019 - A huge blast from a chemical factory is so big it registers as an earthquake and kills at least 64 with 28 missing in which country ?

16. 2024 - 137 people are killed in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in which Russian city?