On This Day (May 2nd) Multiple Choice

1. 1194 – King Richard I of England gives which city its first Royal Charter ?

2. 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and what other crime ?

3. 1670 – King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up trade in what goods in North America ?

4. 1829 – After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in which country ?

5. 1885 – Cree and Assiniboine warriors win their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion at which battle ?

6. 1918 – General Motors acquires which motor manufacturing company ?

7. 1945 – World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of which city ?

8. 1952 – The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to which city ?

9. 1955 – Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for which play ?

10. 1969 – The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to which city ?

11. 1982 – Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks which Argentinian ship ?

12. 1999 – Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of which country ?

13. 2011 – Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the 9-11 attacks is killed by the US special forces in town in Pakistan ?

14. 2012 – A pastel version of The Scream, by Edvard Munch, sells for a new world record price in a New York City auction of how much ?

15. 2018 – Which terrorist group announces its dissolution and the ceasing of all activities ?