On This Day (May 17th) Multiple Choice

1. 1590 – Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of where ?

2. 1673 – Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring which river ?

3. 1814 – Occupation of Monaco changes from French to what nationality ?

4. 1875 – Which horse wins the first Kentucky Derby ?

5. 1939 – The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event. What sport was involved ?

6. 1943 – World War II: Raids commence by 617 Squadron Royal Air Force targeting what types of structure ?

7. 1977 – Nolan Bushnell opened the first of which restaurant chain in San Jose, California ?

8. 1983 – The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest pollution event of which material in Oak Ridge, Tennessee ?

9. 1984 – What does Prince Charles call a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London ?

10. 1990 – The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates what from the list of psychiatric diseases ?

11. 1994 – Which African country holds its first multi-party elections ?

12. 1995 – Shawn Nelson steals what from the California Army National Guard Armory in San Diego and proceeds to go on a rampage ?

13. 2006 – The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk as an artificial reef in which body of water ?

14. 2007 – Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since what year ?

15. 1931 – Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader, is born. He founded which religious organisation ?