On This Day (May 22nd) Multiple Choice

1. 1762 – Which landmark is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome ?

2. 1766 – A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in which region ?

3. 1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially begins as the Corps of Discovery departs from where ?

4. 1819 – "SS Savannah" leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to do what ?

5. 1848 – Slavery is abolished on which island ?

6. 1849 – Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for an invention to do what task, making him the only U.S. President to ever hold a patent ?

7. 1915 – Three trains collide, killing 227 people, in the Quintinshill rail disaster near which British town ?

8. 1939 – World War II: Germany and Italy sign an agreement known as what ?

9. 1942 – Which country enters World War II, joining the Allies ?

10. 1957 – South Africa's government approves of racial separation in what type of institution ?

11. 1968 – The nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 miles southwest of which island group ?

12. 1987 – First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing which other nation at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand ?

13. 1994 – A worldwide trade embargo against which country goes into effect to punish its military rulers for not reinstating the country's ousted elected leader ?

14. 2015 – The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to legalize what following a public referendum ?

15. 2017 – Twenty-two people are killed at an Ariana Grande concert in which venue ?