On This Day (May 23rd) Multiple Choice

1. 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to raise the Siege of where ?

2. 1533 – The marriage of King Henry VIII to which wife is declared null and void ?

3. 1701 – After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, which "pirate" is hanged in London ?

4. 1829 – A patent is granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire for his invention of which musical instrument ?

5. 1846 – President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on which country ?

6. 1934 – Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in which state ?

7. 1945 – World War II: Which German leader commits suicide while in Allied custody ?

8. 1948 – Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in which city ?

9. 1960 – A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people on which island ?

10. 1995 – The first version of which programming language is released ?

11. 1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in which part of the UK with roughly 75% voting yes ?

12. 2013 – A freeway bridge carrying which road over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington ?

13. 2015 – At least 46 people are killed as a result of what caused by a tornado in Texas and Oklahoma ?

14. 1933 – Joan Collins, English actress, is born in which part of London ?

15. What food is celebrated on this day in the USA ?