On This Day (May 30th) Multiple Choice

1. 1381 – Beginning of which revolt in England ?

2. 1539 – In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with what goal ?

3. 1815 – The East Indiaman "Arniston" is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in which present-day country

4. 1842 – John Francis attempts to murder which person on Constitution Hill in London ?

5. 1883 – A stampede kills twelve people at the opening of which New York City landmark ?

6. 1911 – At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in which car becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race ?

7. 1937 – Memorial Day massacre: Police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators in which city ?

8. 1942 – World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on which German city ?

9. 1943 – Who becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp ?

10. 1959 – Which bridge crossing a harbour is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham ?

11. 1967 – The Eastern Region of which country declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war ?

12. 1971 – Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of which heavenly body ?

13. 1972 – Which militant group goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom ?

14. 1982 – Which country joins NATO ?

15. 2013 – Nigeria passes a law banning what ?