On This Day (May 9th) Multiple Choice

1. 1386 – England and which country formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force ?

2. 1662 – The figure who later became which character makes his first recorded appearance in England ?

3. 1671 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal what from the Tower of London ?

4. 1726 – Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn. What was a "Molly House" ?

5. 1874 – The first horsebus makes its début in which city ?

6. 1887 – Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in which city ?

7. 1904 – The steam locomotive "City of Truro" becomes the first steam engine in Europe to do what ?

8. 1941 – World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. What was on board ?

9. 1945 – World War II: The German occupation of where comes to an end ?

10. 1958 – Which Alfred Hitchcock film has it's world premiere in San Francisco ?

11. 1977 – Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries in which city ?

12. 1980 – Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over which body of water ?

13. 2002 – The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity comes to an end in which Israeli town ?

14. 1860 – J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright is born. He is best known for the creation of which character ?

15. Today is celebrated as the "Anniversary of Dianetics" by which church ?