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1. 1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit which island ?
Niʻihau
Maui
Oʻahu
Molokaʻi
2. 1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct over the River Dee. Which British canal it is on ?
Llangollen Canal
Shropshire Union Canal
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Grand Union Canal
3. 1825 – At Union College in Schenectady, New York, a group of college students form the first college social fraternity. What was it called ?
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Society
Alpha Phi Alpha Society
Sigma Pi Society
Kappa Alpha Society
4. 1917 – Which UK newspaper publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France ?
London Illustrated News
Sunday Telegraph
Manchester Guardian
Daily Mirror
5. 1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of which Pharaoh in over 3000 years ?
Tutankhamun
Ramesses III
Sekhemkhet
Darius II
6. 1942 – Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and which actress, premieres in New York City ?
Lauren Bacall
Ingrid Bergman
Katharine Hepburn
Mary Astor
7. 1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people. What was the shop ?
Marks and Spencer
Boots Pharmacy
Woolworth's
Co-operative Society
8. 1944 – World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on which Belgian city ?
Brussels
Charleroi
Gent
Antwerp
9. 1965 – Which country launches Asterix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster ?
United Kingdom
Canada
France
China
10. 1977 – An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over which of Britain's Regional television stations for six minutes ?
Anglia TV
Southern TV
Granada TV
Tyne Tees TV
11. 1983 – 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at which UK airport ?
Heathrow
Gatwick
Prestwick
East Midlands
12. 1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the parliament of which other nation ?
France
Spain
Norway
Ireland
13. 2003 – The Concorde makes its final flight over which English city ?
Manchester
Bristol
York
Norwich
14. 2011 – NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a check post in a friendly fire incident. The checkpoint belonged to which nation ?
Pakistan
Iran
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
15. 2018 – The robotic probe Insight lands on which planet ?
I considered putting that event in, but to be honest, I'm trying not to put too much negative and tragic news. I can't put in every event as there would be hundreds of questions, so I have to be selective.