On This Day (November 2nd) Multiple Choice

1. 1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War.The war was between the House of Burgundy and which other royal House ?

2. 1889 – Which two states are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states ?

3. 1899 – The Boers begin their 118-day siege of which British-held town during the Second Boer War ?

4. 1914 – World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and body of water is subsequently closed ?

5. 1920 – In the United States, KDKA starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. But in which city ?

6. 1936 – The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" service. It still broadcasts today by what name ?

7. 1940 – World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between which two nations ?

8. 1947 – In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules otherwise known as what ?

9. 1956 – Suez Crisis: Israel occupies which area ?

10. 1959 – Game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance on which show ?

11. 1959 – The first section of which motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened ?

12. 1960 – Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in a trial over which novel ?

13. 1986 – U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in which city after 17 months in captivity ?

14. 1988 – The first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT. What was it called ?

15. 2018 – "The Hop" streetcar begins service in which US city ?