On This Day (October 14th) Multiple Choice

1. 1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with which famous battle ?

2. 1582 – Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in five countries on which continent ?

3. 1586 – Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against which monarch of England ?

4. 1808 – The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France. Which Croatian city is the centre of the Republic ?

5. 1884 – George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on which invention ?

6. 1888 – Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, "Roundhay Garden Scene", in which location ?

7. 1908 – The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning which year's World Series ?

8. 1913 – Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners, in which part of the UK ?

9. 1926 – Which book by A. A. Milne is first published ?

10. 1940 – World War II: An underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz, but at which station ?

11. 1957 – At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of which Spanish city ?

12. 1966 – Which North American city begins the operation of its underground rapid transit system ?

13. 1968 – The first live TV broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the crew of which mission ?

14. 1982 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on what ?

15. 2016 – Which motor manufacturer agrees to pay $175 million to United States lawyers on behalf of the owners of polluting vehicles ?