On This Day (October 18th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1967 – The Soviet probe Venera 4 becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet. But which one ? Venus
63%
1867 – United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for how much ? $7.2 million
50%
1540 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila. Mabila is in which present-day US state ? Alabama
38%
1991 – The Supreme Council of which country adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union ? Azerbaijan
38%
1356 – The most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys which town ? Basel, Switzerland
38%
1963 – Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat becomes the first cat to be what ? Launched into Space
25%
2015 –Tens of thousands of junior doctors rally to protest against contract changes to their working week, in which city ? London
25%
1914 – The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany. What was it's aim ? Spiritual Renewal of the Catholic Church
25%
1851 – Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick" is first published in London, but titled by what name ? The Whale
25%
2003 – Following a dispute about gas reserves President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave which country ? Bolivia
13%
1648 – In Boston, members of which occupation form the first American labor organization ? Shoemakers
13%
1954 – Texas Instruments announces the first what ? Transistor Radio
13%
1944 – World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of which country from Nazi Germany ? Czechoslovakia
0%
2011 – Spaceport America officially opens in which state as the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport ? New Mexico
0%
2019 – Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-women spacewalk when they venture out of the International Space Station to replace what ? Power Controller
0%
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