On This Day (October 19th) Multiple Choice

1. 1216 – King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his son Henry. How old was Henry at the time ?

2. 1386 – Which university holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university ?

3. 1453 – Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in which region ?

4. 1596 – The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities. It sailed from Manila destined for which country ?

5. 1812 – The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from which city ?

6. 1912 – Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now which country from the Ottoman Empire ?

7. 1922 – British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government it has with which political party ?

8. 1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for which disease, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University ?

9. 1944 – United States forces land in which country ?

10. 1944 – A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year revolution in which country ?

11. 1950 – Which country is the to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program ?

12. 1986 – The president of Mozambique, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into which African mountain range ?

13. 1989 – The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent how long in prison ?

14. 2003 – Mother Teresa is beatified by which Pope ?

15. 2005 – Which hurricane becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb ?