On This Day (October 28th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1919 – The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for what to begin the following January ? Alcohol Prohibition
78%
1726 – The novel Gulliver's Travels is published. Who wrote the novel ? Jonathan Swift
78%
1538 – The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now which country ? Dominican Republic
56%
1990 – Which country holds its only free election under Soviet rule ? Georgia
56%
1886 – US president Grover Cleveland dedicates which landmark ? Statue of Liberty
56%
1949 – An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in which island group, killing all 48 people on board ? Azores
44%
1958 – Which Pope is elected ? Pope John XXIII
44%
1664 – The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot is established. It was later to be known as which part of the British military ? Royal Marines
44%
2007 – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of which country ? Argentina
33%
1834 – The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists in which country ? Australia
33%
1420 – Which city is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty ? Beijing
33%
Today in the US is marked as what ? National Chocolate Day
33%
1893 – Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, "Pathétique" receives its première performance how long before the composer's death ? Nine days
22%
1492 – Christopher Columbus lands on which island on his first voyage to the New World ? Cuba
11%
1942 – The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at which city in Canada ? Dawson Creek
11%
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