On This Day (September 11th) Multiple Choice

1. 1226 – The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in which city ?

2. 1390 – The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of which city ?

3. 1609 – Henry Hudson discovers which island and the indigenous people living there ?

4. 1709 – Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against which nation ?

5. 1789 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of what ?

6. 1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen when six men break into the house where it is stored. What is the approximate weight of the diamond ?

7. 1914 – World War I: Which nation invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka ?

8. 1919 – The United States Marine Corps invades which country ?

9. 1922 – The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in which Australian city ?

10. 1944 – World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near which city ?

11. 1954 – Hurricane Edna hits which area of North America as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths ?

12. 1972 – Which city's Rapid Transit system begins passenger service ?

13. 1989 – Hungary announces that the refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave. They were refugees from which country ?

14. 2001 – The fourth plane involved in the September 11 terrorist attacks lands in a field near which Pennsylvania town ?

15. 2012 – A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in which country ?