On This Day (September 14th) Multiple Choice

1. 1682 – Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded. But in which city ?

2. 1723 – Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel on which island ?

3. 1752 – The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping how many days ?

4. 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters which city ?

5. 1917 – The Russian Empire is formally replaced and renamed as what ?

6. 1936 – Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans on which island ?

7. 1944 – World War II: Which is the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces ?

8. 1948 – The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of an operation called what ?

9. 1960 – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded in which city ?

10. 1975 – The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by which Pope ?

11. 1984 – Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean by what means ?

12. 1994 – The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of what ?

13. 1999 – Kiribati, Nauru and which other Pacific state join the United Nations ?

14. 2000 – Microsoft releases which version of Windows ?

15. 2007 – Financial crisis of 2007–2008: Which bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years ?