On This Day (September 21st) Multiple Choice

1. 1170 – Which Norse Kingdom falls to Norman invaders ?

2. 1745 – A Hanoverian army is defeated in Scotland by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. How long does it take ?

3. 1792 – French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes what ?

4. 1843 – John Williams Wilson takes possession of which body of water on behalf of the Chilean government ?

5. 1896 – British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola in which modern day country ?

6. 1933 – Salvador Lutteroth establishes which sport in Mexico ?

7. 1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on which US island ?

8. 1942 – Which airplane makes its maiden flight ?

9. 1964 – Which country gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth ?

10. 1965 – The Gambia, Maldives and which other country are admitted as members of the United Nations ?

11. 1976 – Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of which country's former government ?

12. 1976 – Which island country joins the United Nations ?

13. 1991 – Which country gains independence from the Soviet Union ?

14. 2003 – The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into which planet's atmosphere ?

15. 2013 – Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in which African city ?