On This Day (September 24th) Multiple Choice

1. 787 – Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles in which religious building ?

2. 1645 – The Battle of Rowton Heath is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded by King Charles. In which English county is Rowton Heath ?

3. 1830 – A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of which country ?

4. 1852 – The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to which nearby village ?

5. 1890 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces what practice ?

6. 1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims which natural landmark as the nation's first National Monument ?

7. 1911 – His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight from which town ?

8. 1946 – Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in which city ?

9. 1948 – Which major Japanese motor vehicle manufacturing company is founded ?

10. 1960 – The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched. What was it's name ?

11. 1972 – Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in which city ?

12. 1973 – Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from which nation ?

13. 1996 – Representatives of how many nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations ?

14. 2007 – Which team wins the first ever T20 International Cricket World Cup ?

15. 2008 – Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of which African nation ?