On This Day (September 25th) Multiple Choice

1. 1066 – In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England. The battle took place in which modern day English county ?

2. 1237 – England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of what ?

3. 1513 – Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as what ?

4. 1775 – American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture which city during the Battle of Longue-Pointe ?

5. 1868 – The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off the coast of which island while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia ?

6. 1890 – The United States Congress establishes which National Park ?

7. 1906 – Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates what is considered to be the first use of a what ?

8. 1915 – World War I: The Second Battle of which French province begins ?

9. 1955 – The Royal Air Force of which country is founded ?

10. 1959 – Solomon Bandaranaike is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.He was the Prime Minister of which country ?

11. 1964 – Which country's War of Independence begins ?

12. 1977 – About 4,200 people take part in the first running of which city's Marathon ?

13. 1981 – Which Central American country joins the United Nations ?

14. 1983 – Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns escape from the Maze Prison. By what means ?

15. 2018 – Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for what crime ?