On This Day (September 2nd) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1987 – In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew what make of airplane into Red Square in May ? Cessna 172
71%
1939 – World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, which city is annexed by Nazi Germany ? Danzig (Gdansk)
71%
1912 – Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first of which award of the Boy Scouts of America ? Eagle Scout
71%
1946 – The Interim Government of which country is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President with the powers of a Prime Minister ? India
71%
1945 – World War II: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed and accepted aboard which battleship in Tokyo Bay ? USS Missouri
71%
2019 – Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, devastates which island nation ? Bahamas
57%
1752 – Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, starts using what ? Gregorian Calendar
43%
1968 – Operation OAU begins during the Civil War of which African country ? Nigeria
43%
1807 – The British Royal Navy bombards which city with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent the nation from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon ? Copenhagen
29%
1806 – A massive landslide destroys which Swiss town ? Goldau
29%
1666 – The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings. It started at a bakery in which street ? Pudding Lane
29%
1957 – President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to which country ? Australia
14%
1901 – Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the State Fair of which state ? Minnesota
14%
1998 – Swissair Flight 111 crashes near which Nova Scotia town ? Peggy's Cove
14%
1984 – Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in a shootout between the rival motorcycle gangs Bandidos and Comancheros in which city ? Sydney, Australia
14%
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