On This Day (September 7th) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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1571 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate who ? Queen Elizabeth I
67%
1822 – Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in which city ? Sao Paulo
56%
1978 – While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police by means of a ricin pellet fired from what ? Umbrella
56%
1936 – The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at a zoo in which Australian city ? Hobart, Tasmania
44%
1996 – Rapper and hip hop artist Tupac Shakur is fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in which city ? Las Vegas
44%
1907 – Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage between which two cities ? Liverpool to New York
44%
1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of which city ? Cape Town
22%
1942 – World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay. Milne Bay is in which modern day country ? Papua New Guinea
22%
1965 – Vietnam War: United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate an Operation known as what on the Batangan Peninsula ? Piranha
22%
1979 – Which vehicle manufacturer asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy ? Chrysler
11%
2005 – Which country holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election ? Egypt
11%
1876 – Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob a bank but are driven off by armed citizens in which city ? Northfield, Minnesota
11%
1776 – According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in a vessel named what ? Turtle
11%
2012 – Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with which country by closing its embassy and ordering the expulsion of diplomats from Ottawa ? Iran
0%
878 – Louis II is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII. By what name was Louis II otherwise known ? Louis the Stammerer
0%
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