On This Day (April 10th) Multiple Choice

1. 1407 – Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama visits the Ming dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded the which title ?

2. 1500 – Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to which nations authorities ?

3. 1809 – Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade where ?

4. 1868 – At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. 700 Ethiopians are killed , how many British / Indian soldiers perish ?

5. 1939 – Which charity's "Big Book" is first published ?

6. 1968 – The ferry "TEV Wahine" sinks in which harbour due to a fierce storm ?

7. 1970 – Who announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons ?

8. 1971 – In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. national sports team from which sport for a week-long visit ?

9. 1973 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm, killing 108 people, on approach to which city ?

10. 1991 – A tropical storm develops and is the first to be documented by satellites, in which ocean ?

11. 2009 – President Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis in which island nation ?

12. 2019 – Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of what ?

13. 1849 - Walter Hunt of New York sold the rights of his patent for $400, what did he invent ?

14. 1877 - Which circus act is performed for the first time in London ?

15. 1912 - RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton for her maiden (and final) voyage under the charge of Captain who ?