On This Day (April 11th) Multiple Choice

1. 1544 – Italian War of 1542–46: A French army defeats Habsburg forces at the Battle of Ceresole, in which modern day region of Italy ?

2. 1689 – William III and which other person are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain ?

3. 1727 – The premiere of composer's "St Matthew Passion" is performe at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ?

4. 1868 – Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders which castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate ?

5. 1909 – Which city, now in Israel was founded on this day ?

6. 1945 – World War II: American forces liberate which concentration camp ?

7. 1957 – United Kingdom agrees to the self-rule of which of its territories ?

8. 1961 – The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in which city ?.

9. 1977 – Some of London Transport's famous red AEC Routemaster buses are painted what colour ?

10. 1990 – Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what items on a ship bound for Iraq ?

11. 2002 – Approximately how many people march in Caracas towards the Presidential palace to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chávez ?

12. 2006 – Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully acheived what ?

13. 2011 – An explosion in which city's metro system kills 15 people and injures 204 others ?

14. Today is marked as a "World....Day" for which disease ?

15. 1960 – Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist and television presenter was born in which English town ?