On This Day (August 30th) Multiple Choice

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1. 1464 – Pope Paul II succeeds Pope Pius II as which pope ?

211th ✓

197th ✓

302nd ✓

256th ✓

2. 1594 – The christening of Prince Henry of Scotland is celebrated with the Masque at the baptism of Prince Henry at which castle ?

Edinburgh Castle ✓

Stirling Castle ✓

Glamis Castle ✓

Eilean Donan Castle ✓

3. 1791 – HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground the previous day in which place ?

Dogger Bank ✓

Bosphurus Strait ✓

Galapagos Islands ✓

Great Barrier Reef ✓

4. 1800 – Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion, but is arrested before he can make it happen in which US city ?

Savannah, Georgia ✓

Richmond, Virginia ✓

Charlotte, North Carolina ✓

Baltimore, Maryland ✓

5. 1835 – Which Australian city is founded ?

Cairns ✓

Perth ✓

Melbourne ✓

Darwin ✓

6. 1873 – Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover which archipelago ?

Galapagos Islands ✓

Andaman and Nicobar Islands ✓

South Sandwich Islands ✓

Franz Josef Land ✓

7. 1916 – Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on which island in Antarctica ?

Elephant Island ✓

South Georgia ✓

Coronation Island ✓

Deception Island ✓

8. 1918 – Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures which world leader ?

Louis Botha ✓

Vladimir Lenin ✓

Georges Clemenceau ✓

Woodrow Wilson ✓

9. 1941 – The Tighina Agreement, a treaty regarding administration issues is signed between Germany and which other country ?

Hungary ✓

Bulgaria ✓

Romania ✓

Albania ✓

10. 1945 – The Japanese occupation of which city comes to an end ?

Shanghai ✓

Taipei ✓

Manila ✓

Hong Kong ✓

11. 1963 – The hotline between the leaders of which two nations goes into operation ?

United States and Soviet Union ✓

United Kingdom and United States ✓

China and Japan ✓

Soviet Union and China ✓

12. 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American to hold which position ?

Mayor of New Orleans ✓

Surgeon General ✓

Justice of the Supreme Court ✓

White House Chief of Staff ✓

13. 1974 – A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in which city ?

Budapest ✓

Zagreb ✓

Vienna ✓

Munich ✓

14. 1984 – Which Space Shuttle takes off on its maiden voyage ?

Discovery ✓

Challenger ✓

Enterprise ✓

Endeavour ✓

15. 1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Which country declares independence on this day ?

Georgia ✓

Kyrgyzstan ✓

Tajikistan ✓

Azerbaijan ✓

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