On This Day (February 3rd) Multiple Choice

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1. 1690 – The colony of Massachusetts is the first in the Americas to issue what?

Paper Money ✓

Tax Demands ✓

Stamps ✓

Unemployment Benefit ✓

2. 1807 – A British military force, under the command of Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures which Spanish Empire city ?

Santiago ✓

San Salvador ✓

Cuzco ✓

Montevideo ✓

3. 1943 – Eric Haydock, English bass player, was born in Stockport, UK. He was the original bass guitarist in which band ?

The Hollies ✓

The Yardbirds ✓

The Rolling Stones ✓

The Who ✓

4. 1945 – World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake which city from Japan ?

Davao ✓

Manila ✓

Cebu ✓

Ormoc ✓

5. 1953 - J Fred Muggs becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show. What is he ?

Comedian ✓

Chimpanzee ✓

Singer / Dancer ✓

Magician ✓

6. 1959 – Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near which city ?

Clear Lake, Iowa ✓

Clark's Grove, Minnesota ✓

Miller, South Dakota ✓

Salina, Kansas ✓

7. 1961 – The United States Air Forces begins which operation ensuring a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air ?

Operation Skyfall ✓

Operation Flying Eye ✓

Operation Looking Glass ✓

Operation Long Range ✓

8. 1966 – The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to do what ?

Orbit the Moon ✓

Make a soft landing on the moon ✓

Fly beyond Mars ✓

Return safely to Earth ✓

9. 1972 – The first day of a seven-day blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history, in which Asian country ?

Turkey ✓

Syria ✓

Bangladesh ✓

Iran ✓

10. 1982 - John Sharples of England finishes 371 hours of what ?

Disco Dancing ✓

Sitting in a bath of beans ✓

Unicycling ✓

Trampolining ✓

11. 1984 – John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announce history's first successful what ?

Embryo Transfer ✓

Lung Transplant ✓

Ear Implants ✓

Elbow Replacement ✓

12. 1989 – South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party after suffering from what ?

Heart Attack ✓

Pneumonia ✓

Stroke ✓

Cancer ✓

13. 1994 - Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme weds Darcy Lapier in in which Asian city ?

Hanoi ✓

Singapore ✓

Tokyo ✓

Bangkok ✓

14. 1998 – A United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane hits what near Trento, Italy ?

Town Hall ✓

Bus ✓

Cable Car ✓

Ferris Wheel ✓

15. 2014 – Two people are shot and killed and 29 students are taken hostage at a high school in which Russian city ?

Vladivostok ✓

Moscow ✓

Saint Petersburg ✓

Yekaterinburg ✓

16. 2023 - A freight train carrying hazardous cargoes derails and catches fire releasing chemicals to the air and contaminating which US river?

Ohio ✓

Mississippi ✓

Hudson ✓

Rio Grande ✓

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