On This Day (February 8th) Multiple Choice

1. 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder who ?

2. 1879 – The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in which city ?

3. 1910 - William D. Boyce founds which US youth organisation?

4. 1921 – Lana Turner, American actress is born in which city ?

5. 1922 – United States President Warren G. Harding introduces the first what to the White House ?

6. 1924 – The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in which state ?

7. 1950 - The Stasi is established, it is the secret police organisation of which former country?

8. 1969 - A meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in which Mexican state ?

9. 1971 – Which stock market index opens for the first time ?

10. 1974 – The crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit the American space station, returns to Earth after how many days ?

11. 1978 - Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes Prime Minister of which Middle Eastern country ?

12. 1981 – 21 spectators are trampled to death at Karaiskakis Stadium in Greece, after a football match between AEK Athens F.C. and which other team ?

13. 1992 - The Ulysses spacecraft passes which planet ?

14. 1993 – GM sues which TV network after a programme allegedly rigs two crashes to demonstrate that some pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places ?

15. 2014 - A hotel fire kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims in which city?

16. 2015 - Which country wins the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations football championship ?