On This Day (January 5th) Multiple Choice

1. 1781 - British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns which US city ?

2. 1840 - According to public records there are 95,820 of what in England on this date?

3. 1900 - Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against what ?

4. 1914 – Which company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses ?

5. 1919 - Anton Drexler founded the German Workers' Party, the forerunner of the Nazi Party, in which German city ?

6. 1925 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of which state becomes the first female governor in the United States ?

7. 1933 – Construction of which iconic bridge begins ?

8. 1944 – What is the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic ?

9. 1945 - Which character debuts in the Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty" ?

10. 1952 - Which British Prime Minister starts an official visit to the US ?

11. 1969 – Marilyn Manson,(real name Brian Hugh Warner) American singer-songwriter, actor, and director is born in which US city ?

12. 1970 - 23,000 mine workers go on strike in which European country ?

13. 1972 - President Richard Nixon ordered the development of what ?

14. 1993 - The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of which British island group, spilling twice as much crude oil as the Exxon Valdez in 1989?

15. 2007 - Momofuku Ando, dies in Osaka, what did he invent?

16. 2014 - A communication satellite is launched using a cryogenic engine built by which country for the first time?