On This Day (July 15th) Multiple Choice

1. 484 BC – The Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux takes place in which ancient city ?

2. 1207 – King John of England expels monks from which city for supporting Archbishop Stephen Langton ?

3. 1381 – John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of which king of England ?

4. 1799 – The Rosetta Stone is found in which Egyptian village by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard ?

5. 1834 – The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after approximately how many years ?

6. 1870 – Reconstruction Era of the United States: Which state becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union ?

7. 1888 – The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people in which country ?

8. 1927 – Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by police in which European city ?

9. 1955 – Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against what ?

10. 1966 – Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin which Operation to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone ?

11. 1974 – Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios in which country ?

12. 1996 – A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying a marching band from which country's army crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport ?

13. 1998 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by what weapon ?

14. 2006 – Which social media platform is launched ?

15. 2014 – A train derails on which city's Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others ?