On This Day (June 18th) Multiple Choice

1. 1178 – Five monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. Where is the Giordano bruno crater ?

2. 1633 – Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, in which city ?

3. 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon which city ?

4. 1815 – The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington. In which country is the site of the battle ?

5. 1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to do what ?

6. 1908 – The University of where is established ?

7. 1935 – Police in Vancouver, Canada clash with striking workers from which industry ?

8. 1945 – William Joyce is charged with treason. By what name was he infamously known ?

9. 1948 – Columbia Records introduces which music format in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City ?

10. 1954 – Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the border setting in motion a coup d'état in which country ?

11. 1972 – 118 people are killed when a British European Airways Trident crashes two minutes after take off from which airport ?

12. 1979 – SALT II is signed by the United States and which nation ?

13. 1982 – Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath which bridge in London, England ?

14. 1984 – A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike. Where in the UK is Orgreave ?

15. 2006 – The first space satellite from which former Soviet country is launched ?