On This Day (June 22nd) Multiple Choice

1. 1527 – Fatahillah expels Portuguese forces from Sunda Kelapa, now regarded as the foundation of which Asian city ?

2. 1783 – A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches which city in France ?

3. 1893 – Which Royal Navy battleship accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria killing 358 crew, including the fleet's commander ?

4. 1911 – Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of which city ?

5. 1921 – Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region in which country ?

6. 1940 – World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany. It was signed in what mode of transport ?

7. 1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany invades which country in Operation Barbarossa ?

8. 1944 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as what ?

9. 1948 – The ship "HMT Empire Windrush" brought the first group of 802 West Indian immigrants to which UK port ?

10. 1948 – King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", how long after Britain actually gave up its rule of India ?

11. 1984 – Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from which UK airport ?

12. 2012 – President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco in which country ?

13. 2009 – A metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station in which city ?

14. 1936 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor is born. In the film "Convoy" what was his CB handle ?

15. 1949 – Meryl Streep, American actress and singer is also born on this day. She won an Oscar for portraying which world leader ?