On This Day (June 3rd) Multiple Choice

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1. 1326 – The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and which other country ?

Norway ✓

China ✓

Kazakhstan ✓

Mongolia ✓

2. 1539 – Hernando de Soto claims which area of the Americas for Spain ?

Yucatan Peninsula ✓

Nicaragua ✓

Florida ✓

Inca Empire ✓

3. 1665 – James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of which British town ?

Dover, Kent ✓

Lowestoft, Suffolk ✓

Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire ✓

Scarborough, N.Yorkshire ✓

4. 1839 – In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü confiscates from British merchants and destroys 1.2 million kilograms of what product ?

Tea ✓

Hashish ✓

Rice ✓

Opium ✓

5. 1885 – In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader escapes the North-West Mounted Police. What was his name ?

Black Powder ✓

Red Deer ✓

Big Bear ✓

Running Horse ✓

6. 1889 – The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running between a generator at Willamette Falls and which city ?

Portland, Oregon ✓

Seattle, Washington ✓

Bangor, Maine ✓

Springfield, Illinois ✓

7. 1940 – World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs which city on this day ?

Bristol, UK ✓

Paris, France ✓

Oslo, Norway ✓

Liverpool, UK ✓

8. 1940 – Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make which island, the "Jewish Homeland" ?

Malta ✓

Hispaniola ✓

Sri Lanka ✓

Madagascar ✓

9. 1943 – In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in a series of riots known as what ?

Zoot Suit Riots. ✓

Jazz Riots ✓

Trilby Riots ✓

Mexical Riots ✓

10. 1980 – An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects nationalists from which country ?

Cuba ✓

Mexico ✓

Croatia ✓

Turkey ✓

11. 1989 – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of where after seven weeks of occupation ?

Forbidden City ✓

Hong Kong ✓

Lhasa, Tibet ✓

Tiananmen Square ✓

12. 2012 – The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on which river ?

Severn ✓

Thames ✓

Murray ✓

Limpopo ✓

13. 2013 – At least 119 people are killed in a fire at what type of facility in Jilin Province in northeastern China ?

Poultry Farm ✓

Steel Works ✓

Nightclub ✓

Military Air Base ✓

14. 2017 – Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists on a bridge in which city ?

Dublin, Ireland ✓

Istanbul, Turkey ✓

London, UK ✓

Wellington, New Zealand ✓

15. 1911 – Ellen Corby, American actress and screenwriter is born. She is best known for portraying a grandmother in which TV programme ?

Beverly Hill Billies ✓

The Waltons ✓

Golden Girls ✓

Everybody Loves Raymond ✓

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