On This Day (March 23rd) Multiple Choice

1. 1801 – Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in which place ?

2. 1806 – After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin to what ?

3. 1839 - 1st recorded use of "OK" an abbreviation of "Oll Korrect" in which newspaper ?

4. 1848 – The ship "John Wickliffe" arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers to where?

5. 1857 – Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at number 488 of which street in New York City ?

6. 1889 - What means of crossing the River Thames was officially opened in London ?

7. 1909 – Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and which other society ?

8. 1921 Donald Campbell, English boat and land racer (world land and water records 1964), is born in which English town ?

9. 1945 - The Swallow Sidecar Company headed by William Lyons agrees to change its name to what ?

10. 1957 - The US army sells it's last remaining what ?

11. 1966 - First official meeting of the Catholic & Anglican Churches after how many years ?

12. 2001 – The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into which ocean ?

13. 2012 - The African Union suspends which country's membership following a coup ?

14. 2015 - TV personality Kris Jenner and athlete Bruce Jenner divorce after how many years of marriage ?

15. 2019 - More than 1 million people march on London to demand what ?

16. 2021 - A container ship runs aground and blocks the Suez Canal for six days. What was it's name?