On This Day (March 5th) Multiple Choice

1. 1496 – King Henry VII of England issues letters to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to do what ?

2. 1616 – Nicolaus Copernicus's book "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres" is added to the Index of Forbidden Books how many years after it was first published ?

3. 1824 – The United Kingdom officially declares war on which former country ?

4. 1850 – The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait is opened and connects the UK mainland to which island?

5. 1860 – Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of where ?

6. 1872 – George Westinghouse patents which of his inventions ?

7. 1912 – Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use what mode of transport for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines ?

8. 1936 – First flight of K5054, the first prototype advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom, by what name is it better known ?

9. 1946 – Winston Churchill coins which phrase in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri ?

10. 1948 – Edmond Montague Grant, better known as Eddy Grant, singer-songwriter and musician was born in which country ?

11. 1953 – Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at his Volynskoe dacha near which Russian city ?

12. 1963 – American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in which city ?

13. 1981 – The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched and would go on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world. Which company manufactured it ?

14. 2012 – Tropical Storm Irina kills over 75 as it passes through which African country ?

15. 1965 - A leftist uprising occurs against British Colonial Presence in which country?

16. 2021 - Pope Francis begins a historic visit amidst the Covid-19 pandemic to which country?