On This Day (November 19th) Multiple Choice

1. 1816 – A university is established in which Eastern European city ?

2. 1863 – American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for which type of facility ?

3. 1881 – A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal close to which city ?

4. 1911 – The Doom Bar in Cornwall claims two ships, Island Maid and Angele. Doom Bar is at the mouth of which river ?

5. 1942 – Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993. The kingdom is in which African country ?

6. 1946 – Iceland, Sweden and which other country join the United Nations ?

7. 1954 – Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III. What is it called ?

8. 1959 – The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of which motor car ?

9. 1967 – The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in which city ?

10. 1969 – Association football player Pelé scores which milestone goal ?

11. 1985 – Cold War: U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time. In which city ?

12. 1994 – In the UK, the first National Lottery draw is held. A ticket costing how much gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers ?

13. 1998 – Which painting by Vincent van Gogh sells at auction for US$71.5 million ?

14. 2010 – The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in which country ?

15. 2019 – Which internet company launches its cloud gaming service Stadia ?