On This Day (October 13th) Multiple Choice

1. 1269 – The present church at which religious building is consecrated ?

2. 1710 – Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces. Port Royal is now a city in which Canadian province ?

3. 1821 – The Declaration of Independence of which country is publicly proclaimed ?

4. 1843 – B'nai B'rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded in which city ?

5. 1884 – The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of which building as the prime meridian ?

6. 1903 – The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series. But who did they defeat ?

7. 1917 – The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in which country ?

8. 1923 – Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey. Which city was the previous capital ?

9. 1944 – World War II: A Soviet offensive captures which city ?

10. 1976 – The first electron micrograph of which virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy ?

11. 1983 – Which company launches the first US cellular network in Chicago ?

12. 2010 – The mining accident ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground in which country ?

13. 2016 – Which country announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations ?

14. 2019 – Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets a new world record for a female runner with a time of 2:14:04 at the 2019 Marathon in which city ?

15. Today is marked as an awareness day for which medical condition ?