On This Day (October 16th) Multiple Choice

1. 1384 – Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland. What was different about this king ?

2. 1793 – French Revolution: Marie Antoinette is executed in the Place de la Revolution in ParisPlace de la Bastille. Place de la Revolution is now known by what name ?

3. 1847 – Which novel by Charlotte Bronte is published in London ?

4. 1882 – The The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad opens for business. By what name was it commonly known ?

5. 1916 – Margaret Sanger opens the first what in the United States ?

6. 1923 – Which media and film company is founded ?

7. 1946 – Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by what means ?

8. 1947 – The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from which country ?

9. 1951 – The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in which city ?

10. 1968 – Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in which field ?

11. 1975 – Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists in which country ?

12. 1978 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since what year ?

13. 1995 – A bridge is opened connecting which UK island to the mainland for the first time ?

14. 1998 – Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in which city on a murder extradition warrant ?

15. 1943 – Fred Turner, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player is born. He was a founding member of which rock band ?