On This Day (October 1st) Multiple Choice

1. 959 – Edgar becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwig. He is known as Edgar the ....what ?

2. 1795 – More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands are annexed by Revolutionary France. Which of these countries was part of the Austrian Netherlands ?

3. 1800 – Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later for how much per square mile ?

4. 1843 – The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London, UK. In what year did it cease publication ?

5. 1908 – Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at what price ?

6. 1931 – Which New York bridge is opened ?

7. 1939 – World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy which Polish city ?

8. 1940 – Which road, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic ?

9. 1957 – First appearance of what on U.S. paper currency ?

10. 1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to which other city ?

11. 1971 – Which amusement park opens near Orlando, Florida ?

12. 1975 – Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in which city ?

13. 1979 – The rapid transit railway system known as "The MTR" opens in which city ?

14. 1989 – Denmark introduces the world's first legal what ?

15. 2017 – An independence referendum takes place in which region ?