On This Day (October 23rd) Multiple Choice

1. 425 – Valentinian III is elevated as Roman emperor at what age ?

2. 1295 – The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between which two countries against England is signed in Paris ?

3. 1642 – The Battle of Edgehill is the first major battle of the English Civil War. In which traditional English county is Edgehill ?

4. 1812 – A French general begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in which country ?

5. 1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight on which continent ?

6. 1939 – The Japanese twin-engine Mitsubishi G4M bomber makes its maiden flight. What was it's Allied reporting name ?

7. 1955 – The people of the Saar region vote in a referendum to unite with which country instead of France ?

8. 1958 – Canada's Springhill mining disaster kills seventy-five miners, while ninety-nine others are rescued in which province ?

9. 1970 – Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in an automobile called the Blue Flame, it is powered by which fuel ?

10. 1982 – A gunfight breaks out between police officers and members of a religious cult in Arizona. What was the cult's name ?

11. 1989 – Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine; the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then. What was it's core business ?

12. 1993 – The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in which city, killing the bomber and nine civilians ?

13. 2002 – Terrorists from which region seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage ?

14. 2012 – After 38 years, the world's first teletext service ceases broadcast. Which TV company ran the service ?

15. Today is celebrated as what in the USA ?