On This Day (October 28th) Multiple Choice

1. 1420 – Which city is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty ?

2. 1492 – Christopher Columbus lands on which island on his first voyage to the New World ?

3. 1538 – The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now which country ?

4. 1664 – The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot is established. It was later to be known as which part of the British military ?

5. 1726 – The novel Gulliver's Travels is published. Who wrote the novel ?

6. 1834 – The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists in which country ?

7. 1886 – US president Grover Cleveland dedicates which landmark ?

8. 1893 – Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, "Pathétique" receives its première performance how long before the composer's death ?

9. 1919 – The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for what to begin the following January ?

10. 1942 – The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at which city in Canada ?

11. 1949 – An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in which island group, killing all 48 people on board ?

12. 1958 – Which Pope is elected ?

13. 1990 – Which country holds its only free election under Soviet rule ?

14. 2007 – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of which country ?

15. Today in the US is marked as what ?