On This Day (October 5th) Multiple Choice

1. 816 – King Louis is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope. What was his nickname ?

2. 1143 – King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises which nation as a Kingdom ?

3. 1550 – Which city in present-day Chile is founded ?

4. 1869 – The Saxby Gale devastates which North American coastal region ?

5. 1905 – The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in how many minutes ?

6. 1930 – British airship R101 crashes on its maiden voyage in France en route to which country ?

7. 1936 – A march protesting against unemployment and poverty sets off for London from which Northern English town ?

8. 1945 – A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of which studio ?

9. 1947 – President Truman makes the first televised address from which part of the White House ?

10. 1966 – A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near which city suffers a partial meltdown ?

11. 1970 – The British Trade Commissioner is kidnapped by members of which militant paramilitary group ?

12. 1982 – Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with what substance cause seven deaths ?

13. 1984 – Marc Garneau becomes the first person in space from which country ?

14. 1986 – Mordechai Vanunu's story in The Sunday Times reveals which country's secret nuclear weapons ?

15. 2016 - Police in the which Indian city arrest more than 750 people suspected of defrauding U.S. citizens from a fake call center ?