On This Day (October 9th) Multiple Choice

1. 1410 – The first known mention of the astronomical clock in which European city ?

2. 1446 – The hangul alphabet is published in which country ?

3. 1594 – Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on which island ?

4. 1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut is chartered in Old Saybrook. It is later renamed as which university ?

5. 1804 – Which Australian state capital is founded ?

6. 1824 – Slavery in Latin America: Slavery is abolished in which country ?

7. 1914 – World War I: The Siege of which city comes to an end ?

8. 1936 – Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to which city ?

9. 1941 – A coup in which country declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president ?

10. 1963 – A large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000. In which European country ?

11. 1980 – Pope John Paul II greets which world figure during a private audience in Vatican City ?

12. 1981 – President François Mitterrand abolishes what in France ?

13. 1986 – Which play, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre ?

14. 2006 – Which country conducts its first nuclear test ?

15. Today is known as which awareness day in the US ?