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1.1762 – Which landmark is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome ?
Trevi Fountain
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Spanish Steps
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Piazza Navona
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St.Paul's Basilica
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2.1766 – A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in which region ?
Lazio, Italy
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Manchuria, China
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Marmara, Turkey
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Hokkaido, Japan
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3.1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially begins as the Corps of Discovery departs from where ?
Richmond, Virginia
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Jackson, Mississippi
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Lexington, Kentucky
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St. Charles, Missouri
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4.1819 – "SS Savannah" leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to do what ?
Travel around Cape Horn
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Cross the Atlantic
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Visit Iceland
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Search for the North West Passage
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5.1848 – Slavery is abolished on which island ?
Martinique
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Bermuda
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Cuba
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Key West
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6.1849 – Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for an invention to do what task, making him the only U.S. President to ever hold a patent ?
Churn Butter
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Lift Boats
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Light Fires
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Capture Rodents
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7.1915 – Three trains collide, killing 227 people, in the Quintinshill rail disaster near which British town ?
Ludlow, England
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Carmarthen, Wales
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Gretna Green, Scotland
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Leatherhead, England
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8.1939 – World War II: Germany and Italy sign an agreement known as what ?
Pact of Steel
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Pact of Iron
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Pact of Stone
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Pact of the Devil
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9.1942 – Which country enters World War II, joining the Allies ?
Brazil
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Pakistan
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New Zealand
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Mexico
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10.1957 – South Africa's government approves of racial separation in what type of institution ?
Hospitals
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Prisons
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Universities
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Military Bases
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11.1968 – The nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 miles southwest of which island group ?
Aleutian Islands
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The Azores
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Hawaii
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Samoan Islands
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12.1987 – First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing which other nation at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand ?
England
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Australia
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Italy
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France
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13.1994 – A worldwide trade embargo against which country goes into effect to punish its military rulers for not reinstating the country's ousted elected leader ?
Haiti
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Grenada
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Venezuela
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Guatemala
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14.2015 – The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to legalize what following a public referendum ?
Marijuana
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Gay Marriage
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Alcohol Consumption at 13 years
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A Ban on Smoking in Public Areas
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15.2017 – Twenty-two people are killed at an Ariana Grande concert in which venue ?