T150 ON THIS DAY IN OCTOBER QUIZ

[magpie in the 80's]

1st of October 1982 Helmut Kohl replaced Helmut Schmidt (rather than someone replacing Kohl) as Chancellor of W Germany
27th of October 1998 Gerhard Schroder replaced Kohl as Chancellor of the reunified Germany

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[magpie in the 80's]

14th 1964: Leonid Brezhnev

21st 1959: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

22nd 1966: The Supremes

27th 1991: Turkmenistan

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[magpie in the 80's]

29th 1901: William McKinley

23rd 1739: War of Jenkins Ear

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[magpie in the 80's]

USE THE DAY AS YOUR QUESTION NUMBER

1st 1982, who replaced Helmut Kohl as Chancellor of Germany?
HELMUT SCHMIDT
2nd 1950, who published his first Peanuts cartoon strip?
CHARLES SCHULZ
3rd 1992, who shocked US TV viewers by ripping up a photograph of the Pope?
SINEAD O'CONNOR
4th 1883, which youth organisation founded by William Alexander Smith held its first meeting in Glasgow?
BOYS BRIGADE
5th 1947, who delivered the first televised White House address?
HARRY S. TRUMAN
6th 1981, who was assassinated whilst attending a military parade?
ANWAR SADAT
7th 1919, which airline company was founded in the Netherlands?
KLM
8th 1982, in which country was the trade union Solidarity banned?
POLAND
9th 1970, in which country was the Khmer Republic proclaimed?
CAMBODIA
10th 1964, which city witnessed the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics?
TOKYO
11th 1982, which vessel was raised from the sea bed in the Solent?
MARY ROSE
12th 1915, which nurse was executed by a German firing squad?
EDITH CAVELL
13th 1923, what was proclaimed as the new capital of Turkey?
ANKARA
14th 1964, who became the new leader of the Soviet Union?
LEONID BREZHNEV
15th 1990, which world leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
16th 1793, which wife of Louis XVI was executed?
MARIE ANTOINETTE
17th 1967, which rock musical featuring the song Good Morning Starshine, made its Broadway debut?
HAIR
18th 1968, who set a new world record for the long jump?
BOB BEAMON
19th 1982, which car manufacturer was arrested for alleged cocaine smuggling?
JOHN DE LOREAN
20th 1968, who married Aristotle Onassis?
JACKIE KENNEDY
21st 1959, which New York museum opened its doors to the public?
GUGGENHEIM MUESEUM
22nd 1966, which group became the first all female group to top the album charts in the USA?
THE SUPREMES
23rd 1739, which war between Britain and Spain began?
WAR OF JENKINS EAR
24th 1956, which country was invaded by the Soviet Union?
HUNGARY
25th 1760, who was crowned King of Great Britain?
GEORGE III
26th 1881, which town witnessed the Gunfight at the OK Corral?
TOMBSTONE
27th 1991, which nation achieved its independence from the Soviet Union?
TURKMENISTAN
28th 1868, who applied for his first ever patent, an electric vote recorder?
THOMAS EDISON
29th 1901, Leon Czolgosz was executed for assassinating which President?
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
30th 1974, who faced Ali in The Rumble in the Jungle?
GEORGE FOREMAN
31st 1922, who became the youngest Premier in the history of Italy?
BENITO MUSSOLINI

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