August 14 History Quiz — 5 Questions

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2023

Question 1 of 5

Which of the following best describes what happened on August 14?

AFormer U.S. president Donald Trump is charged in Georgia along with 18 others in

BA royal coronation ceremony

CA scientific moon landing

DA major peace treaty signing

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2022

Question 2 of 5

On August 14, a notable event occurred. Which description matches it?

AA volcanic eruption in Iceland

BAn explosion destroys a market in Armenia, killing six people and injuring dozen

CThe founding of the United Nations

DA major earthquake in Japan

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2021

Question 3 of 5

Which event took place on August 14 in history?

ADiscovery of penicillin

BFall of the Berlin Wall

CA magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes southwestern Haiti, killing at least 2,248 pe

DFirst commercial flight

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2018

Question 4 of 5

Historians remember August 14 for which of the following?

AFirst Moon walk by astronauts

BSigning of the Magna Carta

CLaunch of the first satellite

DThe collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, left 16 people injured

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2015

Question 5 of 5

What significant event is recorded on August 14?

AOpening of the Suez Canal

BThe U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cu

CEnd of World War I

DFirst transatlantic telegraph cable

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