December 19 History Quiz — 5 Questions

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2016

Question 1 of 5

Which of the following best describes what happened on December 19?

ARussian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov is assassinated while at an art exhib

BA royal coronation ceremony

CA scientific moon landing

DA major peace treaty signing

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2016

Question 2 of 5

On December 19, a notable event occurred. Which description matches it?

AA volcanic eruption in Iceland

BA vehicular attack in Berlin, Germany, kills 12 and injures 56 people at a Chris

CThe founding of the United Nations

DA major earthquake in Japan

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2013

Question 3 of 5

Which event took place on December 19 in history?

ADiscovery of penicillin

BFall of the Berlin Wall

CSpacecraft Gaia is launched by the European Space Agency

DFirst commercial flight

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2012

Question 4 of 5

Historians remember December 19 for which of the following?

AFirst Moon walk by astronauts

BSigning of the Magna Carta

CLaunch of the first satellite

DPark Geun-hye is elected the first female president of South Korea

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2005

Question 5 of 5

What significant event is recorded on December 19?

AOpening of the Suez Canal

BChalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 crashes into the Government Cut channel immedia

CEnd of World War I

DFirst transatlantic telegraph cable

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