September 21 History Quiz — 5 Questions

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2019

Question 1 of 5

Which of the following best describes what happened on September 21?

AA 5.6 Mw earthquake shakes the Albanian port of Durrës. Forty-nine people are in

BA royal coronation ceremony

CA scientific moon landing

DA major peace treaty signing

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2018

Question 2 of 5

On September 21, a notable event occurred. Which description matches it?

AA volcanic eruption in Iceland

BLGBT rights activist Zak Kostopoulos is beaten to death on a busy street in Athe

CThe founding of the United Nations

DA major earthquake in Japan

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2015

Question 3 of 5

Which event took place on September 21 in history?

ADiscovery of penicillin

BFall of the Berlin Wall

CAdventist Health System agreed to pay $118.7 million to settle allegations of fr

DFirst commercial flight

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2013

Question 4 of 5

Historians remember September 21 for which of the following?

AFirst Moon walk by astronauts

BSigning of the Magna Carta

CLaunch of the first satellite

DAl-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya, killing

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2003

Question 5 of 5

What significant event is recorded on September 21?

AOpening of the Suez Canal

BThe Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere

CEnd of World War I

DFirst transatlantic telegraph cable

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