Tuesday, May 3, 2016

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, MAY 1-6, QUESTIONS

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, MAY 1-6, QUESTIONS

MAY 1 

1.    1967  Elvis Presley was married to whom? 

MAY 2 

2.  1980  What hit song by the British rock group Pink Floyd was banned in South Africa? 

3.   1863   In what  Virginia battle was Confederate General 'Stonewall' Jackson shot by this own troops and later died of his wounds? 


MAY 3

4.  1494  Columbus discovers what island on his second expedition to the Americas?


MAY 4

5.  1970  U.S. National Guardsmen shot and killed 4 students during an anti-war demonstration at what university?

6.  1953  Ernest Hemingway won a Pulitzer Prize for what novel? 

MAY 5

7.  1862  Mexicans started a national holiday after they defeated French invaders at what battle? 


MAY 6

8. 1954  What male runner first officially broke the 4-minute mile?

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