Friday, May 20, 2016

THIS 'WEEK' IN HISTORY, MAY 14-21 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

TO GET BACK TO SUNDAY AS THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, AS IS THE CUSTOM IN NORTH AMERICA, THESE ENTRIES WILL COVER 8 DAYS.  ANSWERS ARE DIRECTLY BELOW THE QUESTION IN THIS POST.

TWIH, MAY 14-21, QUESTIONS

MAY 14

1.  1796  What doctor who had created the vaccine, gave the first smallpox vaccination on this day?

MAY 15

2.  1916  Jesse Washington, an illiterate black teenager was lynched his body burned in what Texas city? ((As usual, no one was arrested for the offense)

3.  1972  Who was the governor and presidential aspirant murdered on this day?

MAY 16

4. 1985  Who was named the NBA's rookie of the year?

MAY 17

5.  1510  Who was the painter of the famous "The Birth of Venus" who died on this day?

6. 1954  What landmark, but then highly controversial, decision was issued by a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court of this day

MAY 18

7.  1652, the first anti-slavery legislation in North America, requiring that all slaves be set free after ten years of servitude, was passed in what colony?


MAY 19

8.  1536 Henry VIII's second wife was beheaded.  What was her name?

9.  1980 What volcano erupted/exploded killing at least 15 people.

MAY 20

10.  1861  The capitol of the Confederacy was moved from what city to Richmond, VA?

MAY 21

11.  1881  Who founded the American Branch of the Red Cross?


TWIH MAY 14-21  ANSWERS

1.  Edward Jenner

2.  Waco

3.  George Wallace

4.  Michael Jordan

5.  Sandro Botticelli

6.  Brown v. Bd. of Education

7.  Rhode Island

8. Anne Boleyn

9. Mt. St. Helens

10.  Montgomery, Alabama

11.  Clara Barton




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