By Clare Mendez, Resident
This trivia quiz will stretch your long-term memory muscles.
1. 1400 This "Father of English Literature," best remembered for
writing The Canterbury Tales, died and became the first poet to
be buried in Westminster Abbey.
2. 1825 This waterway, which connected the Great Lakes with the
Atlantic Ocean, was opened for commercial use.
3. 1867 This country's flag was lowered in Sitka, Alaska, and
replaced by the Stars and Stripes.
4. 1945 President Harry Truman announced that the United States
would share the secret of the atomic bomb technology with only
these two countries.
5. 1947 This Air Force test pilot became the first person to break the
sound barrier, flying at Mach 1 speed over Southern California.
6. 1961 This New York Yankee hitter broke the home run record set
by Babe Ruth in 1927.
7. 1962 President John F. Kennedy delivered a televised address
announcing a full military blockade of Cuba. Why?
8. 1975 Saturday Night Live debuted on NBC. How many of the
original cast of seven can you name?
9. 1980 During a presidential debate with incumbent Jimmy
Carter, candidate Ronald Regan asked voters this memorable
question about their economic status.
10. 1984 Baby Fae of Loma Linda, California, who was born with a
severe heart defect, underwent an experimental transplant. She
lived for twenty-one days with the heart of this animal.
11. 1985 This actor became the first major U.S. celebrity to die from
complications due to AIDS, raising public awareness of the
growing epidemic.
12. 2004 This baseball team "reversed the curse" and won the World
Series for the first time since 1918.
October in history
Answers on the following page
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