Quiztory: Week of Oct. 17
Test your students’ knowledge of the notable events covered in findingDulcinea’s “On This Day” column this week with the Quiztory—a quiz on important events in history. A new Quiztory will run every Friday.
1. On Oct. 18, 1867, the United States purchased what piece of land from Russia?
2. Which Allied ship was attacked by the Japanese on Oct. 21, 1944?
3. Where did Lynyrd Skynyrd’s tour plane crash in 1977, killing 6 of the 26 people on board?
4. When was Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion?
5. Which United States president placed a trade embargo on exports to Cuba in 1960?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, “On This Day” will take a look at the first transcontinental telegraph, the disastrous cavalry charge lead by British Lt. Gen. Lord Cardigan and the Canon City meteorite. We’ll also examine one of America’s most infamous gunfights, the Volstead Act of 1919 and the stock market crash of 1929.
