Famous Events in History 1

1. What event did Franklin D. Roosevelt call "a date which will live in infamy"?

• the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
• the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
• the D-Day landings at Normandy
• the sinking of the RMS Lusitania

2. What caused the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912?

• it collided with another ship
• it was overweight from too many passengers
• it struck an iceberg
• it was hit by a submarine torpedo

3. What number was the first Apollo mission to land on the moon?

4. What famous event occurred in 1903 just south of Kitty Hawk, NC?

• first message sent by telegram
• first automobile manufactured by Henry Ford
• first powered airplane flight by Wright brothers
• the invention of the cotton gin

5. Which Roman dictator was assassinated on the Ides of March?

• Julius Caesar
• Caesar Augustus
• Nero Claudius
• Quintus Metellus