This Date In History Trivia Quiz

Answer: Titanic

The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. The Titanic was captained by Edward Smith and was a part of White Star Line. The ship was ordered in 1908 and built in Belfast.

Answer: July 20, 1969

They landed on the moon on July 20, 1969 at 20:18 UTC (8:18 pm). They first walked on the moon six hours later on July 21, 1969 at 02:56 am UTC. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon while Michael Collins commanded the spacecraft.

Answer: April 30, 1789

George Washington was born in Virginia in 1732 and was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754. Washington served in the Virginia House of Burgesses and married a widow named Martha Dandridge Custis.

Answer: April 15, 1865

Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was attending a play called "Our American Cousin" at Fords Theater with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln when he was shot. Lincoln had four children: William Wallace Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln and Tad Lincoln.

Answer: October 24, 1929

At the beginning of trading on "Black Thursday", the market lost 11% of its value and panic set in. On October 28, 1929 aka "Black Monday", the stock market lost another 12.82% and on October 29, 1929 aka "Black Tuesday", the stock market lost another 11.73%.

Answer: March 15, 44 BC

Julius Caesar was born in Rome, Italy in 100 BC. Julius Caesar was married three times: to Cornelia Cinna minor from 83 BC to 69 BC, to Pompeia from 67 BC to 61 BC and to Calpurnia Pisonis from 59 BC to 44 BC.

Answer: November 22, 1963

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born May 29, 1917 and was the 35th president of the United States. JFK had four children, two died shortly after they were born in 1956 and 1963. Arabella Kennedy was born and died in 1956, Caroline Kennedy was born in 1957, John Kennedy Jr was born in 1960 and died in 1999, and Patrick Kennedy was born and died in 1963.

Answer: October 14, 1066

The Normans conquered England when Duke William II of Normandy fought the English army of Anglo-Saxon King Harold II. The battle took place approximately seven miles from the English town of Hastings. Historians believe that King Harold's army was made up of 7,000 soldiers while William's army had 10,000 soldiers.

Answer: June 6, 1944

D-Day is when the allied troops of World War II invaded Normandy.

The infantry divisions of the Normandy campaign were the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 35th, 79th, 83rd and 90th.

The armored divisions were the 3rd, 4th and 6th.

The Airborne divisions were the 82nd and 101st.

Answer: Pearl Harbor

The attack began at 7:48 am Hawaiian time. The attacked resulted in the deaths of 2,402 people and left 1,247 people wounded.