On This Day in February

On February

1st, 1946 Trygve Lie became the first General Secretary of the UN. What was his nationality?

2nd, 1940 which singer made his debut with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra?

3rd, 1815 in which country was the world’s first commercial cheese factory established?

4th, 1862 which spirits company was founded as a small distillery in Cuba?

5th, 2006 which team won the Super Bowl?

6th, 1819 who founded Singapore?

7th, 1999 in which country did Abdullah succeed Hussein as King?

8th, 1622 which King of England disbanded parliament?

9th, 1960 which actress became the first ever person to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

10th, 1840 who married Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha?

11th, 1978 which country finally lifted a ban on the works of Shakespeare and Dickens?

12th, 1554 which teenager was beheaded for alleged treason?

13th, 1984 who succeeded Yuri Andropov?

14th, 1980 which American venue witnessed the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics?

15th, 1852 which London hospital admitted its first patient?

16th, 1937 who received a patent for his invention of nylon?

17th, 1924 who set a new world record for the 100 yard freestyle swim?

18th, 1885 which novel by Mark Twain was branded racist?

19th, 1982 who was arrested for urinating on the Alamo?

20th, 1547 who was crowned King of England?

21st, 1972 which unmanned Russian spacecraft landed on the moon?

22nd, 1879 in which city did Frank Woolworth open his first store?

23rd, 1919 who founded the Fascist Party in Italy?

24th, 1804 which London theatre was burnt to the ground?

25th, 1964 who did Cassius Clay defeat to become world champion?

26th, 1990 in which country did the Sardinistas suffer an electoral defeat?

27th, 1948 in which country did the Communist Party take power?

28th, 1986 which Swedish Prime Minister was assassinated?

Answers

1 Norwegian

2 Frank Sinatra

3 Switzerland

4 Bacardi

5 Pittsburgh Steelers

6 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

7 Jordan

8 James I

9 Joanne Woodward

10Queen Victoria

11 China

12 Lady Jane Grey

13 Konstantin Chernenko

14 Lake Placid

15 Great Ormond Street Hospital

16 Wallace Carothers

17 Johnny Weissmuller

18 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

19 Ozzy Osbourne

20 Edward VI

21 Luna 20

22 New York

23 Benito Mussolini

24 Drury Lane Theatre

25 Sonny Liston

26 Nicaragua

27 Czechoslovakia

28 Olof Palme