On This Day - 5 Sept

Born on this day in 1638 in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, he became King of France 5 years later…

• Louis XIV
• Henry IV
• Charles X
• Napoleon I

Born on this day in 1847 in Missouri, he was the son of a clergyman and became an American outlaw…

• Wild Bill Hickok
• Jesse James
• Wyatt Earp
• Billy the Kid

Farrokh Bulsara was born in Stone Town, Zanzibar on this day in 1946, and went on to become a famous singer-songwriter…

• Jimi Hendrix
• Kurt Cobain
• Freddie Mercury
• Ike Turner

Born on this day in 1940 in Chicago, this actress starred in 1,000,000 BC and was ranked No. 3 on Playboy's "100 Sexiest Stars of the Twentieth Century" list…

• Jane Fonda
• Susan Sarandon
• Sophie Loren
• Raquel Welch

This 87-year-old Albanian-born Indian nun died of a cardiac arrest on this day in 1997…

• Mother Teresa
• Clara Barton
• Eva Peron
• Florence Nightingale

On this day in 1877 the last great Sioux war chief died at the age 37…. real name Tashunka Witko, what was he known as?

• Black Kettle
• Crazy Horse
• Geronimo
• Red Cloud

Having burned for 5 days, this fire ended on this day in 1666 having destroyed 13,200 houses and leaving 8 dead

• The Great Chicago Fire
• The Great Fire of Northampton
• The Great Fire of London
• The Great Fire of New York City

On this day in 1698 Russian Tsar Peter the Great imposed a tax on what?

• Soap
• Windows
• Playing Cards
• Beards

Generally considered to be the father of the Beat movement, on this day in 1957 his seminal “On The Road” book was published…

• Jack Kerouac
• Anthony Burgess
• Hunter S. Thompson
• Ernest Hemmingway

This snappy dresser was pictured on his first days of the school year, but in which specific two years?

• 1976 and 1980

• 1977 and 1980

• 1978 and 1979

• 1977 and 1979