Valentine's Day Quiz

14 February 2018 / 0 Comments

How much do you really know about the history of Valentine's Day?

Fact of the Day

In 1850, cannabis was used in the US to treat tetanus, typhus, cholera, rabies, dysentery, alcoholism, anthrax, leprosy, and insanity.

"Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper."

~ Thomas Jefferson

1598 Playwright Ben Jonson was put on trial for manslaughter after killing fellow actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel.

1692 The last people accused of practicing witchcraft in Salem were hanged.

1735 Robert Walpole became the first British Prime Minister to occupy 10 Downing Street.