On This Day (April 24th) Multiple Choice

1. 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although due to his age power effectively shifts to who?

2. 1558 – Who marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris ?

3. 1885 – Who is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show ?

4. 1913 – Which skyscraper in New York City is opened ?

5. 1916 – Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from which island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance ?

6. 1918 – World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux near to which French town ?

7. 1932 – Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of which UK moorland area, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.

8. 1990 – Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after how many years of quarantine ?

9. 2004 – The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed 18 years previously on which country ?

10. 1970 – Which country becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President ?

11. 1860 – Queen Marau is born and is to become the last Queen of which island ?

12. 1974 – Bud Abbott, American comedian dies. Groucho Marx once declared Abbott to be what ?

13. 1944 – World War II: The British Special Boat Service launches a raid against the garrison on which Greek island ?

14. 1980 – Eight U.S. servicemen die as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis in which military Operation ?

15. 1982 – Kelly Clarkson, singer-songwriter, producer, and actress is born. She achieved fame after winning which TV reality show ?