On This Day (April 30th) Multiple Choice

1. 1492 – Spain gives which explorer his commission of exploration ?

2. 1789 – George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States on the balcony of which building ?

3. 1803 – Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for how much ?

4. 1905 – Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at which university ?

5. 1927 – The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens as the first women's federal prison in the United Statesin which state ?

6. 1927 – Mary Pickford and which other actor become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood ?

7. 1938 – The animated cartoon short "Porky's Hare Hunt" debuts in movie theaters, introducing an early version of which character ?

8. 1943 – World War II: The British submarine HMS Seraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying what ?.

9. 1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for how long ?

10. 1963 – The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to do what ?

11. 1966 – Which church is formed in The Black House, San Francisco ?

12. 1980 – The Iranian Embassy siege begins in which city ?

13. 2009 – Which major motor manufacturer files for bankruptcy ?

14. 2012 – An overloaded ferry capsizes killing at least 103 people on which Indian river ?

15. 1975 – Johnny Galecki, American actor, is born. He is best known for playing which character in "The Big Bang Theory" ?