On This Day (December 24th) Multiple Choice

1. 1500 – A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on which Greek island ?

2. 1777 – The island of Kiritimati is discovered by James Cook. What is it's anglicised name ?

3. 1818 – The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in which Austrian town ?

4. 1865 – Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form which hate group ?

5. 1871 – The opera "Aida" premieres in which city ?

6. 1906 – Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a speech, and a solo on which musical instrument ?

7. 1920 – Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces. The city of Fiume is now known by what name ?

8. 1929 – Assassination attempt on President Hipólito Yrigoyen of which country ?

9. 1941 – World War II: Which North African city is conquered by the British Eighth Army ?

10. 1953 – On New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged and collapses beneath a passenger train. What caused the damage ?

11. 1964 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb which hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam ?

12. 1968 – Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed how many lunar orbits ?

13. 1974 – Cyclone Tracy devastates which Australian city ?

14. 1980 – Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near an RAF base in which county, an incident called "Britain's Roswell" ?

15. 2003 – The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives inside a railway station in which city ?