On This Day (January 26th) Multiple Choice

1. 1500 – Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot in what is now which modern day country ?

2. 1531 - Which European city is hit by an Earthquake; killing around 30,000 people ?

3. 1837 - Which state is admitted as the 26th state of the US ?

4. 1841 - Which region is proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain ?

5. 1905 – The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats , is found at the Premier Mine near which city in South Africa ?

6. 1918 – Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs what on top of the Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war ?

7. 1920 – Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches which Motor Company ?

8. 1925 – Paul Newman, American actor, activist, director, race car driver, and businessman is born in a suburb of which US city ?

9. 1942 – World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing where ?

10. 1952 - At least 20 people are killed and 100s injured during riots against the British in which African city ?

11. 1961 – John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first female what ?

12. 1962 – Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by how many miles ?

13. 1972 - Vesna Vulović is the only survivor after what tragedy ?

14. 1979 - "The Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on which the CBS TV network. What type of car was the "General Lee"?

15. 1989 - AT&T reports its first loss in how many years ?

16. 2020 -Five time NBA champion, Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash near to which US city?