On This Day (July 10th) Multiple Choice

1. 138 – Which Roman Emperor dies of heart failure at the then popular resort of Baiae near Naples ?

2. 988 – The Norse King Glúniairn recognises and agrees to pay taxes to Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill. The event is considered to be the founding of which city ?

3. 1499 – The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon after discovering the sea route to where ?

4. 1553 – Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England. How long is her reign ?

5. 1869 – Which Swedish city is largely destroyed in a fire leaving 80% of its residents homeless ?

6. 1890 – Which state is admitted as the 44th U.S. state ?

7. 1921 – Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in which UK city ?

8. 1942 – Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and which nation are established ?

9. 1942 – An American pilot spots a downed, intact airplane on Akutan Island that the US Navy uses to learn it's flight characteristics. What type of airplane was it ?

10. 1943 – World War II: Operation Husky begins on which island ?

11. 1973 – Which nation gains full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations ?

12. 1985 – The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in which city's harbour by French DGSE agents ?

13. 1991 – Which cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following a change of regime in the country ?

14. 2007 – Erden Eruç begins the first solo circumnavigation of the world by what means ?

15. 2019 – The last of which iconic car rolls off the production line in Puebla, Mexico ?