On This Day (July 26th) Multiple Choice

1. 1529 – Francisco Pizarro González, Spanish conquistador, is appointed governor of a region that is now which country ?

2. 1745 – The first recorded women's match takes place near Guildford, England. But in which sport ?

3. 1758 – French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of which body of water ?

4. 1803 – The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in the south of which city in the United Kingdom ?

5. 1847 – Which African nation declares its independence ?

6. 1892 – Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian to which position in Britain ?

7. 1908 – US Attorney General Charles Bonaparte issues an order to staff the Office of the Chief Examiner. It was later renamed as what ?

8. 1944 – World War II: The Red Army enters which city capturing it from the Nazis ?

9. 1945 – Which political party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power ?

10. 1945 – World War II: Which vessel is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war ?

11. 1951 – Which of Walt Disney's animated films premieres in London, England ?

12. 1957 – Carlos Castillo Armas is assassinated. He was the dictator in which Central American country ?

13. 1974 – Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after how many years of military rule ?

14. 2005 – Which city in India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people ?

15. 2016 – Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth. It was registered in which country ?