On This Day (June 13th) Multiple Choice

1. 1514 – Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at which dockyard in England ?

2. 1625 – Which King of England marries Catholic princess Henrietta Maria of France and Navarre, at Canterbury ?

3. 1774 – Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of what ?

4. 1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition: scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of which river ?

5. 1886 – A fire devastates much of which Canadian city ?

6. 1898 – Yukon Territory is formed, with which city chosen as its capital ?

7. 1927 – Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down which road in New York City ?

8. 1944 – World War II: Germany launches the first of what type of attack on England ?

9. 1952 – Catalina affair: A Douglas DC-3 belonging to which country is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter ?

10. 1981 – At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires how many blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II ?

11. 1983 – Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of which planet ?

12. 1994 – A jury in which city blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster ?

13. 2000 – President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in which city ?

14. 1951 – Richard Thomas, American actor, director, and producer is born. He is best known for portraying which character ?

15. 1976 – Kym Marsh, English singer-songwriter and actress is also born on this day. She rose to fame via which UK reality TV series ?