On This Day (May 10th) Multiple Choice

1. 1497 – Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves which port city for his first voyage to the New World ?

2. 1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after finding what on the islands ?

3. 1773 – The Parliament of Great Britain passes legislation that leads to the Boston Tea Party. What was the Act called ?

4. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in which city ?

5. 1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on which country ?

6. 1869 – The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed with the golden spike at which place ?

7. 1872 – Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman to be nominated for what role ?

8. 1908 – What is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia ?

9. 1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in which year ?

10. 1940 – World War II: The Invasion of which country by the United Kingdom ?

11. 1954 – Bill Haley & His Comets release the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts. What was it called ?

12. 1960 – The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast. What was Op. Sandblast ?

13. 1975 – Sony introduced which product in Japan ?

14. 2005 – A hand grenade lands near to U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in which city ?

15. 1942 – Carl Douglas, singer-songwriter, best known for his best selling Disco hit "Kung-Fu Fighting" is born in which city ?