On This Day (May 15th) Multiple Choice

1. 1252 – Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull "ad extirpanda", which authorizes, but also limits, what ?

2. 1536 – Which wife of King Henry VIII stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest ?

3. 1718 – James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first what ?

4. 1792 – France declares war on which Kingdom ?

5. 1850 – The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and which other country ?

6. 1905 –Which city is founded when 110 acres (0.45 km2), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off ?

7. 1919 – A general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of which city had walked off the job ?

8. 1928 – Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, What was it called ?

9. 1932 – In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of which country is assassinated ?

10. 1940 – Which fast food chain opens its first outlet in San Bernardino, California ?

11. 1970 – President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female what ?

12. 1991 – Édith Cresson becomes which country's first female Prime Minister ?

13. 2004 – Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining which other club with the right to claim the title "The Invincibles" ?

14. 2008 – California becomes the second U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. Which state was the first in 2004 ?

15. 1947 – Graeham Goble, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer is born. He was a founder member of which Australian rock group ?