On This Day (May 3rd) Multiple Choice

1. 1481 – The largest of three earthquakes causes an estimated 30,000 casualties when it hits which island ?

2. 1715 – A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within how many minutes accuracy ?

3. 1830 – The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and to have what ?

4. 1855 – American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer which country ?

5. 1867 – The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to which part of Canada ?

6. 1901 – The Great Fire of 1901 begins in which city ?

7. 1945 – World War II: Sinking of the prison ships "Cap Arcona", "Thielbek" and "Deutschland" by the Royal Air Force in which body of water ?

8. 1952 – Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane where ?

9. 1952 – Which sporting event is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network ?

10. 1960 – Which museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands ?

11. 2007 – The 3-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history", from which resort ?

12. 2001 – Which country loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947 ?

13. 2002 – An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17, in what type of building ?

14. 1933 – James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor is born, by what name is he often referred ?

15. The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 to be a day to commemorate what ?