On This Day (May 3rd) Multiple Choice - Statistics

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2007 – The 3-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history", from which resort ? Praia da Luz, Portugal
67%
1960 – Which museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands ? Anne Frank House
50%
1933 – James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor is born, by what name is he often referred ? Godfather of Soul
50%
1952 – Which sporting event is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network ? Kentucky Derby
50%
1952 – Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane where ? North Pole
50%
1715 – A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within how many minutes accuracy ? 4 minutes
33%
1481 – The largest of three earthquakes causes an estimated 30,000 casualties when it hits which island ? Rhodes
33%
1867 – The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to which part of Canada ? Vancouver Island
33%
1830 – The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and to have what ? A Tunnel
17%
1945 – World War II: Sinking of the prison ships "Cap Arcona", "Thielbek" and "Deutschland" by the Royal Air Force in which body of water ? Lübeck Bay, Germany
17%
1855 – American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer which country ? Nicaragua
17%
2001 – Which country loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947 ? United States
17%
2002 – An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17, in what type of building ? Bank
0%
1901 – The Great Fire of 1901 begins in which city ? Jacksonville, Florida, USA
0%
The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 to be a day to commemorate what ? World Press Freedom Day
0%
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