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On This Day (April 26th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on April 26th ?
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1.
1478 – The Pazzi family attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in which city's Cathedral ?
Florence
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Rome
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Madrid
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Paris
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1777 – Sybil Ludington rode 40 miles (64 km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces at what age ?
31
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12
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16
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25
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3.
1923 – The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at which London landmark ?
St. Pauls Cathedral
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Westminster Abbey
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Buckingham Palace
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Kensington Palace
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4.
1933 – Which official secret police force is established ?
Stasi
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Mossad
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Gestapo
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KGB
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1943 – The Easter Riots break out in which city ?
Uppsala, Sweden
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Lima, Peru
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Dublin, Ireland
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1944 – Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos on which occupied island ?
Jersey
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Crete
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Malta
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Guam
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1956 – The "SS Ideal X" leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas. She is the first of what type of vessel to be successful ?
Bulk Carrier
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Ro-Ro Ferry
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Oil Platform Resupply Vessel
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Container Ship
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1958 – Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's flagship service from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years. What was it known as ?
Silver Wing
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New England Express
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Royal Blue
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The Appalachian
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1962 – NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes where ?
The Moon
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Pacific Ocean
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Cape Canaveral
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Atlantic Ocean
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1966 – A new government, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye, is formed in which country ?
Benin
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Republic of the Congo
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Lesotho
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Tanzania
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1981 – Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world's first human surgery of what type ?
Eye Transplant
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Keyhole Appendectomy
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Heart Valve Replacement
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Open Fetal
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1986 – A nuclear reactor accident occurs at which nuclear power plant ?
Chernobyl, Soviet Union
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Windscale, UK
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Three Mile Island, USA
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Superphénix, France
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1991 – Seventy tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak's end, which city would record the year's only F5 tornado ?
Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Hebron, Nebraska
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Andover, Kansas
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Spearman, Texas
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14.
1949 – Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler was born this day. By what name was he known professionally ?
Pork Chop
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Crusher
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Hit Man
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The Hammer
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1976 – Sid James, South African-English actor dies, for which film franchise was he best known ?
Carry On
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James Bond
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Pink Panther
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Hammer Horror
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