On This Day (April 26th) Multiple Choice

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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 ✓

Rome ✓

Madrid ✓

Paris ✓

2. 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 ✓

12 ✓

16 ✓

25 ✓

3. 1923 – The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at which London landmark ?

St. Pauls Cathedral ✓

Westminster Abbey ✓

Buckingham Palace ✓

Kensington Palace ✓

4. 1933 – Which official secret police force is established ?

Stasi ✓

Mossad ✓

Gestapo ✓

KGB ✓

5. 1943 – The Easter Riots break out in which city ?

Uppsala, Sweden ✓

Zurich, Switzerland ✓

Lima, Peru ✓

Dublin, Ireland ✓

6. 1944 – Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos on which occupied island ?

Jersey ✓

Crete ✓

Malta ✓

Guam ✓

7. 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 ✓

Ro-Ro Ferry ✓

Oil Platform Resupply Vessel ✓

Container Ship ✓

8. 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 ✓

New England Express ✓

Royal Blue ✓

The Appalachian ✓

9. 1962 – NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes where ?

The Moon ✓

Pacific Ocean ✓

Cape Canaveral ✓

Atlantic Ocean ✓

10. 1966 – A new government, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye, is formed in which country ?

Benin ✓

Republic of the Congo ✓

Lesotho ✓

Tanzania ✓

11. 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 ✓

Keyhole Appendectomy ✓

Heart Valve Replacement ✓

Open Fetal ✓

12. 1986 – A nuclear reactor accident occurs at which nuclear power plant ?

Chernobyl, Soviet Union ✓

Windscale, UK ✓

Three Mile Island, USA ✓

Superphénix, France ✓

13. 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 ✓

Hebron, Nebraska ✓

Andover, Kansas ✓

Spearman, Texas ✓

14. 1949 – Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler was born this day. By what name was he known professionally ?

Pork Chop ✓

Crusher ✓

Hit Man ✓

The Hammer ✓

15. 1976 – Sid James, South African-English actor dies, for which film franchise was he best known ?

Carry On ✓

James Bond ✓

Pink Panther ✓

Hammer Horror ✓

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