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On This Day (January 3rd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on January 3rd ?
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1. 1870 – Construction work begins on which New York City landmark ?
Empire State Building
Statue of Liberty
Brooklyn Bridge
Grand Central Station
2. 1833 – The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over which overseas territory ?
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Ascension Island
British Indian Ocean Territory
3. 1932 – Martial law is declared in which Central America country to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company?
El Salvador
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Honduras
4. 1956 – A fire damages the top part of which iconic building?.
Empire State Building, USA
Eiffel Tower, France
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia
5. 1953 – Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to simultaneously do what ?
Serve in the U.S. Congress
Serve on the same Navy Ship
Run the Boston Marathon
Climb Mount Rainier
6. 1892 - Author of fantasy novels The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit , J.R.R.Tolkien, is born in which city?
Copenhagen , Denmark
Bombay (now Mumbai), British India
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now South Africa)
Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe)
7. 1911 – A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys which Asian city ?
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tokyo, Japan
Manila, Philippines
Tehran, Iran
8. January 3rd is National what Day in the U.S.A. ?
National Give a Cop a Donut Day
National Bow-Tie Day
National Cheerleaders Day
National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
9. 1980 - Joy Adamson, author of Born Free dies in which African country ?
Kenya
Malawi
Uganda
Rwanda
10. 1959 - Which state becomes the newest edition to the United States ?
Texas
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
11. 1999 - A research craft is launched by NASA to which destination in the Solar System?
Moon
Mars
Venus
Ganymede
12. 1977 - Which technology company is incorporated on this day ?
Samsung
Microsoft
Huawei
Apple
13. 2004 – Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into which body of water, resulting in 148 deaths ?
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Tasman Sea
Gulf of Mexico
14. 1961 – The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in which of the United States?
Oregon
Wyoming
Idaho
New Mexico
15. 1848 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of which African country ?
Sierra Leone
Togo
Benin
Liberia
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