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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 ✓
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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