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On This Day (July 26th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on July 26th?
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1. 1529 – Francisco Pizarro González, Spanish conquistador, is appointed governor of a region that is now which country ?
Peru ✓
Mexico ✓
Cuba ✓
Venezuela ✓
2. 1745 – The first recorded women's match takes place near Guildford, England. But in which sport ?
Soccer ✓
Tennis ✓
Cricket ✓
Golf ✓
3. 1758 – French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of which body of water ?
Strait of Gibraltar ✓
Gulf of Saint Lawrence ✓
Bay of Bengal ✓
Gulf of Aden ✓
4. 1803 – The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in the south of which city in the United Kingdom ?
London ✓
Birmingham ✓
Glasgow ✓
Manchester ✓
5. 1847 – Which African nation declares its independence ?
Gambia ✓
Liberia ✓
Namibia ✓
Kenya ✓
6. 1892 – Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian to which position in Britain ?
Member of the House of Lords ✓
City Mayor ✓
Member of the House of Commons ✓
Union Leader ✓
7. 1908 – US Attorney General Charles Bonaparte issues an order to staff the Office of the Chief Examiner. It was later renamed as what ?
Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI ✓
Central Intelligence Agency - CIA ✓
Drug Enforcement Administration - DEA ✓
National Security Agency - NSA ✓
8. 1944 – World War II: The Red Army enters which city capturing it from the Nazis ?
Minsk, Belarus ✓
Lublin, Poland ✓
Kaunas, Lithuania ✓
Lviv, Ukraine ✓
9. 1945 – Which political party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power ?
Liberal ✓
Labour ✓
Conservative ✓
Whigs ✓
10. 1945 – World War II: Which vessel is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war ?
HMS Barham ✓
HMS Royal Sovereign ✓
HMS Vestal ✓
HMS Penelope ✓
11. 1951 – Which of Walt Disney's animated films premieres in London, England ?
Cinderella ✓
Peter Pan ✓
Lady and the Tramp ✓
Alice in Wonderland ✓
12. 1957 – Carlos Castillo Armas is assassinated. He was the dictator in which Central American country ?
Honduras ✓
Guatemala ✓
Nicaragua ✓
El Salvador ✓
13. 1974 – Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after how many years of military rule ?
Seven ✓
Twelve ✓
Three ✓
Fourteen ✓
14. 2005 – Which city in India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people ?
Delhi ✓
Chennai ✓
Mumbai ✓
Hyderabad ✓
15. 2016 – Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth. It was registered in which country ?
Switzerland ✓
United Kingdom ✓
Canada ✓
Japan ✓
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