Complete the sentence about President of Iceland with the correct year: Iceland was the first country to have an elected female head of state when Vigdís Finnbogadóttir assumed Iceland's presidency on 1 August ______.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. 1980
- Step 1: Iceland was the first country to have an elected female head of state when Vigdís Finnbogadóttir assumed Iceland's presidency on 1 August 1980. Answer: 1980. Why not the others: 1972, 1977 and 1970 don't fit.
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