A year in the day

Here are a few questions which are related to today’s date, 8 May. All the answers are a year.

1. Almost a month after Paul McCartney’s announcement that he had left the band, The Beatles released their last original studio album, Let It Be on 8 May…
   • 1969
   • 1970
   • 1971
2. Drummer Alex Van Halen was born on 8 May…
   • 1949
   • 1951
   • 1953
3. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared it had eradicated smallpox, the announcement was made on 8 May…
   • 1960
   • 1970—
   • 1980
4. American author and screenwriter Peter Benchley was born on 8 May…
   • 1940—
   • 1950
   • 1960
5. Pharmacist John S. Pemberton sold a carbonated beverage for the first time as a patent medicine, naming it Coca-Cola, on 8 May…
   • 1886
   • 1899
   • 1912

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.