Down the Rabbit Hole

All today’s questions relate to the date, March 12th.

Down the Rabbit Hole.
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One

On this day a proposal was submitted to The European Organization for Nuclear Research for an information management system which would subsequently develop in the World Wide Web. 

Two

Urban II, elected Pope on this day, initiated the Crusades. In which century did he become Pope?

Three

James Taylor was born on this day in 1948. The singer-songwriter’s breakthrough came in 1970 with the single Fire and Rain, which reached number three in the charts. The following year, he had his first number one hit with You’ve Got a Friend. Who wrote these two songs?

Four

André Le Nôtre, was born on this day, designed a 2,000-acre (800 ha) formal garden that now forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. Which one?

Five

An English author who died on this day in 2015 created characters named Cheery Littlebottom, a dwarf and Detritus a troll who are both sergeants in a city’s police force. Who is the author?

Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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