Today’s the Day

Robert F. Kennedy, 1968.
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All of these questions relate to today, 5 June.


One

On 5 June 1968, U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot? Who shot him, and in what building and in what city was he shot?


Two

AIDS was reported for the first time after a rare form of pneumonia was found in five homosexual men. In what year was this, and in what city was the pneumonia detected?


Three

Born this day in 1939, this man would become Canada’s 16th and youngest prime minister 40 years later. Who is he?


Four

This author was born in Wales in 1949, and had a breakthrough with his 1978 novel Eye of the Needle. His successful Kingsbridge series began with The Pillars of the Earth (1989). Who is this author?


Five

This actor turned politician had his first screen credit in a starring role in 1937 as Andy McCaine in Love Is on the Air and 20 years later he was Cdr. Casey Abbott in Hellcats of the Navy. Who is he?


Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.


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