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Today’s theme centres on the date alone: five unrelated questions linked only by 28 September.
One
On this day, The Oslo II Accords, formally known as the Israeli–Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, which outlined the extension of Palestinian self-rule to additional population centres beyond Gaza and Jericho were signed at the White House. Who are the three people seated at the table in the above photograph?
Two
In tennis, Althea Gibson was the first African American to win a Grand Slam championship in the 1950s. Who became the next non-white woman to do so, and in what decade did she do so?
Three
The actress Brigitte Bardot, who was born on this day, starred in a 1956 film which…
… is widely recognised as the vehicle that launched Bardot into the public spotlight and immediately created her “sex kitten” persona.
— Wikipedia
What film, and who was the film’s director?
Four
On what day in 1066 was the Norman ruler William crowned king of England, following his conquest of the country after landing on the south coast on this day in 1066; and what English king was defeated at Hastings?
Five
On this day California was ‘discovered’ by a European who became the first such to stand on the west coast of America. Who was he, and in what decade did he first stand on this coast?
- Francisco de Orozco
- Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
- Hernán Cortés
Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.
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