ANSWERS

1. The UN Charter came into force (the UN officially came into existence).

2. The Peace of Westphalia, signed in Münster and Osnabrück

3. Annie Edson Taylor

Annie Edson Taylor claimed to be 43 at the time, but she was actually 63. She had hoped the stunt would make her rich, but she died poor.

4. Black Thursday

5. The Pony Express

6. The Earth from space

7. Zambia

8. Concorde

9. The Battle of Caporetto. The author was Ernest Hemingway.

10. Solidarity (Solidarność)

11. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

12. Wayne Rooney

13. Kevin Kline

14. Bill Wyman

15. Sarah Josepha Hale

16. Rosa Parks

17. Vidkun Quisling

18. Tycho Brahe

19. Sheffield FC

20. Drake