ANSWERS

1. James Connolly, in the triple jump

The Games opened on 6 April 1896 in today's calendar. Greece was still using the Julian calendar, so locally it was 25 March, Greek Independence Day.

2. Matthew Henson

3. The Zimmermann Telegram

4. Richard I (the Lionheart)

5. Laura

6. ABBA, "Waterloo"

7. Early Bird (Intelsat I)

8. Raphael

Raphael's birth date is uncertain. Some sources say he was born on 28 March 1483 and others on 6 April, so the claim that he died on his birthday is a tradition rather than a certainty.

9. Albrecht Dürer

10. Isaac Asimov

11. Venice (on the cemetery island of San Michele)

12. Merle Haggard and Billy Dee Williams

13. Paul Rudd

14. Zach Braff

15. Lowell Thomas

16. André Previn

17. Dandi

18. Cape Town

19. The Battle of Shiloh

20. Mormons (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)