ANSWERS

1. Marilyn Monroe

2. Nelson Mandela

3. Queen Victoria

4. The Statue of Liberty, on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island)

5. Bertha Benz. She drove from Mannheim to Pforzheim.

Bertha Benz's journey took place in early August 1888. 5 August is the date usually given, but some sources give other days that month.

6. Cleveland, Ohio

7. "American Bandstand", hosted by Dick Clark

8. Upper Volta

9. The Partial Test Ban Treaty

10. Klaus Voormann

11. Air traffic controllers

12. Curiosity

Curiosity landed on the evening of 5 August 2012 Pacific time, which was already 6 August in UTC and in Europe.

13. Henry I

14. Neil Armstrong

15. Guy de Maupassant

16. Joseph Merrick, "the Elephant Man"

17. Niels Henrik Abel (the Abel Prize)

18. Richard Burton

19. At sea, off Beachy Head

20. Toni Morrison