A general quiz, I picked the year at random. All occurred in the year 1961
1. Which U.S. president severed relations with Cuba in 1961
Dwight Eisenhower
2. The future Princess Diana was born in 1961, what was her maiden name
Spencer
3. The author of 'For whom the bell tolls' committed suicide in 1961, he was the grandfather of an acting family, who was he
Ernest Hemingway
4. In 1961 India occupied (the now, holiday resort of) Goa, after 400 years of occupation by which European country
Portugal
5. The United Nations Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjold was killed in an air crash in 1961, which country saw his birth
Sweden