Bad Day for Cardinals & Archbishops

Every now and then I'm struck by coincidences while researching this blog for you. On this day in history four Cardinals/Archbishops have died - Fulk the Venerable, Archbishop of Rheims (assassinated 900); Philip, Cardinal Howard (1694); Cardinal Basil Hume, Archbishop of Westminster (1999); Cardinal Thomas Winning, Archbishop of Glasgow (2001). Strange, but true!

Wednesday's posers: -

1. Today in 1944, Iceland became fully independent from which country?
   
   
2. Venus Williams (right) was born today in 1980 and has won 7 Grand Slam singles titles. How many times has she beaten her sister Serena in Grand Slam finals?
   
   
3. Today in 1569, Sir Francis Drake claimed English sovereignty over Nova Albion. In which current US State is Nova Albion?
   

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Paris; 2. Four (same no as his son 'Young' Tom Morris); 3. Stan Laurel