Coin with No Date

A customer in a Peterborough was given a 20p coin in his change - no real shock there - but it did not have the year stamped on it! Apparently this coin could be worth up to £7000! I'll be studying my change a lot more closely from now on!!

Your Sunday posers are: -

1. Which North African country gained Independence after 132 years of French rule, today in 1962?
   
   
2. French tennis player Amélie Mauresmo (right) was born today in 1979 and won both the Australian Open and Wimbledon singles titles in which year?
   

   
   
3. What tinned meat was introduced by the Hormel Foods Corporation today in 1937?
   

Yesterday's Answers: 1. David & Victoria Beckham; 2. 'The Queen of Mean'; 3. Radio Free Europe

Rafael Nadal Wins Australian Open

Today, I believe that we witnessed another final between the two best tennis players to have lived. Roger Federer will surely overtake Pete Sampras' total of Grand Slam singles wins, but Rafael Nadal will then surpass Federer (assuming his knees hold up). What makes Nadal the more complete champion is that he has now won on Grass, Hard Court AND on Clay (neither Sampras nor Federer [so far] were able to win in Paris!)

On to the posers for today: -

1. Who married fashion model Carla Bruni today in 2008?
   


2. What is the name of the groundhog that has predicted the end of spring annually since today in 1887?
   


3. In which country was singer/songwriter Shakira (below) born today in 1977?
   

   Photo by Alejandro Bárcenas (2006)

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Ayatollah Khomeini; 2. Peter Sallis; 3. South Africa; 4. Sir Stanley Matthews