Category: Trivia - Of what are throat, foxing and platform parts?

Questions

In 1975 Sao Tome Principe gains independence from ---------- (Nat'l Day). ?

In 1979 ---------- (Gilbert and Ellice Is.) gains independence from Britain. ?

In 574 ---------- ends his reign as Catholic Pope. ?

In 1396 Philip the Good Duke of---------- , born. ?

In 1568 Dean of St ---------- 's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer. ?