Name The Year: Mel Brooks comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs), born.?

Questions

In which opera does the US naval officer Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton appear?

Who was the first woman to sail single-handed around the world?

Who wrote "The Black Prince", "The Sea The Sea", and "The Philosopher's Pupil"?

In what field was Erie Shipton famous?

Who in 1994 knocked out Michael Moorer to become the oldest man ever to win a version of the World Heavyweight Boxing title?