For The Love Of Port

Great article, Alex! Lots of fun figuring it out.

I had it narrowed down to a small range, then this clue sealed it for me:

This was a year in which the US had two presidents (one of whom was the first Roman Catholic to hold the office)

Given the range of dates I had settled on, there was only one possible answer after that clue.

Glad you enjoyed it. It was a challenge giving enough information to make it possible to guess the year but without giving too much to make it obvious.

I have a number of other things promised to do for other people before I can finish the next article, but I've already started planning it.

#2 was also very good!

Argentina winning the World Cup was the giveaway for me...