Question 526: Anything to Declare? ...... Come again?

Link the four pictures below to an unbelievably obvious binding entity.
1 point per correct ID on a picture, 5 points for just the binding thingy and full points for all 4 IDs and the binding what-cha-ma-call-it.

Pic 1:

Pic 2:

 Pic 3:

Pic 4:

Question 525: Kiss and tell?

Donald Bonsack, John Edmonson, Wallace C. Fowler, Clarence "Bud" Harding, Walker Irving, James Kearney, Marvin Kingsburg, Arthur Leask, George Mendonça, Jack Russell,  Bill Swicegood, Carl Muscarello and Glenn McDuffie.

Edith Shain, Greta Friedman and Barbara Sokol.

All these people have something in common with regard to an event that occured in 1945. Over the years they've all made claims about how it was them and have made great efforts to prove it.

What was the event and what did they claim?

May the Open Source be with you

Due to technical errors experienced by airtel, (read this announcement

"Its better for me to be bold Minister than for you to be stumped" From Yes Minister")

Most of the questions may have been missed

So before we publish the answers, here's a chance for you to answer them all

1. QUESTION 519
2. QUESTION 520
3. QUESTION 521
4. QUESTION 522
5. QUESTION 523
6. QUESTION 524

We go to the presses with 519 & 520 at 6pm IST

Regards

Pai

We're all Confused

Owing to those annoying connecting-to-the-blog problems we've been experiencing over the past few days, the question numbering has indeed gone haywire.
So, please see 521, which has been posted only now.

Please bear with us!
Trying times!

We're all upset.