1. To honor a dictator, the Russian city of Volgograd was renamed what between 1925 and 1961?

2. What Newbery-winning 1991 children’s book by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is named for Marty Preston’s pet beagle?

3. In 1960, Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia went barefoot while winning what men’s Olympic event in 2 hours, 15 minutes?

4. From the name of a Chicago park at the 1893 World’s Fair, what new word was coined for a carnival’s center avenue of attractions?

5. “The history book on the shelf” was “always repeating itself” when what ABBA hit was named the all-time best Eurovision song in 2005?

What’s the "Kennection" between all five answers?