Before taking office in 1801, President Jefferson asked the Army to locate this officer who had "knowledge of the Western country"
One of its epigraphs is from Genesis 30, about Leah, Rachel & Rachel's servant Bilhah
The Iowa legislature passed a resolution declaring February 22, 2024 her day across the state
In his memoir, he referenced Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" while writing about a near-disaster
In 2025 a pine hardwood prop famously known by this name sold at auction for $14.75 million
A 1964 review of this TV special, still played today, mentions "trials as an outcast" & "the songs of Johnny Marks"
A storm in the 1960s blew off what looked like a spout on this sandstone formation that made the news in the early 1920s
Citing the "language of the people whether sellers or consumers", in 1893 the S.C. ruled on the botanical designation of this
He wasn't yet a U.S. citizen when he was named an All-American & won 2 Olympic gold medals for the country
He turned 30 in the first year of the 17th century & had notions that planets don't move with constant speed along their orbits
Part 1 of this novel is Toronto & Pondicherry; Part 2 is the Pacific Ocean
Within one year of its consecration, this building hosted a royal funeral & 1 or 2 coronations
At a speech here in 1936, FDR called its onetime occupant a "farmer, lawyer, mechanic, scientist, architect", etc.
Calling it "a particle that cannot be detected", physicist Wolfgang Pauli 1st proposed this in 1930; it was detected in 1956
The words of this doctrine are found in a sonnet by James I & bolstered by St. Paul writing, "the powers that be are ordained of God"
Upon this man's re-election, Karl Marx called him "the single-minded son of the working class"
In 1914 Belgium's queen gave this phrase a political meaning, saying one had descended between her & Germany
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V is said to have quipped, "to God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, & to my horse" this
Described as both a "beautiful violet" & "French Blue" in the 1600s, this object went on tour in the 1900s before landing in the Smithsonian
Ironic in light of her name, she was remembered in a eulogy as "the most hunted person of the modern age"
Following the Baptist Church bombing in 1963, MLK telegrammed him that the blood of 4 girls "is on your hands"
Regarding the idea of "women first", she queried, "Women demand equal rights on land--why not on sea?"
After studying business in Chicago in the 1920s, this man obsessed with Sherlock Holmes was an investigator for a credit company
A 1919 Punch cartoon titled "The Gap in the Bridge" showed Uncle Sam sleeping on the missing keystone of this
The creator of this series that premiered in 2018 pitched it as "'The Godfather' in Montana"
3 mighty city-states roughly forming an equilateral triangle were Venice, Florence & this one where the Viscontis & Sforzas ruled
Named for an 1807 battle & valiant in one 8 years later, Copenhagen was this man's steed; society ladies donned strands of his hair
A review of this musical noted "sacrilege" & said it was "blasphemous" but "its heart is as pure as... a Rodgers & Hammerstein show"
It's the only team to play in the Super Bowl before Neil Armstrong's Moon walk that has not been back to the Big Game since
An early version of this novel was first published as a serial under the title "The Year 1805"
The mention of a new railway section between Rothal & Allahabad in India leads to an argument & then a bet in this novel
A 1947 article read, its "wings were not clipped by the Senate fishermen & ghost hunters after all"
This 1935 Best Picture Oscar winner tells of a 1789 event near the isolated Pacific volcano of Tofua
William Whitelaw & John Peyton were also-rans in a 1975 leadership vote with this victor
Shrunken auditory nerves were seen in his autopsy after his 1827 death in Vienna
A 1927 N.Y. Times headline: "Witness testifies" this woman "rewrote play and insisted on the spicy scenes because city liked them"
A 1976 report initiated by Admiral Rickover found it was an internal, not external, explosion that caused the destruction of this
Known for a fabled event of 1881, it housed an auto repair shop after the disappearance of the horse & buggy
The National Park Service says there are more statues of her, often with her infant son, than any other American woman
In the 16th century, she changed the "EW" in her family name to a "U" to help her new French in-laws spell it more easily
An island near Cebu City has a statue of Lapulapu & a monument to this man that Lapulapu is said to have killed in 1521
This city attracted thousands of visitors even before a new shrine to a murder victim was dedicated there July 7, 1220
Before entering history, this man visited the grave of Bogdan Zerajic, who had died just a few years earlier
John Elwes, a millionaire Member of Parliament who would go to bed before dusk to save on candles, inspired this character
Films made outside the U.S. in the '50s like "3 Coins in the Fountain" & "Quo Vadis" led to an era dubbed "Hollywood on" this river
A review said this 1966 book about real events "will cause a good deal of myopic squabbling about just what a novel is"
Like their uniform, the flag of this group created in 1506 has stripes of red, blue & yellow, the colors of the Medici family
Decorated with an illustration of the Montgolfiers' craft, the smoking room aboard this could be accessed only via an airlock
Best known for a novel, she wrote at least 6 full-length plays & collaborated with Moms Mabley on a 1931 Broadway revue
The author of this unfinished epic poem was unsure if he wanted the title character to "end in Hell--or in an unhappy marriage"