After an escape under darkness, a U.S. general told an Adelaide newspaper these 3 famous words on March 20, 1942
A lawyer in a 1933 trial called this novel "tedious and labyrinthine and bewildering"--& he was arguing on its behalf
In 1588 a 10th chapel was added to this building to honor a Yurodivy, or "holy fool", who was canonized that year
Opened in 1902, it's 87 feet in width on the 22nd Street side & less than 7 feet wide at its narrowest point on 23rd Street
The name of this residence completed in 1895 combines part of the owner's Dutch name with an English word for an open expanse
In April 2018 an MLB game was postponed after ice falling from this structure punctured the roof of Rogers Centre
In her autobiography she tells of a rather "singular coincidence", that one of her Swiss ancestors was a teacher of the deaf
She's introduced in an 1845 novella in which she wears a short skirt with her mantilla thrown back to show her shoulders
This first U.S. battleship ever built was launched in 1889 but lasted less than 9 years
Its wreck was discovered in 1989, 48 years after it had been sunk & 91 years after the man it was named for had died
In 2011 Leland, Mississippi, where Jim Henson grew up, honored Henson & his Muppets by renaming a bridge this, also a song title
On her acquittal in 1893, a reporter cited nearby events 2 centuries earlier, saying the days of witch trials are over
In 1964 Berkeley alum Jack Weinberg, age 24, told a San Francisco chronicle reporter this now-famous "Don't"
Opened in 1973, it includes the Joan Sutherland Theatre, named for the singer, & the Utzon Room, named for the architect
This Rome building with a name from the Greek was described by Michelangelo as coming from "angelic and not human design"
Published in 1881, "The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Actions of Worms" was his last & one of his bestselling books
These 7 words precede, "The rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals"
In a hint of the future, in 1973 Marjorie Post gave it to the U.S. govt. as a warm-weather presidential retreat, but it was returned
In November 1836 this writer got a letter naming him to the Most Serene Order of Cuckolds; in February 1837 he was dead
He used the coat of arms granted to his father in 1596; it depicts a long-shafted weapon, a visual pun on the family name
NASA wished John Glenn this 8-letter word when he made the 1st U.S. manned orbital flight in 1962 & again upon his passing in 2016
The Centre for European Reform is one of the sources credited with coining this new 6-letter portmanteau word
She once said that death "is no more than passing from one room into another" but "in that other room, I shall be able to see"
In 2015 this character was made an honorary citizen of Japan after over 60 years of residence there
This 52-year-old went through a temporary growth spurt, growing 2 inches in less than a year, as revealed by a 2016 physical
The painting seen here, "A Vicious Circle", hangs in this hotel in the room that's portrayed in the painting
Growing up, her favorite literary heroine was Jo March; they shared a name & a hot temper & they both wanted to write
The first woman space shuttle pilot shares this surname with a man on the 1st manned lunar landing 26 years earlier
U.N. delegate was one role of this woman who wrote, "I could not... be contented to take my place in a warm corner by the fireside"
In 2014 CNN declared Zambia's Guy Scott the first white president in Sub-Saharan Africa since this man in 1994
In 2012 Nature magazine ran an obituary for this ship, which "died after a long struggle with bad publicity"
Born in Illinois of Huguenot ancestry, he was executed in June 1882, a year after his heinous act
The 1917 first use of what became its name said this 2-word small room "called up the tube that the steamer... was torpedoed"
Purchased in 1957 & called "the second most famous home in America", it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006
In 1950 the England-Scotland border was closed for the first time in 400 years to try to recover this stolen item
In 2011 his daughter Svetlana, living in the U.S. under the name Lana Peters, died in Wisconsin at age 85
Recent evidence suggests that, despite its name, this 1599 building was a 20-sided icosagon
Tradition says the author of this work was the sage Vatsyayana; surprisingly, he was celibate
The violence goes on, but in 2006 Time Warner TV removed depictions of this activity from old "Tom and Jerry" cartoons
After running pyramid schemes & spending time in federal prison, he was deported back to Italy in 1934
Also the title of one of the best-selling albums of all time, it was first seen in Russian photos taken in 1959
Her final testament, read in public after her death, asked for protection of the poor workers she called grasitas
At $900 million, his fortune was once 2% of the GNP; by his death in 1937, he was down to about $26 million
Andrew Carnegie's future fortune & career were inspired by an 1873 visit with this inventor & engineer
In 2006 his car was auctioned for charity, along with its personalized Nebraska plate reading "thrifty"
In 1905 he said, "It is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money... for the good of my fellow man"
Justice Peter Smith embedded a secret code into a 2006 ruling that said this author hadn’t violated a copyright
This play that is quite concerned with the English language was, oddly enough, first performed in German in 1913
This word for one who hangs around the corridors of power refers back to the corridors themselves
Shah Jahan, Ranjit Singh & Queen Victoria all possessed a famous one whose name means "mountain of light"