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After taking over the government of Iraq in 1968, he made himself a general, though he'd never been in the army |
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Her daughter Irene also received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
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Born in 1912, the man nicknamed "Slammin' Sam" played this sport |
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While flying near Douaumont during this war, Victor Chapman became the first U.S. aviator ever to be shot down |
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An assumed identity, or the type of letter that accompanies a resume |
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This American businessman known as the "Pickle King" could have had 56 other varieties instead of nicknames |
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"Kitty Karry-All Is Missing" |
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In 1705 he published "A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets" |
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On the large beads on these you say the Lord's Prayer; on the smaller beads, the Hail Mary |
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The first U.S. automobile accident fatality, Henry Bliss was run over in 1899 on 74th Street in this city |
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Emily Post says in this kind of letter, don't call death "a blessing in disguise" |
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A 1937 riding accident left this "Anything Goes" composer permanently disabled |
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"Never Trust a Naked Martian" |
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This Nobel Prize-winning physicist received his doctorate from the University of Pisa in 1922 |
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Of 3, 30, or 300, number of days Jonah spent inside a "great fish" |
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Pilgrim John Billington was the 1st man executed in America when he was hanged for murder in this city Sept. 30, 1630 |
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Also a fruit, it should always be found in the heading of a letter |
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From 1902 to 1912, this washing machine magnate served as an Iowa state senator |
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"Lebeau and the Little Old Lady" |
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His official website includes a link to the Motor Neurone Disease Association |
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The 2 continents separated by the Dardanelles |
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The first serious epidemic of this "diminutive" disease in New England began in 1616 & was very hard on Native Americans |
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"Very truly yours" is a "complimentary" this, also something done to a door |
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This comedian ran for president on the Straight Talking American Government, or STAG, party ticket |
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Giuseppe Piazzi named the large asteroid he discovered this, after the Roman goddess of grain |
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In May 1787 this convention convened in Independence Hall |
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The first legal proceedings for war crimes in the U.S. occurred in 1865 against the commandant of this prison |
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The garment worn here, it follows "ZIP" in something the Postal Service wants you to use |
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