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This pathway for human eggs was named for Italian anatomist Gabriel Fallopius |
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Ellen Burstyn was born on this date in 1932; Pearl Harbor was bombed on it in 1941 |
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In this type of dance company, the leading male is called the premier danseur |
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Jean Lussier & William Fitzgerald are among those who've gone over this landmark in a barrel & survived |
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In 1525 Cortes ordered Cuauhtemoc, the last emperor of these people, hanged |
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In football it's the imaginary "line" on which the ball rests at the start of each play |
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TV zip code most associated with Gabrielle Carteris |
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This ended in the U.S. December 5, 1933 when a 36th state ratified the 21st Amendment |
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The ribbon braiding of this dance performed on the 1st of the 5th month in England began in the 19th century |
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On April 13, 1970, this space mission turned perilous as Haise, Lovell & Swigert had to abandon the main ship |
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A library near the Pink Zone in Mexico City is named after this American library founder |
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These mountains are the natural habitat of the alpaca |
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On a scale of 32 to 212, he ranks at the top as the inventor of the mercury thermometer |
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On December 20, 1994, this former U.S. President announced the Bosnian ceasefire he'd arranged |
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The Viennese version of this dance stressed the first step & speeded up the tempo |
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In the highest helicopter rescue ever, American Seaborne Weathers was plucked from this mountain in 1996 |
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These suspended candy-filled objects are broken open by a blindfolded person with a stick |
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De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. is the world's largest producer & distributor of these gems |
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In 1988 Steffi Graf beat her to win the U.S. Open; in 1990 she beat Stefi |
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This Burmese retired as U.N. Secretary-General in December 1971 |
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In 1976 Ludmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov won the first Olympic gold medal in this event |
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In 1974 his chute released early, causing him to plunge into a river canyon, not rocket across it |
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Processions known as posadas are associated with this holiday |
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Scoliosis is an abnormal curvature of this body part |
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Born Gabrielle, but known by her nickname, she started with a hat shop in 1913 & opened her own house in 1914 |
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In December 1993 this Defense Secretary became the first member of Clinton's cabinet to quit |
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Jimmy Sturr had a barrel of fun winning the 1995 Grammy for Best Album of this dance music |
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Aleksandr Pushkin, Stephen Decatur & Button Gwinnett all died from wounds received in one of these |
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These 2 animals appear on Mexico's flag |
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In a mosque a minbar is the equivalent of this elevated speaking platform in a church |
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