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| In 1840 this Swiss was granted 49,000 acres in California & built a tannery, a fort, a mill.... |
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| This term for a secondary school came from Edinburgh, Scotland |
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| If his mother had listened to friends & named him after his father, he would be Zechariah the Baptist |
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| Part of your body which contains a mitral valve |
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| Some say man's 1st musical instrument was the flute; others say it was this percussion type |
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| Dying in 1832 at age 95, Charles Carrol of Carrolton was the last surviving person who signed this |
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| He wrote about the time he spent seeking hides on the West Coast in "Two Years Before the Mast" |
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| The 1st female med school grad in Italy, she revolutionized methods of teaching young children |
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| Though born in Britain c. 385, he's the patron saint of a nearby island |
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| Felt when you "Make a Muscle", this muscle raises the forearm |
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| In the 1960's, Robert A. Moog developed this instrument used in classical & pop music |
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| The last beach movie this pair starred in was "Back to the Beach" |
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| Tx. & Mex. banned the Maher-Fitzsimmons boxing match, so this judge held it on a sand bar in the Rio Grande |
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| In 1947 the Supreme Court upheld free busing & in 1968 free books for students in these schools |
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| Brewer's Dictionary quotes this saint as having said, "Love me, love my dog." |
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| It comprises about 62% of the weight of an average man; about 6% less in women |
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| 42 members of the London Symphony are heard in "A Day In The Life" on this Beatles album |
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| On Sunday, May 14, 1989, these 2 network shows aired their last episodes & they were on against each other |
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| In 1849 the Army took over Fort Laramie, Wyoming, to protect the wagon trains on this trail |
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| In 1896, the Supreme Court used this oft-quoted phrase to describe acceptable segregation |
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| As their patron saint, St. Erasmus, also known by this name, gets sailors all fired up |
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| Collier's Ency. says this Gershwin work is the most widely performed orchestral piece by an American |
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| This car company merged with Packard in 1954 & made its last car in the U.S. in 1963 |
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| On May 10, 1869, Leland Stanford drew back his sledgehammer, let it fall, & missed the spike linking these RR's |
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| 19th century Massachusetts educator who's known as the "Father of American Public Education" |
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| He founded the Daughters of Charity & the Lazarists, and a charitable society is named for him |
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| Sigma guitars imported from Korea are sold in the U.S. by this company known for its acoustic guitars |
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| This author of "The Last Days of Pompeii" advised Dickens to give "Great Expectations" a happier ending |
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