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In 1777 this "Green Mountain State" became the first to forbid slavery |
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This capital is located at the head of ship navigation on the Seine River |
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LAX is classified as this type of airport |
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The premiere of this Quasimodo creator's play "Hernani" caused a riot; Verdi based an opera on it anyway |
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On May 20, 1927, according to the New York Times, he said, "'So long' as if he were off on an automobile trip" |
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This author of "The Carpetbaggers" was a millionaire at the age of 20 |
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The first medal won by a black athlete in the Winter Olympics was this figure skater's bronze in 1988 |
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Bandar-E Khomeini, Iran & Manama, Bahrain are chief ports on this gulf |
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Asian doctor who will needle you back into good health |
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"The Queen of Cornwall", from a play by this author, premiered "Far from the Madding Crowd", in Glastonbury |
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These 2 Tug Valley families, whose feud goes back to at least 1878, were related |
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This silent screen comedian published his autobiography, "An American Comedy", in 1928 |
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Robert C. Weaver, the first black Cabinet secretary was appointed Secretary of HUD in 1966 by this president |
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The Antipodes & Auckland Islands are part of this Southern Hemisphere nation |
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It's the process of planting new trees over an old area |
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Sir William Walton & Paul Dehn turned this 19th century Russian's play "The Bear" into a one-act opera |
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The May 1970 Kent State protest was in reaction to U.S. troops entering this country |
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This Minnesotan unsuccessfully sought the GOP nomination 7 times between 1948 & 1980 |
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On Feb. 1, 1978 this 19th century heroine became the first black woman honored on a U.S. stamp |
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In the Middle Ages, these 2 seas were the center of trade between Hanseatic League ports |
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In math it means at a right angle to the horizontal |
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Pizzetti's opera "Assassinio Nella Cattedrale" is based on this T.S. Eliot play |
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For the Cherokees this infamous trail led to Fort Gibson, Oklahoma |
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This director of "Groundhog Day" & "Multiplicity" once worked as an orderly in a mental ward |
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This former Cleveland mayor, the first black elected mayor of a major U.S. city, died in 1996 |
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Located on the Horn of Africa, this country is that continent's easternmost extension |
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Title for the first violinist who also acts as an assistant conductor |
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"Uno Sguardo Dal Ponte" is an Italian Opera version of this U.S. playwright's "A View from the Bridge" |
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On May 9, 1846 he asked the Cabinet if he should recommend to Congress a war against Mexico |
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Chancellor of the Exchequer who succeeded Anthony Eden as British Prime Minister in 1957 |
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