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August 23 is the feast of St. Rose of this capital city; she's credited with starting social services in Peru |
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In the 1970s, its ads called it "The Great American Shoe Store" |
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These objects with comas & tails can be named for up to 3 independent co-discoverers |
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On April 21, 1967, Col. Georgios Papadopolous engineered a military takeover of this Balkan nation |
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In 1971, Pearl Hall's Pecan Surprise Bars won the grand prize in this biennial contest |
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"Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer" was purchased in 1961 by the friends of this New York City museum |
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St. Helena reportedly found this Christian relic buried on or near Calvary |
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In 1984 this American company introduced its first minivan |
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Of the 9 planets, only Mars & Venus can appear brighter in the sky than this largest one |
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Surrounded by Italy, this small country on Mt. Titano was once under the protection of the papacy |
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This first American in Earth orbit was given the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal in 1962 |
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This large painting with a "nocturnal" name lost some of its left side when cut down in 1715 |
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The symbol of St. Margaret; it's also associated with St. George |
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Intuit's Checkbook program; it was first worked out in a dorm at Stanford in 1983 |
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This famous nebula is the remnant of a supernova observed in 1054 |
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In 1571 this Spanish king's forces helped defeat the Turks at Lepanto |
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This international music competition began in Moscow in 1958 with prizes for piano & violin |
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"The Jewish Bride" & "The Cyndics" are in this Amsterdam museum |
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Originally called The Poor Ladies, they are now called this, after their founder from Assisi |
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These brothers, William & Andrew, became known as "Trade" & "Mark", the words under their pictures on the box |
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This is defined as the position in a satellite's orbit when it's most distant from the Earth |
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In 1969 this country's Communist Party replaced leader Alexander Dubcek because of his liberal reforms |
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David Broder & George Will have won Pulitzer Prizes for Commentary while with this newspaper |
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In Rembrandt's time, his reputation for this type of art was greater than for painting |
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She saw her 1st vision February 11, 1858 on the bank of the river Gave |
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This man whose company built the Flamingo & Sahara hotels in Las Vegas opened his first Sun City in 1960 |
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This 16th C. Flemish cartographer also made a star globe showing the constellations |
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In 1980, striking workers at this Gdansk shipyard demanded the right to form a trade union |
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In 1976, this Connecticut governor was named "Woman of the Year" by Ladies' Home Journal |
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In 1632-33, Rembrandt painted 2 Passion scenes for Prince Frederick Henrik of this ruling house |
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