THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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Seen here is an illustration from this novel |
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Kenny Wormald & Julianne Hough starred in this remake in which rock music & dancing are banned in a small town |
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In October 1940 Italy launched an invasion of this country only to get routed by the gyros of General Papagos |
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During its 1910 appearance, this comet was photographed for the first time |
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Victory, or an insult comic dog |
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This NASCAR driver entered 676 Winston Cup races, won 76 of them & earned more than $40 million in prize money |
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These 2 characters finish the title of Stevenson's novel that begins "The Strange Case of"... |
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Meryl Streep landed a record 19th Oscar nomination for her role as the Witch in this musical |
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On Dec. 2, 1941 German troops who wished they'd packed heavier got to the suburbs of this capital but no further |
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One theory for why dust covers our moon: rocks are pulverized by rapid cooling during this, partial or total |
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The science of soil cultivation |
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In 2016, 25 years after she made national news, she was portrayed by Kerry Washington in "Confirmation" |
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Stevenson's short novel "The Ebb-Tide" follows 3 beggars operating in the port of Papeete on this Pacific island |
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At the time Madonna said of this 1996 role, it was the most challenging of her career but one she was born to play |
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The 5th-brightest star in the nighttime sky, Vega is often called the harp star because it's in this harp constellation |
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Done without volition, be it muscles or manslaughter |
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He compiled "Little Known Facts About Well Known People" 2 years before telling us how to influence people (in general) |
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Peter O'Toole dreamed "The Impossible Dream" when he played Don Quixote in this film |
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On Oct. 20, 1944 Douglas MacArthur fulfilled this 3-word promise he'd made to the Philippine people in 1942 |
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This mount's observatory was built in 1904 near Pasadena because the air above it is the steadiest in North America |
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To attest to someone's character |
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Oliver Hill argued in lawsuits against segregated public schools, leading to this landmark 1954 Supreme Court case |
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She played Coco & sang the title tune form "Fame"-- she was gonna live forever... do you remember her name? |
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This Japanese admiral planned and led the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor |
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This largest moon of Jupiter has a thin oxygen atmosphere & is the solar system's only moon to have a magnetosphere |
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Clint Hill, an agent with this part of the government from 1958 to 1975, leaped to fame in November 1963 |
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