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Congress appropriated $2500 for this pair's exploration of the Pacific Northwest |
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Soon after his death, Rome issued a coin showing Brutus, 2 daggers & an abbreviation for "Ides of March" |
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Pearl is the illegitimate daughter of Arthur Dimmesdale & Hester Prynne in this novel |
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The church chose this date to be Jesus' birthday; some believe it was really May 20 |
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Some of these native to South America are the howler, spider & woolly |
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In 1527 Philip of Hesse founded the first Protestant university, in this country |
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This Spaniard gave Florida its name |
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In 1971 the U.S. government replaced this metal in the half dollar with copper & nickel |
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In an Oscar Wilde novel, he's painter Basil Hallward's title subject |
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Sailors consider it an unlucky date to leave port, especially if it's a Friday |
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The short grass of Patagonia is primarily used for grazing these farm animals |
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In 1989 this country rejoined the Arab League after a 10-year suspension for signing a peace treaty with Israel |
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A city in Washington State & a city & island in British Columbia are named for him |
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It takes 100 of these Russian coins to make a ruble |
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He's the narrator of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" |
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Individuals who file with the IRS for a 4-month extension from this date have until August 17, 1992 |
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Following the 1989 murder of candidate Luis Carlos Galan, this country went to war against drug dealers |
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On approval of the church, the Spanish Inquisition was founded by this pair in 1478 |
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In 1511 he was named interim governor & captain general of Darien in the Isthmus of Panama |
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The Hebrew silver talent equaled 3,000 of these coins |
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In an 1857 Flaubert work, Emma Rouault is better known as this title character |
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Sources say an old Scottish law allowed women to propose to men in years with this date in them |
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In 1975 this former Dutch colony became the most recent South American country to join the U.N. |
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This ruling house to which Louis XIII belonged was named for a region in France |
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While searching for gold in the American SW, his expedition discovered the Grand Canyon in 1540 |
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The Caribbean island of Curacao uses this basic unit of currency |
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Charles Strickland, the main character in this Maugham novel, was modeled on Paul Gauguin |
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In the 700s the Catholic Festival of All Saints was moved from May 13 to this |
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Henry Kissinger once called this country a blade "pointed at the tip of Antarctica" |
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This nobleman for whom a tea is named served as British prime minister from 1830-1834 |
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