Thomas Hardy, who gave us "The Return of the Native", also wrote of this girl "of the d'Urbervilles"
A March 31, 1492 edict in this country offered the Jews there the choice of baptism or exile
Over half the population of this Malaysian capital is of Chinese ethnicity
Jokingly, this May observance is said to fall nine months after Father's Night
This French holiday that commemorates the storming of a prison is also known as la Fete Nationale
It's the last federal holiday of the year
It's celebrated the evening before All Saints' Day
The final version of his "Paradise Lost" was published in 1674
These islands about 100 miles north of Scotland are famous for their sheepdogs & ponies
In 1324 Mali's ruler Mansa Musa made a 4,000-mile pilgrimage to this city, taking a reported 12,000 slaves