In 1969 West Irians voted to remain a part of this nation, & the U.N. recognized its control of Irian Jaya
Dexter Pratt, a neighbor of Longfellow, had this job (& presumably, sinewy hands)
Declaring bankruptcy to get out of jail in 1819, he now had time to smell the roses & draw the birds
Way before Ford, an assembly line was set up in Cincinnati in the 1800s to disassemble these animals
In 1801 this American boat designer tried to sell his submarine to Napoleon
In 1833 this 35-inch-tall millionaire wed the 32-inch-tall Lavinia Warren (P.T. had his hand in it...)
For the last 8 years of his life, Galileo was under house arrest for espousing this man's theory
In 1000 Rajaraja I of the Cholas battled to take this Indian Ocean island now known for its tea
Built in 312 B.C. to link Rome & the South of Italy, it's still in use today
In the 1870s this French chemist demonstrated that anthrax was caused by a particular bacillus