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In 1976 Bob Dole was his running mate

This animal, the chief sustenance of the Plains Indians, was nearly extinct by 1880

In 1918 as many as 2 million Japanese participated in riots spurred by the high price of this

The Reformation caused shortages of this sweet stuff by closing monasteries that raised bees for votive candle wax

The WWII "K" type of these Army portions, packed by Wrigley's, included meat, sugar &, of course, gum

In the 1840s a type of fungus wiped out these in Ireland, leading to widespread famine

Built in the early 1700s, it was originally the chapel of the mission San Antonio de Valero

This sailor, a former slave, was one of 5 men killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre

Henry Wirz, commander of this Confederate prison, was executed in November 1865

In 1867 entrepreneur Joseph McCoy selected this Kansas town as the railhead for Tex. cattle drives