In 1517 the Ottoman Turks took this country & put a pasha in power; today a Mubarak rules
This Russian czar spent the last few years of his life composing a list of people he had murdered
In 1513 this Spaniard made the first recorded European exploration of what is now the U.S. mainland
In 1740 he became king of Prussia & elector of Brandenburg
On July 9, 1776 this state's legislature met in White Plains & ratified the Declaration of Independence
After answering a NASA newspaper notice in the '70s, she became America's first woman in space
In 1919 this future pres. mobilized the Mass. Militia to restore order in the Boston police strike
Some of Wells Fargo's stagecoaches came from a factory in this New Hampshire capital
In 1900 the Taft Commission supervised the transfer of military to civil govt. in these Pacific islands
The first major engagement for U.S. troops in this 20th century war was the Battle of Belleau Wood