I'M OUTTA HERE
Emperor Akihito abdicated this country's Chrysanthemum Throne in 2019, the first to do so in over 200 years
Japan
Hopefully a trip to this more than 7,000-foot-high pass in the Sierra Nevadas won't lead to disaster as it did in 1846
In this year, the year before Prohibition ended, "Happy Days Are Here Again" became a Democratic Party campaign song
1932
Capitol Square in this North Carolina city is a fine example of Greek Revival architecture
Raleigh
One of Europe's oldest languages, Euskara is the language of these people of Northern Spain & Southwestern France
the Basque people
In her last cabinet meeting at 10 Downing St. in 1990, she said funny how it was time to leave despite having won a majority
Margaret Thatcher
Home of the American Rose Society, this "port" on the Red River in northwest Louisiana was named for a steamboat captain
Shreveport
After a global conflict & a pandemic, he pledged a "Return to Normalcy" in 1920
Harding
This city in the Nile River delta has lent its name to a discovery that led to the deciphering of hieroglyphics
Rosetta
With over 1.2 billion people, this 3-letter ethnic group is the largest in China & the world
Han
Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz was the 1st Fortune 200 exec to resign via tweet; he wrote this type of poem suited to the medium
a haiku
Killington is a killer ski resort in the Green Mountains of this state
Vermont
Lyndon B. Johnson's "Daisy" ad, which featured a girl & a nuclear explosion, helped defeat this man from Arizona
Goldwater
The site of a gaol referenced in the name of an 1898 "Ballad", it was chartered in 1253 by King Henry III
Reading
Tyrrhenians was the Greek name for this darned people of Italy who flourished in the vicinity of the Tyrrhenian Sea
the Etruscans
Celebrations erupted in the streets of Harare after the 2017 resignation of this president who once said, "Only God will remove me"
Mugabe
The Running of the Reindeer is an annual event in this city on the Cook Inlet
Anchorage
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An 1840 viral campaign song mentioned 2 things: this battle & this running mate too
Tippecanoe and Tyler, too!
This city on the Euphrates River was partially taken over by Isis militants until Iraqi govt. forces reasserted control in 2016
Ramadi
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With an eye on conservation, these warrior nomads of Kenya have replaced lion hunting as a rite of passage with their own Olympics
the Maasai
Before Benedict XVI in 2013, the last pope to resign was Gregory XII in 1415, as part of this "Great" crisis in church leadership
the Great Schism
West Mitten Butte & the Three Sisters are rock formations in this valley, a famed movie location within the Navajo Nation
Monument Valley
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The O.K. in Van Buren's "O.K. Clubs" stood for this, a reference to the Upstate New York village where he was born
Old Kinderhook
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A national capital from 1959 to 1969, it's located 9 miles southwest of Islamabad, the current capital
Rawalpindi
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Rather than Lapps, a people of Northern Europe prefer to be called by this name
Sámi
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