It happened in '99 (not necessarily 1999)
On July 15, 1099 this city fell to the Crusaders
Jerusalem
This shaggy ox is used by Tibetans as a beast of burden, its hair for tents
Yak
Lincoln's infants (or his female fans)
Abe's Babes
Each year over 50,000 pilgrims climb to the summit of this Japanese volcano
Mt. Fuji
It took us 10 years, from 1904 to 1914, to build a canal through it
Panama
In 1799 he overthrew the Directory & became first consul
Napoleon
Tibet's highest point, it lies on the border with Nepal
Mount Everest
Eisenhower's two-wheelers
Ike's Bikes
This continent's Guiana Highlands, which consist of open grasslands & tropical forests, are thinly populated
South America
The Sabor is the legislative body of Croatia, which was part of this country until it broke away in 1991
Yugoslavia
This famous theatre was built in London's Bankside in 1599
Globe Theatre
The 1,000-room, 13-floor Potala Palace overlooking this Tibetan capital is now a museum
Lhasa
Kennedy's khakis
Jack's Slacks
The Al Lisan Peninsula separates this saltiest body of water on Earth into northern & southern basins
The Dead Sea
Of Togo, Tonga or Tunisia, the one not in Africa
Tonga
1499's Peace of Basel helped lead to the independence of the cantons that became this modern nation
Switzerland
The Tibetan alphabet is based on the alphabet of this ancient language of India
Sanskrit
They hold up Jimmy's socks
Carter's Garters
On 3/21/99 Bertrand Piccard & Brian Jones landed in this country as the first hot-air balloonists to circle the Earth
Egypt
A few islets in the Pescadores, Quemoy & Matsu & this larger island form the Republic of China
Taiwan
Construction of the world-famous Palazzo Vecchio began in 1299 in this Italian city
Florence
Tibet is the source of this river that empties into the South China Sea near Ho Chi Minh City
The Mekong
William Howard's log vessels
Taft's rafts
This river is navigable from Basel, Switzerland to its mouth at the North Sea
The Rhine
This country with a royal embassy in Washington is ruled by Queen Margrethe II
Denmark