HE WAS PRESIDENT WHEN...
Man first set foot on the Moon
Richard Nixon
In 1905 this still-controversial Twain book was banned because a character said sweat instead of perspiration
Huckleberry Finn
In 1621 Mass. Gov. William Bradford declared a day of prayer, feasting & rejoicing which became this holiday
Thanksgiving
This common pet parasite can jump 200 times the length of its own body
a flea
In mattress brand names, it follows "Posture" & "Tempur-"
-pedic
The U.S. celebrated its bicentennial
Gerald Ford
The title of this 1813 Austen novel comes from the second chapter of "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"
Pride and Prejudice
Memorial Day was first observed in 1866 to honor the dead of this war
The Civil War
This word for the young of insects is from the Latin for "ghost"
larva
The Down & Feather company stuffs its mattress toppers with the Hungarian type of this bird's down
goose
British troops set fire to the U.S. Capitol
James Madison
1904's "Betty Zane" was his first published novel--makes sense
Zane Grey
A 1968 law passed by Congress stipulated that this holiday be celebrated on the second Monday in October
Columbus Day
Gene science has led to thoughts of eradicating this insect, or maybe just the Culex genus that spreads encephalitis
mosquito
You can adjust the firmness of this maker's separate mattress sections from zero to 100
Sleep Number
John Brown captured the arsenal at Harpers Ferry
James Buchanan
Her crime novels include "Cause of Death" & "Cruel & Unusual"
Patricia Cornwell
This May holiday was honored in 1934 by a stamp featuring a famous painting by Whistler
Mother's Day
This paternal name usually refers to a type of arachnid, but the crane fly also gets the moniker
daddy long-legs
One of these stately mattresses is 72 inches wide by 84 inches long, longer & narrower than its royal cousin
California King
Napoleon crowned himself emperor
Thomas Jefferson
It's the numerical title of the Bret Easton Ellis novel made into a 1987 Robert Downey, Jr. film
Less Than Zero
This holiday was established in 1872 because the State of Nebraska lacked a sufficient number of trees
Arbor Day
The bulldog type of this bug regularly preys on the carpenter type & its bite can kill humans
an ant
In the 1920s & '30s Eleanor Roosevelt did ads for this manufacturer's Beautyrest mattress
Simmons