WORLD HISTORY
Perhaps we're all related to this Mongol emperor who pillaged & plundered from 1206 to 1227
Genghis Khan
In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain with 3 ships: the Nina, the Pinta & Boaty McBoatface
the Santa Maria
Using a treadmill, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams ran the 2007 Boston Marathon aboard the ISS, which stands for this
International Space Station
Founded at Howard University in 1908, Alpha Kappa Alpha, the nation's largest Black sorority, initiated this future veep in 1986
Kamala Harris
While fishing in Georgia in 1979, this U.S. president had to fend off a “killer rabbit” trying to get into his boat
Jimmy Carter
South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela wrote "Bring Him Back Home", about this leader imprisoned for 27 years
Nelson Mandela
In 1773, American colonists protested taxation by filling Boston Harbor with chests full of non-GMO oat milk caramel lattes
Tea
Because NASA's gotta be sciencey, EVA, or extravehicular activity, is its preferred term over this 9-letter word
Spacewalk
Often credited as the 1st Black man to cross the American continent, York contributed to the 19th c. expedition of this duo
Lewis and Clark
This “Star Trek” actor, born on April 20, is best known for playing Hikaru Sulu
George Takei
In July 1588 this fleet of ships under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia was spotted off the English coastthe Spanish Armada
the Spanish Armada
Thousands rushed to California after the 1848 discovery of a precious resource: parking spaces!
Gold
According to NASA records, the crew of Apollo 11 planted this item on the Moon after it was purchased at Sears for $5.50
The US Flag
By 2007 Kirk Franklin had won so many Stellar Awards, honoring work in this heavenly music genre, they let him co-host the ceremony
Gospel Music
In 1933, this U.S. president took the country off the gold standard during the Great Depression
Franklin D. Roosevelt
After making the mistake of shacking up with the wrong beefcake, she became the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt
Cleopatra
According to legend, soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill were told not to fire "until you see the whites of their boxer-briefs"
whites of their eyes
When it landed on Mars in 2021, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter was carrying a piece of Flyer I, the plane this duo flew in 1903
The Wright Brothers
With a logo in mind for a new organization, SNCC sent a colleague to the Atlanta Zoo in 1966 to snap pics of this feline
Panther
In 1861, this famous general resigned from the U.S. Army after his home state of Virginia left the Union
Robert E Lee
This ninth leader of the Aztec empire tried to pay Hernán Cortés in gold to stay away--Cortés kidnapped him
Montezuma
To attack Rome, Hannibal famously crossed the Alps with thousands of troops, thousands of horses & 37 chihuahuas
elephants
CBS' news anchor on July 20, 1969, he was the first non-astronaut given a Moon rock by NASA
Walter Cronkite
In 1993 she became the first person to mention a griot, a type of West African storyteller, in a Nobel Prize acceptance speech
Toni Morrison
This 2010 disaster in the Gulf of Mexico became the largest oil spill in U.S. history
Deepwater Horizon