Historical Decisions
Low visibility at the city of Kokura on August 9, 1945 cause a B-29 bomber to change its course and fly to this city
Nagasaki
Relinquishing power to Emperor Meiji in 1867, Tokugawa Yoshinobu was the last ruler of Japan to bear this title
Shogun
On Columbus's first transatlantic voyage, this ship in the fleet of three made it to the New World, but not back to the old
After this couple's first date in 1894, she went home to Poland whole he wrote her letters about his "dream for science"
Marie and Pierre Curie
Based on a concept agreed to at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, this association was formed to maintain world peace
League of Nations
Napoleon
From 1948 to 1967 Jerusalem was divided between Israel and this country
Jordan
Formed in 43 B.C.E. the Second Roman Triumvirate was made up of Marcus Lepidus, Mark Antony, and this future emperor
Augustus/Octavian
In Tarsus in 41 B.C.E. Cleopatra wooed this Roman by arriving to a date dressed as Venus
Mark Antony
In 1899 in his mid-20s, Winston Churchill was captures and imprisoned during this war, escaping a short time later
Boer War
General Lee decided on a charge to take Cemetery Hill on July 3 1863 during this battle
Gettysburg
The resolution of this gulf in 1964 escalated American involvement in the Vietnam War
Tonkin
As Lenin faded from power, this man formed a troika with Zinoviev and Kamenev
Stalin
In the summer of 1989, this not-yet-famous couple went on a movie date in Chicago and saw a Spike Lee film
The Obamas
In August 1947 these two Asian nations gained independence from Great Britain
Pakistan and India
Before deciding to cross this stream, Julius Caesar apparently saw an apparition with a trumpet
Rubicon
From 1516 to 1700 this dynasty ruled Spain, but a childless Charles II's death led to a war of succession
Habsburg
The clergy, the nobility, and the people were France's three of these representative divisions before the Revolution
On one of this duo's early dates in 1930, he crashed on her couch and in the morning, the Dallas police arrested him
Bonnie and Clyde
Succeeding his grandfather Maximilian in 1519, Charles I of Spain ascended to this more lofty imperial title as Charles V
Holy Roman Emperor
Around 539 B.C.E. this ruler permitted the Jewish exiles of Babylon to return to their homeland
Cyrus the Great
Italian for "rising again", it was the 19th century movement to unify Italy
Risorgimento
Three countries were involved in the 1879-1883 War of the Pacific and this nation lost its access to that ocean as a result
Bolivia
A tale of a medieval hookup: this pair met in Paris around 1115, had a son, but lived on separated ad monk and nun
Abelard and Heloise
De Soto