MAY
NYC landmark 1st opened May 24, 1883 & probably 1st "sold" soon after
the Brooklyn Bridge
She's "lost & gone forever
my darling Clementine
Only player on an ice hockey team who can't be put in the penalty box
the goalie
For centuries, the Pyncheon family lived in this unhappy Hawthorne home
the House of the Seven Gables
It contains 3 extinct volcanos & the Iolani Palace
Honolulu
On May 20, 1506, this explorer died in Spain
Columbus
He said, "I'll die with my hammer in my hand"
John Henry
While you score a birdie in golf, you swat a birdie in this sport
badminton
After the success from writing "Main Street" & other novels, he became a summer stock actor
(Sinclair) Lewis
While Springfield, Mass. & Springfield, Mo. are larger, this state's Springfield is a capital
Illinois
With a blast estimated at 500 times that at Hiroshima, it went off May 18, 1980
Mount St. Helens
Though Peter, Paul & Mary; popularized it, it was he who wrote "Blowin' In The Wind"
Bob Dylan
In losing, Jack Dempsey knocked him down for famous "long count", which many claim took 14-15 sec.
Gene Tunney
Mississippi writer who didn't win a Pulitzer Prize until 6 years after winning Nobel Prize
Faulkner
It's said the U.S. city home to the most Black millionaires is this southern state capital
Atlanta
On May 10, 1869, the golden spike was driven into the ground of this state
Utah
It begins, "My wife & I lived all alone, in a little log hut we called our own"
"Little Brown Jug"
Sportswriter whose syndicated column & radio program were called "On the Line"
Bob Considine
This title gem of a Wilkie Collins novel is actually an exquisite diamond
the Moonstone
Highest office held by the person for whom North Dakota's capital is named
Chancellor of Germany
In 1954, Secy. of Treasury G. Humphrey told Senate cost of defense & foreign aid would make this impossible
a balanced budget
Foods "we'll all have" "when she comes, when she comes"
chicken & dumplings
Brothers who hold major league record for most home runs hit by brothers
Hank & Tommy Aaron
Author of "The Pilgrim's Progress", it's said his worst sins were dancing & liking to ring the church bell
John Bunyan
Capital of the 1st state to ratify the Constitution
Dover