FAMOUS AMERICANS
John Adams & Thomas Jefferson both died on this date, exactly 50 years after the Declaration of Independence was adopted
July 4, 1826
Kali Gandaki is a more than 3-mile-deep gorge between Mount Annapurna & Mount Dhaulagiri in this range
The Himalayas
Lise Meitner, credited with first using this word to describe the splitting of uranium atoms, refused to work on the A-bomb
fission
A short drive from the capital, St. John's, Cape Spear in this province is Canada's easternmost point
Newfoundland and Labrador
In 1776, this British captain set out on his last voyage in search of the Northwest Passage
Cook
In 1921 Bessie Coleman became the first Black woman to earn her license as one of these
a pilot
Forming part of the border between Serbia & Romania, the Iron Gate is a 2-mile-long gorge on this river
the Danube
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Daughter of a bear-keeper in this city, Theodora married Justinian I in 525 & became the Byzantine Empire's most powerful woman
Constantinople
Draining an area the size of Mexico, 6, the MacKenzie River system, Canada's longest, flows 2,635 miles into this body of water
The Arctic
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Black pathfinder Jim Beckwourth found this mountain range's lowest pass, now named for him in Eastern California
the Sierra Nevadas
Mathew Brady's studio photographed him as a senator before he was elected President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
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Liechtenstein Gorge in this Alpine nation, not the principality, has a staircase for great views & is not for the vertigo-prone
Austria
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This heiress of Aquitaine so loved culture that her tomb effigy doesn't show her dead or asleep but reading a book
Eleanor
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Canada's oldest national park is this one in the Rockies that draws 4 million visitors a year
Banff
In 1513 he sailed north from Puerto Rico & searched for the island of Bimini, said to have a fabled spring
Ponce de León
At his death in 1915 this school founder was laid to rest in a tomb built by students, on a hill overlooking the Tuskegee campus
Booker T. Washington
Peru's Colca Canyon is home to a number of villages & is advertised as the best place to see this largest bird of prey
the Andean condor
If you take the 101 to the 405, you're on a section of highway named for this valley girl, the first U.S. woman in space
Sally Ride
This 19,551-foot peak in Kluane National Park bears the name of the founder of the Geological Survey of Canada
Mount Logan
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As director of the U.S. Geological Survey, this Grand Canyon explorer set standards for mapping the nation
John Wesley Powell
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After surrendering to General Miles in 1877, this Nez-Perce chief said, "From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever"
Chief Joseph
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This canyon sinks about 8,000 feet below the rim to the Snake River below on the Oregon-Idaho border
Hells Canyon
In 1895, aged 80, this 3-named activist published her "Woman's Bible", which says the Old Testament proclaims female equality
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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At 83 degrees 7 minutes north latitude, Canada's most northerly point is Cape Columbia on this island in Nunavut territory
Ellesmere Island
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In 2004 a team led by Robert Sarmast combed the ocean floor for this place described in Plato's "Timaeus" & "Critias"
Atlantis