Ex-Presidents
In 1875 he became the 1st ex-prez to serve in the Senate but unlike another pres. of the same name didn't become "master of" it
Andrew Johnson
About 20% of the world's oil supply--20 million barrels--passes through the Strait of Hormuz daily from ports on this gulf
Persian Gulf
The 335 Years' War was between the British Scilly islands & this nation whose Stadtholder sat on the English throne
the Netherlands
Ask a Girl Scout! This country that was once part of New Zealand dropped "Western" from its name in 1997
Samoa
Neil Armstrong set foot in a "Sea" of it in 1969
Tranquility
He served as a guest announcer for the first inning of the 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Reagan
Enjoy it while you can: thanks to tectonic activity, this strait linking the Atlantic & Mediterranean is slowly closing
Gibralter
The Royal Australian artillery was brought in to fight these flightless birds that gave the war their name--the birds won
emus
The 2024 Olympic surfing competition took place at Teahupo'o, a village on this island
Tahiti
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Hoops stars Sabrina Ionescu & Rebekah Gardner are with them in the Big Apple
the (New York) Liberty
He wrote the opinion for Myers v. U.S., saying a president could fire executive officers with or without Congress' OK
Taft
In 1940, Allied troops evacuating Dunkirk crossed this strait connecting the English Channel to the North Sea
Dover
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Calais
The war of the bucket was a medieval conflict between Modena & this Italian city that gave its name to a sausage
The Tuamotu Archipelago is comprised of 76 of these, coral reefs that surround lagoons
atolls
It can mean both the good fortune of a person & financial assistance to an individual by the government
welfare
At a 1965 ceremony, Harry Truman became the first beneficiary of this new federal program & applied for Part B
Medicare
The third-largest suspension bridge in the U.S. spans the Straits of Mackinac which connect these 2 Great Lakes
Michigan and Huron
Part of this numerical clash, the 1760s Fantastic War had no major battles --just troop movements when Spain invaded Portugal
the Seven Years' War
Suva, this nation's capital, was once the center of Britain's South Pacific colonies
Fiji
To make someone a priest
ordain
He suffered a stroke on the floor of the House of Reps., where he'd been serving, & passed away in the Capitol 2 days later
John Quincy Adams
Bass Strait is named for George Bass, a British explorer & surgeon who proved this island was an island by sailing around it in 1799
Tasmania
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The Hudson's Bay Company & the North West Company clashed in a conflict named for this Native American dried meat treat
pemmican
James Cook's dad was a migrant from Scotland, so it's little surprise he named an island "New" this, for dad's homeland
Caledonia
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From the Latin for "later", it's a word referring to all future generations collectively
posterity
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