"C"s THE DAY
August 4 celebrates the birth of this branch of the U.S. military
The Coast Guard
A Jan. 11 report from Luther Terry in his capacity in this job said (finally), "Cigarette smoking is causally related to lung cancer"
the Surgeon General
Time for Special "K" / Its name meant "impala hill" / Uganda love it
Kampala
The Gold Coast Railroad Museum boasts the train from which this pres. held a paper telling of his 1948 election "defeat"
Truman
At about 9,570 feet, it's Greece's highest & arguably best-known peak
Mt. Olympus
This holiday that commemorates the victory of Mexico at the Battle of Puebla is also a day to celebrate Mexican culture
Cinco de Mayo
On March 27 a 9.2 quake rocked this state's Valdez, forcing the town itself to be moved to the delta of Mineral Creek
Alaska
Hey, Kenya dig it? / Started as a water hole / 4 million now there
Nairobi
Miami has the USA's largest cruise terminal, serving this cruise line named for a nearby sea
Royal Caribbean
Thessaloniki is the capital city of Central this region, also the name of Philip II's ancient kingdom
Macedonia
"Dedication" in Hebrew, it can be spelled without a "C" & actually spans 8 days, but you still need to know it now
Chanukkah
The first mission of this post-Mercury NASA program launched on April 8, uncrewed; soon, 2 men would fly in each mission
Gemini
Same name of nation / Ah, shake shake shake... shake shake shake... / Say the J not D
Djibouti
The Brickell Section of town has one end of the Tamiami Trail; 264 miles away, the other end is, naturally, in this city
Tampa
Greece's 3 main geographic areas are the islands, the mainland & joined by an isthmus, this peninsula, that lent its name to a war
The Peloponnesian Peninsula
September 17 commemorates the signing of this in 1787
the Constitution
August 5: Operation Pierce Arrow – Aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in this Gulf.
the Gulf of Tonkin
Western port city / It's named for a president / '90s Civil War
Monrovia
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Calle Ocho, or Southwest 8th Street, is the main thoroughfare of this area, home to many exiles
Little Havana
The setting of plays like "Oedipus" & "Antigone", this Greek city shares its name with a capital city of Ancient Egypt
Thebes
Catholics usually celebrate the Thursday after Trinity Sunday as the feast of this, Latin for "Christ's body"
Corpus Christi
In a landmark case the Supreme Court ruled that this newspaper had not libeled Alabama city commissioner L.B. Sullivan
The New York Times
Off to Botswana! / Game reserve in a city / See the wildebeest
Gaborone
Biscayne, San Marco, and Di Lido are artificial islands in Miami that are collectively known by what name, in reference to another city with significant water features?
Venetian Islands
Corfu is in this sea on Greece's west coast
the Ionian
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