Women's Firsts
Micheline Bernardi modeled the first of these in 1946, 4 days after an atomic bomb test
a bikini
As Dan Quayle did in Indiana, Harry Truman served in this military group in Missouri
The National Guard
The Green Lake Room is one of the chambers in this New Mexico national park
Carlsbad Caverns
Nynorsk, a dialect of this language, was created in the 1800s as a reaction to Danish influence
Norwegian (Norse)
This 888-page summary of the Kennedy assassination investigation was made public on Sept. 27, 1964
Warren Commission
In 1720 a Mrs. Clements was the first to sell this condiment in paste form rather than as seeds
mustard
His second inaugural address, the second given & the shortest ever, was 135 words long
Washington
This arm of Lake Michigan is at the mouth of the Fox River
Green Bay
The first modern novel in this language was "Love of Zion", published in 1853
Hebrew
Of 108, 308 or 508, the number of points the stock market plunged October 19, 1987
508
In 1971 this tennis star became the first woman athlete to earn $100,000 in one year
Billie Jean King
This president was not present at the swearing-in of his successor, Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
The Jabal al-Akhdar in Oman, or where you find Smugglers' Notch in Vermont
The Green Mountains
Martin Luther translated the Bible into this language using the dialect of Saxony
German
On May 7, 1975 President Ford declared that this "era" was over
Vietnam
She was the first British monarch to travel by rail
Queen Victoria
In 1976 he was the candidate of the Social Democrats as well as the Democrats
Jimmy Carter
In 1960 4 Black students sat at a lunch counter in this N.C. city & began a nationwide protest
Greensboro
Although this is Nigeria's official language, Hausa, Yoruba & Ibo are the most widely spoken
English
In 1934 Frank Merriam defeated this author of "The Jungle" to become governor of California
Upton Sinclair
In 1989 Barbara C. Harris became the first woman to reach this rank in the Episcopal Church
Bishop
His father was named Alphonso, he had 2 half-brothers named Alphonso & his son was Robert Alphonso
William Howard Taft
In 1861 & 1862 it was the Confederate capital of Kentucky
Bowling Green
Many words, such as brandy, skate & yacht, have been adapted from this language
Dutch
When it was set up in 1942, the presidential retreat, now Camp David, was called this
Shangri-La