Happy new year
Ellis Island opened Jan. 1, 1892 & the first immigrant was from County Cork on this island
Ireland
"The Ryan Express"
Nolan Ryan
Past tense of "is"
Washington
Hanoi, where this man died in 1969, has a museum devoted to him
Ho Chi Minh
This type of bass is a fisherman's favorite
smallmouth
In 1919 this auto company got a new president, son succeeding father, & raised its minimum wage to $6 a day
Ford
"The Rocket"
Clemens
Rock containing a sought-after metal
Oregon
Totem poles & Noh masks are at the Pitt Rivers Museum, given on condition that Oxford hire a lecturer on this -ology
anthropology
Have the guts to name this main organ of digestion in the human body
small intestine
The Post Office began this service Jan. 1, 1913 & it was soon sending such objects as eggs, bricks & a 4-year-old girl
parcel post
"The Big Hurt"
Frank Thomas
Grifters are this kind of "men"
Connecticut
"ANZACs in France, 1969" was a 2006 exhibit at a war museum in this capital city
Canberra
If you want to open your own pub, consider getting a loan from this government agency, the SBA
Small business loan
This new Czech president began the 1990s with an amnesty for 3/4 of his country's prison inmates
Havel
Yankee batting champ "Donnie Baseball"
Mattingly
Jeremy Piven's agent role
Arizona
A Durer collection is highlight of this city's Kunsthistorisches Museum, built up by the Hapsburgs
Vienna
Played by Al Franken on both TV & film, he was good enough, smart enough & doggone it, people liked him
On Jan. 1, 1959, suddenly out of power, he fled Cuba for the Dominican Republic
(Fulgencio) Batista
"The Bird"--he was a national sensation in 1976
Mark Fidrych
It's a number
Tennessee
It's the set of museums that includes the Museo Pio-Clementino, exhibiting sculpture
The Vatican Museums
A single red triangular pennant tells boaters that this 3-word alert is in effect
Small craft advisory