Rivers
Hydroelectric
J.D. Salinger's acclaimed "GAN" held onto by the man who murdered John Lennon
Catcher in the Rye
She pioneered the woman-led comedy with "I Love Lucy" in 1951
Lucille Ball
The loss of innocent for a generation, four planes were hijacked and over three thousand dead
9/11
This type of surgeon specializes in operations on the heart and blood vessels
Cardiovascular surgeon
It is the longest river that flows south to north
Nile River
Author of "The Great Gatsby"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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She was the "Golden Girls" star who appeared in over seven decades of television
Betty White
The King of Pop dies in this year
2009
Diverticula, GERD, and hiatal hernias are all pathologies of this part of the digestive system
Esophagus
It was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the U.S. Navy known for roaming the Potomac River
USS Monitor
Harriet Beecher Stowe, an abolitionist wrote this book about the abhorrent conditions of slavery and the righteousness of Christianity, some say she missed the mark
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Tina Fey wrote and starred in a quirky show about writing for television, named the NBC studio building it was filmed in
30 Rock
The United States launched Operation Iraqi Freedom to depose this man
Saddam Hussein
This life-saving procedure creates an opening in the trachea to help a patient breathe when the airway is blocked
Tracheotomy
It is the longest river in the U.S. (also an estuary of the Mississippi)
Missouri River
He is the "Farewell to Arms" author who took his own life with a shotgun in Ketchum, ID
Ernest Hemingway
Julia Louis-Dreyfus earned one Emmy each for her work on Seinfeld, as well as a record six Emmy's for this program as a vice president
Veep
Al Gore
He is responsible for anti-septic techniques that have saved countless lives, also lended his name to a mouthwash brand
Joseph Lister
It is the "holy river" of India where many Hindu dead end up
Ganges River
This literary captain personified man vs. wild against a white sperm whale
Captain Ahab
She is known for the UFO sketches as well as Weird Barbie
Kate McKinnon
The housing bubble burst and we suffered through not the Great Depression, but the Great this
Recession
This robotic aid, named for this Renaissance man, allows surgeons to perform minimally invasive operations with high precision.
Leonardo da Vinci