Big Hitters
762 Home Runs- Most of all time
Barry Bonds
Conntains two countries within its borders
South Africa
"Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away."
Yesterday
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Utah
Ted Bundy
The words "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" are found in this historic document
Declaration of Independence
Millions descended on Tehran in 1989 after the death of this cleric & leader
Ayatollah Khomeini
Lefty for the Mariners who was famous for having a slugging percentage of .646 in one entire season
Ken Griffey Jr.
Its oldest city and its first capital is the coastal city named Mombasa
Kenya
"_____ _______, right now, over me."
Come Together
Whitechapel district of London
Jack the Ripper
In 1857 she led her parents out of Maryland to freedom & from 1863 to 1865 served in S.C. as a scout for Union forces
Harriet Tubman
Many Americans mourned their leader the morning before Easter in the late nineteenth century
Abraham Lincoln
Dominican born, Chicago Cubbie, and an alliterative name
Sammy Sosa
The Portuguese colonized this country that was later plagued by civil war from 1975-2002. The country borders the Atlantic Ocean.
Angola
"Don't carry the world upon your shoulders."
Hey Jude
Wisconsin and Ohio
Jeffrey Dahmer
This preacher founded Liberty University, where his son is now president
Jerry Falwell
Throngs mourned August Spies, one of these no-government types hanged in 1887 for his role in the Haymarket riots
Anarchist
Big DH who started in Minnesota and finished in Boston
David Ortiz
A red and white flag with a crescent moon engulfing a star
Tunisia
"I read the news today, oh boy."
A Day in the Life
Illinois
H.H. Holmes
On Christmas Day 1989 in this city, Leonard Bernstein changed the "Ode To Joy" into an "Ode To Freedom"
Berlin
Celebrating the departed, Catholic priests wear black for mourning on this day that follows All Saints' Day
All Soul's Day
The Cuban who raked for the Texas Rangers--famous for his mustache
Rafael Palmeiro
Africa's oldest continuous democracy
Botswana
"Desmond takes a trolley to the jeweler's store."
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Pedro Lopez
To commemorate the second French revolution, in 1830 this French artist painted "Liberty Leading the People"
Eugene Delacroix
This iconic jazz clarinetist's passing in 2016 led to a jazz-filled procession through the French Quarter
Pete Fountain