In 1847, the birth of THIS baby "lit" up everyone's life.
Who is Thomas Edison?
100
THIS author of "On the Origin of Species" was born today in 1809.
Who is Charles Darwin?
100
In 1633, HE arrived in Rome to face the Inquisition for professing that the earth revolved around the sun.
Who is Galileo?
100
THIS abolitionist was born in 1809.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
100
THIS philosopher was sentenced to death in 0399 for "corrupting the minds of the youth" in Athens.
Who is Socrates?
200
In 1898, physicist Leo Szilard was born in Hungary; he later fled to the US where he would work on THIS "secret" project.
What is the Manhattan Project (building the atomic bomb)?
200
THIS future president of the United Mine Workers was born on this date in 1880.
Who is John Lewis?
200
In 1866, HE held up his first bank in Liberty, Missouri, netting about $15,000.
Who is Jesse James?
200
In 1848, James Polk became the first president to be photographed while in office; his photographer was THIS man, better known for his Civil War pictures.
Who is Matthew Brady?
200
THIS female civil rights activist and suffragist was born in 1820.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
300
In 1916, Emma Goldman was arrested for lecturing on THIS topic, which was against the law to discuss, even with your doctor.
What is birth control?
300
THIS organization to help African Americans was started on this date in 1909.
What is the NAACP?
300
In 1923, THIS pilot, the first to break the sound barrier, was born.
Who is Chuck Yeager?
300
THIS delivery service began in 1919.
What is UPS?
300
In 1898, THIS ship sank in Havanna Harbor, Cuba, and brought the United States into the Spanish-American War.
What is the USS Maine?
400
In 1990, THIS 1993 Nobel Peace Prize winner was released from a South African prison, where he had spent 27 years for sabotage.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
400
In 1942, THIS "American Gothic" painter died.
Who is Grant Wood?
400
In 1945, Dresdan, Germany was bombed; Kurt Vonnegut, a POW, later a novelist, wroter of the carnage in THIS antiwar novel.
What is Slaughter House Five?
400
In 1929, Alexander Fleming discovered THIS multi-purpose antibiotic.
What is penicillin?
400
In 1950, Disney released THIS movie about a young girl and her rodent friends.
What is Cinderella?
500
In 2012, THIS very talented singer/actress died at the very young age of 48.
Who is Whitney Houston?
500
THIS creator of the "Peanuts" cartoon passed away in 2000.
Who is Charles Schultz?
500
THIS long time Duke University basketball coach was born on this date in 1947.
Who is Mike Krzyzewski?
500
In 1978, the first micro on a chip was patented by THIS company.
What is Texas Instrument?
500
THIS actress/jeweler entrepreneur was born in 1951; her "open-heart" collections can be bought at fine jewelry stores everywhere.