ATOMIC THOMAS
NOTED AMERICAN CHEMIST AND BUSINESSMAN CHARLES ALLEN THOMAS COORDINATED PLUTONIUM PURIFICATION WORK FOR THIS TOP-SECRET U.S. GOVERNMENT PROJECT FROM 1943 TO 1945
THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
2016 – THIS TEAM DEFEATED THE CLEVELAND INDIANS IN THE WORLD SERIES, ENDING THE LONGEST MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP DROUGHT AT 108 YEARS
THE CHICAGO CUBS
OCTOBER 1 – THIS CABLE CHANNEL BECAME THE FIRST NETWORK DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO ANIMATION
CARTOON NETWORK
THE DOLPHINS CURRENTLY HAVE TEN PLAYERS, AND ONE COACH ENSHRINED IN THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME, THE MOST RECENT BEING THIS PLAYER, INDUCTED IN 2023
ZACH THOMAS
THIS LATIN PHRASE, SPQR, STOOD FOR SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUS, MEANING THIS IN ENGLISH
THE SENATE AND PEOPLE OF ROME
NUCLEAR PHYSICIST THOMAS J. BOWLES SPENT MUCH OF HIS CAREER AT THE LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY CENTRAL TO U.S. ATOMIC RESEARCH, AND WAS ALSO SCIENCE ADVISOR TO GOVERNOR BILL RICHARDSON FROM THIS STATE
NEW MEXICO
1974 – THIS RAPPER, BORN CORNELL IRAL HAYNES JR., WAS BORN AND SUBSEQUENTLY MADE IT ‘HOT IN HERRE’
NELLY
AUGUST 8 – THE U.S. MEN'S OLYMPIC BASKETBALL TEAM, NICKNAMED THE 'DREAM TEAM', WON GOLD AT THE 1992 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN THIS SPANISH CITY
BARCELONA
DESPITE HIS PROLIFIC PASSING CAREER, DAN MARINO ONLY APPEARED IN ONE SUPER BOWL, SUPER BOWL XIX, WHICH THE DOLPHINS LOST TO THIS TEAM
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
THE ROMAN EMPIRE REACHED ITS GREATEST TERRITORIAL EXTENT UNDER THIS EMPEROR, WHO RULED FROM 117 TO 138 AD
TRAJAN
AMERICAN EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICIST TOM BONNER DEVELOPED INSTRUMENTS USED TO DETECT THESE NEUTRAL PARTICLES FOUND IN ATOMIC NUCLEI
NEUTRONS
1965 – NORMAN MORRISON, A 31-YEAR-OLD QUAKER, SETS HIMSELF ON FIRE IN FRONT OF THE RIVER ENTRANCE TO THE PENTAGON TO PROTEST THE USE OF NAPALM IN THIS WAR
VIETNAM
APRIL 29 – THE ACQUITTAL OF FOUR POLICE OFFICERS IN THE BEATING OF THIS MAN SPARKED SIX DAYS OF RIOTING IN LOS ANGELES, RESULTING IN 63 DEATHS AND OVER $1 BILLION IN DAMAGE BEFORE ORDER WAS RESTORED
RODNEY KING
INTRODUCED FOR THE 2009 NFL SEASON, THE DOLPHINS REVEALED A NEW FIGHT SONG BY T-PAIN AND JIMMY BUFFETT FEATURING THIS ARTIST
PITBULL
IN VIRGIL’S AENEID, THE LATIN WORD FATUM IS CENTRAL TO THE EPIC, MEANING THIS CONCEPT THAT GOVERNS HUMAN AND DIVINE ACTIONS
FATE / DESTINY
AMERICAN NUCLEAR PHYSICIST THOMAS LAURITSEN’S PRINCIPAL RESEARCH INTEREST WAS IN THE NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPY OF THE LIGHT NUCLEI, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS OF IMPORTANCE TO THIS BRANCH OF SCIENCE AIMED AT UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSE
ASTROPHYSICS
1920 – KDKA OF THIS PENNSYLVANIA CITY STARTED BROADCASTING AS THE FIRST COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION IN THE U.S., REPORTING THE RESULTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
PITTSBURGH
FEBRUARY 1 – SEEKING PRIVACY TO FORMALLY DECLARE THE COLD WAR OVER, PRESIDENTS GEORGE H. W. BUSH AND BORIS YELTSIN MET AT THIS FAMOUSLY SECURE AND SECLUDED PRESIDENTIAL RETREAT
CAMP DAVID
MIAMI’S FIRST-EVER DRAFT PICK IN 1966 WAS THIS FUTURE ALL-PRO WIDE RECEIVER
JIM MANDICH
THE ROMAN COLOSSEUM WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN BY THIS LATIN NAME, REFERRING TO THE IMPERIAL DYNASTY THAT COMMISSIONED IT
AMPHITHEATRUM FLAVIUM
THIS STATISTICAL MODEL OF ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION IN ATOMS WAS INDEPENDENTLY DEVELOPED BY ENRICO FERMI AND BRITISH PHYSICIST LLEWELLYN HILLETH THOMAS
THE THOMAS–FERMI MODEL
1889 – THESE TWO STATES WERE ADMITTED AS THE 39TH AND 40TH U.S. STATES
NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA
OCTOBER 31 – POPE JOHN PAUL II FORMALLY LIFTED A 1633 INQUISITION EDICT, APOLOGIZING TO THIS SCIENTIST FOR THE CHURCH’S CONDEMNATION OF HIS THEORY OF HELIOCENTRISM
GALILEO GALILEI
NOW COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THE MIAMI DOLPHINS CHEERLEADERS, THE PROFESSIONAL COMPANY HAD ITS DEBUT IN 1978 AS THIS NAME, REFERRING TO A CO-SPONSOR, A CAR POLISH BRAND
THE (DOLPHINS) STARBRITES
THIS ROMAN EMPRESS, WIFE OF CLAUDIUS, WAS FAMOUS FOR HER POLITICAL INFLUENCE AND ALLEGED ROLE IN ARRANGING THE DEATHS OF RIVALS AND RELATIVES
AGRIPPINA THE YOUNGER