On March 23, 1965 a 2-man craft in this program became the first piloted spacecraft to change its orbit
In 1943 the U.S. built a nuclear energy center, the Hanford Works, in this state
On August 29, 1877, this leader of the Mormon Church died
After aiding the U.S. in the Battle of New Orleans, this pirate was pardoned
In December 1952, this president-elect visited the front lines during the Korean War
After this waterway opened in 1825, freight rates between Buffalo & NYC were cut by more than 90%
This man who bought Manhattan from the Indians later served as governor of New Sweden
On October 20, 1803, the senate ratified the treaty for this land acquisition
Benedict Arnold & this man's Green Mountain Boys captured Ticonderoga, May 10, 1775
In 1866 he became general of the U.S. Army; the first officer so designated