In 1806 Napoleon's brother Louis became king of this Low Country which had been known as the Batavian Republic
A major goddess of this first great Cretan civilization was often depicted holding snakes
The California Gold Rush started the first big wave of immigration from this Asian nation
In the 1880s the Mahdi led a revolution in the Sudan to restore the prominence of this religion
As Secretary of War from 1904 to 1908, William Howard Taft oversaw construction of this waterway
In 1939 he wrote to FDR to present the military potential of an uncontrolled fission chain reaction
Born aboard the Mayflower in the New World, he grew up to be a captain of militia, & maybe a falconer too
He began selling watches by mail order in 1886 & later hired a repairman named A.C. Roebuck to work for him
In 1937 FDR's opponents accused him of trying to "pack" this
In 1972 the "T" in the newsmaking SALT stood for this, not "treaty"