On Jan. 22, 1901 the Prince of Wales succeeded to the English throne as this king
Emil von Behring won the first Nobel Prize for Medicine with a serum against this "d"isease, a common killer
The world's most productive oil field was in the area of this city, now the capital of Azerbaijan
Deriving its name from the Russian for "fellow traveler", it made news in 1957
President Mireya Moscoso of this country oversaw the 1999 transfer of control of a major ship canal
This man named his brother king of Spain in 1808
Leading to new & better fire codes, the 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire in this Midwest U.S. city killed over 500
In 1534 this king began a reassertion of English influence in Ireland
This man was the last president of his country(Soviet Union)
He's the long-time prisoner seen here(in South Africa)