the Olympian god of the sky and the thunder, the king of all other gods and men, and, consequently, the chief figure in Greek mythology

was a Virginia plantation owner who served as a general and commander-in-chief of the colonial armies during the American Revolutionary War, and later became the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797

It was marked by steep declines in industrial production and in prices (deflation), mass unemployment, banking panics, and sharp increases in rates of poverty and homelessness

is the organ of hearing and, in mammals, balance

is a subdivision of the larger category of flowering plants, which are defined by their ability to produce flowers

The god of the underworld, and the chief caretaker of the abode of the dead in Greek Mythology

was a statesman, author, publisher, scientist, inventor and diplomat

a British passenger liner operated by the White Star Line that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912, after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City

is a host defense system comprising many biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease

a small grassland plant that has flowers with a yellow disk and white rays. It has given rise to many ornamental garden varieties.

He is also known as the sun god and was an incredibly powerful and important central god of the Egyptian pantheon

was an American statesman, politician, legal scholar, military commander, lawyer, banker, and economist. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

was a global war center in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918

a band or bundle of fibrous tissue in a human or animal body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of parts of the body

1.a herbaceous plant of temperate regions, typically having purple, blue, or white five-petaled flowers, one of which forms a landing pad for pollinating insects

was originally the Sky God, but he is also known as War God, Hunter’s God, God of Kingship and others

was a German composer and pianist; his music is amongst the most performed of the classical repertoire, and he is one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music

World War II naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan ’s first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots

is the outer covering of the body and is the largest organ of the integumentary system

is a perennial and one of the earliest wild flowers to grow in gardens

a hall in which heroes killed in battle were believed to feast with Odin for eternity

As a physicist and mathematician, wasn't an inventor in the vein of Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell, but his theories of relativity led to new ways of looking at time, space, matter, energy and gravity

On January 24, 1848 a New Jersey prospector James Marshall discovered gold on the American River in northern California, while he was working on a sawmill owned by John Sutter











. When news of the discovery leaked out, there was a mass migration to California, and in subsequent years a fortune in gold was mined

a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation

a bulbous plant with large trumpet-shaped, typically fragrant, flowers on a tall, slender stem