Out of the original 40 US Postal Service airmail pilots, this many died in crashes.

The US Bill of Rights consists of ten amendments to the Constitution, but originally this many amendments were proposed.

The first advertising sign using neon lights was sold in this year.

In 1971 this country launched its first satellite into low earth orbit aboard a Black Arrow rocket.

On October 26, 1825, this canal opened for traffic.

Sam Foster started selling sunglasses in 1929 at this seaside resort town.

The gunfighter Johnny Ringo’s death was ruled to be this.

Fyodor Romodanovsky, head of Tsar Peter the Great’s secret police, trained these animals to serve drinks at his dinner parties.

Before the 1813 Battle of Bayonne the Duke of Wellington forbade his officers from carrying these items into battle.