It is believed chess originated in this country.

Walter Hunt of New York patented this simple but useful device in 1849.

Harriett Stone Lothrop»s pen name, Margaret Sidney, was a combination of her favorite name, Margaret, and this.

The Little Rock Nine referred to this group of people.

Husband and wife DeWitt and Lila Bell Wallace cofounded this magazine in 1921.

Benjamin Franklin»s 44-year marriage with Deborah Read had this unusual legal status.

This state was the first to ratify the long fought-for 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which gave women the right to vote.

In 1985 Pete Rose broke this man’s Major League Baseball hitting record.

British Navy Captain James Cook named these islands the Sandwich Islands upon discovering them on January 18, 1778.