Saint Francis, known as the patron saint of animals, was born and buried in Assisi in this country.

In 1929, this airship became the only one to fly around the world, departing from Lakehurst, New Jersey, and returning there.

These were the first names of the original team of Currier and Ives.

In 1853, Charles Gerhardt discovered this medication.

A presidential relative who served as White House hostess, this woman wrote George Eliot’s Poetry and Other Studies.

Named after a famous writer, this college in Illinois opened in 1966.

A stained glass window in the Pentagon commemorates the memory of four chaplains who did this.

Partly as a response to the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was established during this president’s administration.

A philosopher, this 17th-century figure invented analytical geometry.