On August 29, 1877, this leader of the Mormon Church died
After aiding the U.S. in the Battle of New Orleans, this pirate was pardoned
In December 1952, this president-elect visited the front lines during the Korean War
After this waterway opened in 1825, freight rates between Buffalo & NYC were cut by more than 90%
This man who bought Manhattan from the Indians later served as governor of New Sweden
At its height the Aztec empire covered roughly one-fifth of what's now this country
She went to Rome after she bore Caesarion, who became Ptolemy XV
With their conquest of Granada in 1492, this ruling pair unified Spain
In 1901 the colonies of Victoria & Queensland became states in this new commonwealth
She took the Russian throne in 1762 after her husband Peter III, was deposed