In 1872 this composer conducted his Aida at La Scala in Milan

In 1852 this hero of Verzcruz in the Mexican War was nominated by the Whig party as its presidential candidate In 1862 the Union captured this Louisiana capital; the Confederates moved the capital to Opelousas In 1865 this New York Tribune editor who dropped out of school at age 14 urged young people to head to the Frontier In 1869 this Austrian monk published a paper on hawkweed: the experiments didn't work as well as the ones with peas In 1885 this Sioux leader was allowed to leave the reservation to tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show In 1896, Thomas Sperry & Shelly Hutchinson started 1st independent Co. to provide these In 1903 future president F. Roosevelt was elected editor of this school paper at Harvard In 1909 Roald Amundsen set his hopes on being here first, then found out Peary had beaten him to it