The biggest of all cats, tigers live in the forests of eastern and southeastern Asia.  Some subspecies of tigers are already extinct, and there are less than 10,000 tigers remaining in the wild.  They can be found in countries such as Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.  The Bengal tiger is the national animal of both India [...]

The horror that was the holocaust ended in 1945, but left more than six million Jews dead in its wake.  The events that make up the Holocaust took place all over Europe.  Concentration camps could be found in Germany, Austria, Poland, Norway, the Netherlands, France, Italy  and many other Nazi occupied countries.   Some were labor [...]

Albert Einstein was the most notable physicist of the 20th century.  Born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879, he attended schools in Germany and Switzerland.   He renounced his German citizenship in 1933, and moved to the United States.   He accepted a professorship at Princeton University and obtained his U.S. citizenship in 1940.  He received numerous [...]

Niel Young has been a major influence on both the folk and rock music scenes since the 1960’s.  He was born in Ontario, Canada on November 11, 1945.  He began playing music in high school and played with the successful group Buffalo Springfield.  He left the band in 1968 to go solo.  His efforts were met [...]

Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847.  He was born in the home designed by his father, Samuel.  The family sold the house in 1854, but after Edison’s death members of his family purchased the home with the intention of turning it into a museum.  Today, the Edison Birthplace Museum [...]

Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world stretching 29,035 feet toward the sky.  Only around 3,000 people have reached the summit and hundreds more have died trying.  The mountain lies on the edge of the Tibetan plateau.  It separates the countries of Nepal (where Everest is called Sagarmatha meaning “goddess of the sky”) and [...]

George Washington, first president of the United States, died on December 14, 1799.  He died in a bedroom of his plantation home, Mount Vernon.  Mount Vernon, which is open to the public,  is located 16 miles south of Washington D.C.  Washington loved his home so much that his will stated he was to be buried on the grounds of [...]

On April 14, 1912 the Titanic struck a large iceberg starting a chain of events that caused the “unsinkable” ship to sink.  The ship is still located in the spot where it sank which is 375 miles southeast of St. John’s, Newfoundland.  This location is 13 miles southeast of where the last distress call was [...]

Pomona is located in Claremont, California.
Pomona College is regarded as one of the premier liberal arts colleges in America and was established in 1887.
This was a clue in a recent NYTimes Crossword.