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Impeachment is the formal process of removing government officials from office, usually by the main legislative body of that government.

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Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand-born British physicist, considered to be the "father" of nuclear physics thanks to his experiments in the early 20th century.

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John Jay was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers. Jay served as the first Chief Justice of the United States from 1789 to 1795 and was a prominent leader of the Federalist Party.

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Ben Roethlisberger is an American professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he has played since his professional debut in 2004. With the Steelers, Roethlisberger has been selected for the Pro Bowl six times, and has played in three Super Bowls, winning two championships.

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Orson Welles was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. His debut motion picture <em>Citizen Kane</em> is widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever made, and Welles one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.

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Dr. Dre is an American rapper, engineer, producer, and entrepreneur who first rose to fame as a member of the gangsta rap group N.W.A. He was also one of the founders of Beats Electronics, a popular audio device brand, of which he is currently CEO.

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Mary Tyler Moore was an American actress, best known for her roles in the sitcoms <em>The Dick Van Dyke Show</em> and <em>The Mary Tyler Moore Show</em>.

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Jimmy Kimmel is an American comedian and television personality who currently hosts <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!</em> on ABC.

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Sons of Anarchy is an American crime drama show that aired on FX for seven seasons from 2008 to 2014, which is centered on a motorcycle club in California.

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George B. McClellan was an American soldier and statesman, who served as the 24th Governor of New Jersey. McClellan is best known in history as the second Commanding General of the Union Army in the United States Civil War.

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Larry Bird is a former professional basketball player whose thirteen-year career with the Boston Celtics cemented him as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

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Thurgood Marshall was an American lawyer and civil rights activist, who served as an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court from October 1967 to October 1991. Marshall was the first African-American justice appointed in the Court's history.

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Jack Nicholson is an American actor who is known for portraying a wide variety of roles in his long-spanning career. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards, Nicholson is the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history, having won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice for his roles in <em>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</em> (1975) and <em>As Good as It Gets</em> (1997).

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Booker T. Washington was an African-American educator and author who was a major figure in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, whose most lasting legacy is the founding of Tuskegee University in Alabama.

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Leo Tolstoy was a Russian author, considered by many to be one of the greatest authors of all time. He is most well-known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1878).

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Charles de Gaulle was a French army officer and statesman, who led Free France after the country was invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany in 1940. De Gaulle went on to become the President of France from 1959 to 1969.

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Venice is a city in Northeastern Italy that is a popular international tourist destination, famed for its architecture, artwork, and the extensive canal network that links the 118 islands on which the city rests.

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St. Thomas Aquinas was a 13th-century Dominican friar whose philosophical and theological writings make him one of the most influential theologians in the history of the Catholic Church.

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Fort Sumter is a fort built on an artificial island whose main purpose was to protect Charleston, South Carolina from naval invasion. It was the site of the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1961, which began the American Civil War.

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Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean that encompasses the countries of England, Scotland, and Wales.

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Jesse James was an infamous outlaw and gang leader from Missouri whose exploits and robberies became legendary in the American Wild West.

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Rio de Janeiro is the second most populated city in Brazil, famous for its Carnival and the Christ the Redeemer statue that overlooks the city.

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Mexico City is the capital and the largest city in Mexico, as well as the most populated city in North America.

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Nolan Ryan is an American former professional MLB pitcher and franchise executive. Widely considered one of the greatest pitchers of all time, Ryan holds numerous MLB records, including most no hitters (7) and most strikeouts (5,714). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame with 98.79% of the vote on the first ballot.

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The Mojave Desert is the driest desert in North America, that stretches between California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.

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Ho Chi Minh was a Marxist-Leninist Vietnamese revolutionary and politician who rose to fame as the leader of the Viet Minh independence movement, eventually becoming the Prime Minister of North Vietnam and the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

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Larry King is an American television and radio host, best known as the host of The Larry King Show since 1978.

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Solomon was a king of the United Kingdom of Israel, famed for his wealth, wisdom and for commissioning the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.

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Paul the Apostle, also known as "Saint Paul", was an apostle of Jesus Christ who preached his gospel during the 1st century, and is the subject of the later chapters of Acts of the Apostles.

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Dean Martin was an American entertainer, whose career took off during his time working with Jerry Lewis as a part of the comedy act Martin & Lewis.

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