3-Letter History #3

___ Truss, shortest-serving British Prime Minister

Notable American gun lobby (inits.)

___ Fawkes, arguably the most famous of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators

Headwear worn by barristers

Rachel Carson wrote about the dangers of this pesticide in her book 'Silent Spring' (inits.)

Younger brother of George W. Bush who unsuccessfully ran for the Republican Party nomination in 2016

___ Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin

Angela Merkel's political party (inits.)

___ War, early-twentieth century conflict between Spain and Morocco's Berber tribes

Global financial institution and "lender of last resort" founded in 1944 during the Bretton Woods Conference (inits.)

Little ___, codename of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

___ Battuta, 14th century Moroccan scholar known for his thirty-year expedition across North Africa, Asia and Southern Europe

Edgar Allan ___, gothic author of 'The Raven'

___ Bondi, attorney-general during Donald Trump's second administration

Fast food franchise founded by Harland Sanders in 1952 (inits.)

The ___ Wars, series of confrontations between the UK and Iceland over fishing rights in the North Atlantic

Precursor to the European Union (inits.)

Rosa Parks spearheaded a famous boycott of this mode of public transport

___ Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa during the Second World War

This everyday mechanism, patented by Swedish engineer Gideon Sundbäck in 1917, was originally known as a 'clasp locker'

Sebastian ___, retired athlete and politician who headed the successful London 2012 Olympic bid

According to Oscar Wilde, "sarcasm is the lowest form of ___"

___ Calloway, American jazz band leader whose signature song was 'Minnie the Moocher'

United Nations agency responsible for co-ordinating responses to disease epidemics (inits.)

___ of the Covenant, lost vessel said to hold the tablets on which the Ten Commandments were carved

"The ___ is cast", quote often attributed to Julius Caesar as he crossed the Rubicon

___ Tyler, leader of the English Peasant's Revolt

___ Jones, US stock market index