| Hist. figure with a holiday named after him | 43 |
| Histology is a branch of it: Abbr. | 34 |
| Historian whose work covered 142 books | 38 |
| Historian's specialty, perhaps | 34 |
| Historic "elder" statesman | 36 |
| Historic act signed by Pres. Nixon | 34 |
| Historic base for pirates of the Caribbean | 42 |
| Historic battleship, or this puzzle's theme | 47 |
| Historic cache for future millennia | 35 |
| Historic Chicago-to-Los Angeles train | 37 |
| Historic city near the Niger River | 34 |
| Historic Cold War crossing point | 32 |
| Historic delivery at Fraunces Tavern, 1783 | 42 |
| Historic European waterway, to the Germans | 42 |
| Historic event on Bikini atoll, briefly | 39 |
| Historic exhibit at Washington Dulles airport | 45 |
| Historic figure with a reputation at stake? | 43 |
| Historic fort on the Oregon Trail | 33 |
| Historic French town (anagram of LUCY N.) | 41 |
| Historic French town once known as Briovera | 43 |
| Historic frontier post in Pakistan | 34 |
| Historic Hebrides monastery site | 32 |
| Historic hilltop fortress in Israel | 35 |
| Historic inlet by Sydney, Australia | 35 |
| Historic institution near Slough | 32 |
| Historic Italian city near Naples | 33 |
| Historic landfall: Oct. 12, 1492 | 32 |
| Historic mansion in Newport, Rhode Island | 41 |
| Historic mining region of Germany | 33 |
| Historic mission, with "the" | 38 |
| Historic Mormon settlement in Illinois | 38 |
| Historic musical "Alley" of Manhattan | 47 |
| Historic New Haven, CT venue ___ Place | 38 |
| Historic NYC club, with "The" | 39 |
| Historic periods with big heads? | 32 |
| Historic region in central Vietnam | 34 |
| Historic resort east of Sevastopol | 34 |
| Historic series of linguistic changes | 37 |
| Historic ship that sank on Christmas Day | 40 |
| Historic ship whose real name was Santa Clara | 45 |
| Historic site southeast of Naples | 33 |
| Historic Spanish port near Costa del Sol | 40 |
| Historic structure between China and Mongolia | 45 |
| Historic structure on the Thames | 32 |
| Historic town in Northern Ireland | 33 |
| Historic Vietnamese town Dien Bien __ | 37 |
| Historic way to increase women in the army? | 43 |
| Historic White House middle name | 32 |
| Historical area in the Middle East | 37 |
| Historical articles, biographies and such | 41 |
| Historical attraction W of Austin | 33 |
| Historical biography that won a 1935 Pulitzer | 45 |
| Historical Chinese leader _____ Piao | 36 |
| Historical figure a.k.a. Marse Robert | 37 |
| Historical figure on whom a Verdi opera is based | 48 |
| Historical figure played by Robert De Niro | 42 |
| Historical figure portrayed in "Quills" | 49 |
| Historical French region bordering Brittany | 43 |
| Historical kingdom in the Pyrenees | 34 |
| Historical name in Arizona politics | 35 |
| Historical period founded by Kublai Khan | 40 |
| Historical region of central France | 35 |
| Historical region of western France | 35 |
| Historical region on the Strait of Dover | 40 |
| Historical socialist in name only | 33 |
| Historical subject for Gore Vidal | 33 |
| Historical subject of a Boito opera | 35 |
| Historically black university in Alabama | 40 |
| Historically black university in Nashville | 42 |
| Historically black university in Tennessee | 42 |
| Historically low number for Mariano Rivera | 42 |
| Historically low prices on snout meat, say? | 43 |
| Historically notable region of England | 38 |
| Historically pagan solstice festivals | 37 |
| Historically significant building | 33 |
| Historically, the Time of Many Divorces | 39 |
| Historically-disputed French region | 35 |
| History book discussion, perhaps | 32 |
| History Channel reality show set in the Arctic | 46 |
| History Channel show about loggers | 34 |
| History majors' degrees (abbr.) | 35 |
| History maker who flew the Glamorous Glennis | 44 |
| History making dirty thirties Prime Minister | 44 |
| History making PGA tour event winner of 1955 | 44 |
| History making Prime Minister from 1968 to 1979 | 47 |
| History of Bowling 101, and the like | 36 |
| History of short-lived indiscretion made public? | 48 |
| History of the silver screen, Part1 | 35 |
| History that goes way back (house, reggae) | 42 |
| Hit '80s-'90s TV legal drama | 36 |
| Hit "snooze" with force? | 34 |
| Hit 1919 musical revived in 1973 | 32 |
| Hit 1944 film starring a 12-year-old actress | 44 |
| Hit 1970s-'90s band with a mythological name | 48 |
| Hit 1976 self-titled R. & B. album | 38 |
| Hit 1980's-90's NBC drama | 33 |
| Hit 1982 album, or its lead track | 33 |
| Hit 1996 live-action/animated film | 34 |
| Hit 2002 film with talking sloths | 33 |
| Hit 2004 Morgan Spurlock documentary | 36 |