1.   Culinary historians credit both Francisco Pizarro and Sir Francis Drake with introducing the tuber to Europe.

2.   Food historians credit them with bringing to the world nothing less than the gastronomic institutions of spicing food with chili peppers and barbecuing.

3.   Historians credit King Louis XIV with originating them when he ordered the elaborate scarves worn by mercenaries in his employ to be tied into bows.

4.   Historians credit him with inspiring Americans to greater radicalism in abolishing slavery.

5.   Music historians credit Dolby with helping usher in a new era in pop music by exploring new technology like synthesizers.

6.   Some historians credit Martin Luther with starting the Christmas tree custom.

7.   Southern food historians generally credit Creed Haskins, a slave who lived in Brunswick County, Va., as the father of Brunswick stew.

8.   Yet historians credit the clock as one of the most influential inventions of all time, because it changed the human mind-set.

9.   British intelligence agents, working from Bletchley Park, cracked the code, which historians credit for shortening the war by as much as two years.

10.   Historians often credit his show with helping to popularize the new medium of television.