Which fashion designer's purses and shoes often carry his initials, MK?

Which author's historical novels include "Burr" and "1876"? Which president's nicknames included "Gloomy Gus" and "Tricky Dick"? Whose legendary paladins included Rinaldo and Roland? Which Harlem Renaissance poet published the collection "Shakespeare in Harlem" in 1942? The New York Times won a 1987 Pulitzer for coverage of which 1986 space tragedy, which cited serious design flaws? A medical museum displays the leg that General Daniel Sickles lost at which July 1863 battle? In 1999 the USS Hornet museum ship celebrated the 30th anniversary of which mission, which it had recovered? Alphabetically, which U.S. state capital comes first?