|
Fact |
Category |
Date |
|
4981 |
William Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. |
Literature > Poetry |
07/07/08 |
|
4982 |
William Sowden Sims won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1921. |
History |
08/12/09 |
|
4983 |
William Wallace Campbell won the Henry Draper Medal in 1906. |
Science |
07/26/09 |
|
4984 |
William Wilson Morgan won the Henry Draper Medal in 1980. |
Science |
07/28/09 |
|
4985 |
Willis Eugene Lamb won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955. |
Science > Physics |
07/07/09 |
|
4986 |
Willis M. Hawkins won the National Medal of Science in 1988. |
Science |
08/13/09 |
|
4987 |
Wilmer Valderrama played Fez on "That 70's Show". |
Television > Comedy |
09/09/08 |
|
4988 |
Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single game. |
Sports > Basketball |
12/14/14 |
|
4989 |
Windhoek is the capital of Namibia. |
Geography > Africa |
08/22/08 |
|
4990 |
Winston Churchill won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. |
People |
06/05/08 |
|
4991 |
Wisconsin became a state on May 29, 1848. |
History > United States |
12/13/08 |
|
4992 |
Wisława Szymborska won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996. |
Literature > Authors |
07/12/09 |
|
4993 |
With 176 verses, Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible (King James Version). |
Religion > The Bible |
07/23/08 |
|
4994 |
With a height of 20,320 feet, Mount McKinley in Alaska is the tallest mountain in the United States. |
Geography > United States |
06/18/08 |
|
4995 |
With a height of 5,959 m (19,551 ft), Mount Logan in the Yukon is the tallest mountain in Canada and the second tallest in North America. |
Geography > North America |
07/05/08 |
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