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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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196 |
Jean Jules Jusserand won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1917. |
History |
08/12/09 |
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197 |
James Truslow Adams won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1922. |
History |
08/12/09 |
|
198 |
James Phinney Baxter III won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1947. |
History |
08/13/09 |
|
199 |
James Nasmyth successfully introduced the steam hammer in 1832, which was the forerunner of the modern pile driver. |
History > European |
02/06/09 |
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200 |
James Madison is known as the Father of the US constitution. |
History |
11/22/08 |
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201 |
James Ford Rhodes won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1918. |
History |
08/12/09 |
|
202 |
Ivy Mike was the first hydrogen bomb test on November 1st, 1952. |
History |
06/27/08 |
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203 |
It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave their eyebrows off, and so the Mona Lisa has none! |
History > European |
05/18/09 |
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204 |
Iowa became a state on December 28, 1846. |
History > United States |
10/21/08 |
|
205 |
Indiana became a state on December 11, 1816. |
History > United States |
10/17/08 |
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206 |
In the United States Supreme Court case Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, the Court ruled that "fighting words" are not protected by the free speech clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
History > United States |
05/27/08 |
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207 |
In the Roman Republic, the patricians were the powerful nobility. |
History > Ancient |
01/28/09 |
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208 |
In the 8th century, Charlemagne stated that 240 pennies should be minted from a pound of silver. |
History > Ancient |
02/12/09 |
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209 |
In Mexico, Independence Day is observed on the 16th of September. |
History > Famous Dates |
12/31/08 |
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210 |
In China, the Huang He Valley in East Asia gave rise to the Shang Dynasty. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
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