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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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241 |
Fred Albert Shannon won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1929. |
History |
08/12/09 |
|
242 |
Florida became a state on March 3, 1845. |
History > United States |
10/16/08 |
|
243 |
Esther Forbes won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1943. |
History |
08/13/09 |
|
244 |
Elizabeth II became the Queen of the United Kingdom on February 6, 1952. |
History > European |
03/02/09 |
|
245 |
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom from January to December 1936. |
History > European |
03/08/09 |
|
246 |
Edward Channing won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1926. |
History |
08/12/09 |
|
247 |
Early humans were hunters and gatherers. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
|
248 |
Early Christians were persecuted by the Romans. |
History > Ancient |
01/29/09 |
|
249 |
Delaware became a state on December 7, 1787. |
History > United States |
10/11/08 |
|
250 |
David Ricardo, a wealthy English stockbroker and economist, stated in his iron law of wages that wages would always sink to subsistence level due to the pressure of population growth. |
History > European |
02/06/09 |
|
251 |
Dachau was the first Nazi German concentration camp that opened in Germany in 1933. |
History > European |
04/05/09 |
|
252 |
Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire until 1453 when the Ottoman Empire took over. |
History > Ancient |
01/29/09 |
|
253 |
Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788. |
History > United States |
10/10/08 |
|
254 |
Confucius taught respect for elders and a code of politeness, both of which are still in use in Chinese society today. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
|
255 |
Colorado was the 38th state to join the union. |
History > United States |
12/22/08 |
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