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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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136 |
Nikita Khrushchev believed that peaceful co-existence between communist and capitalist states was possible. |
History > European |
04/23/09 |
|
137 |
North Carolina became a state on November 21, 1789. |
History > United States |
11/16/08 |
|
138 |
North Dakota became a state on the same day as South Dakota, which was November 2, 1889. |
History > United States |
11/18/08 |
|
139 |
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only the Pyramids survive. |
History > Ancient |
10/19/08 |
|
140 |
Ohio became a state on March 1, 1803. |
History > United States |
12/13/08 |
|
141 |
Oklahoma became a state on November 16, 1907. |
History > United States |
12/13/08 |
|
142 |
Oliver W. Larkin won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1950. |
History |
08/13/09 |
|
143 |
On August 10th, 1821, Missouri became the 24th state. |
History > United States |
08/16/08 |
|
144 |
On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry. |
History > Famous Dates |
11/01/08 |
|
145 |
On February 6, 1971, Alan Shepard used 6-iron to hit a golf ball on the moon. |
History > Famous Dates |
01/12/09 |
|
146 |
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds after launch. |
History > Famous Dates |
11/17/08 |
|
147 |
On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial jet airliners and deliberately killed everyone on board, in addition to destroying the Twin Towers and damaging the Pentagon, with thousands of fatalities resulted. |
History > Famous Dates |
09/14/08 |
|
148 |
Operation Barbarossa was the Nazi's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. |
History > War |
06/24/08 |
|
149 |
Oregon became a state on February 14, 1859. |
History > United States |
12/12/08 |
|
150 |
Oscar Handlin won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1952. |
History |
08/13/09 |
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