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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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151 |
Paul Horgan won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1955. |
History |
08/13/09 |
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152 |
Pearl harbor was attacked by the Japanese army on December 7, 1941. |
History |
05/20/08 |
|
153 |
Pennsylvania became a state on December 12, 1787. |
History > United States |
12/14/08 |
|
154 |
People of the Neolithic Era developed agriculture and domesticated animals. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
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155 |
Peter II of Russia ruled from 1727 to 1730. |
History > European |
03/03/09 |
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156 |
Peter the Great's palace, Peterhof, was modeled after Louis XIV's Versailles. |
History > European |
12/27/08 |
|
157 |
Political instability, Enlightenment influence, and national bankruptcy were three of the many causes of the French Revolution. |
History > European |
01/12/09 |
|
158 |
Queen Victoria came to the English throne in 1837, after the death of her uncle, William IV. |
History > European |
10/16/08 |
|
159 |
R. Carlyle Buley won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1951. |
History |
08/13/09 |
|
160 |
Rhode Island became a state on May 29, 1790. |
History > United States |
12/13/08 |
|
161 |
River valley civilizations developed around 3500 B.C. and lasted until about 500 B.C. |
History > Ancient |
01/27/09 |
|
162 |
Rome collapsed in 476 A.D. for several reasons; one such reason was the cost of defense and devaluation of Roman currency. |
History > Ancient |
01/29/09 |
|
163 |
Roy Franklin Nichols won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1949. |
History |
08/13/09 |
|
164 |
Signed on September 25, 1555, the Peace of Augsburg was a treaty between the Schmalkaldic League and Charles V. |
History > Famous Dates |
01/05/09 |
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165 |
Sir Isaac Newton is considered the Father of Calculus. |
History > European |
12/28/08 |
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