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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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211 |
The Harappan civilization was located in the Indus River Valley. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
|
212 |
The haunting melody, we know as "Taps" used at Military funerals, began in 1862 during the Civil War. |
History > United States |
12/11/08 |
|
213 |
The Hellenistic Age was a blend of Greek and oriental elements. |
History > Ancient |
01/29/09 |
|
214 |
The incandescent light bulb was invented in 1879. |
History > World |
05/29/09 |
|
215 |
The Index of Prohibited Books was a list of books that went against the views of the Catholic Church. |
History > European |
12/26/08 |
|
216 |
The Jacobin Club closed after Maximilian Robespierre was beheaded. |
History > European |
01/12/09 |
|
217 |
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. |
History > Famous Dates |
10/04/08 |
|
218 |
The Luftwaffe, Germany's WWII Air Force, received intensive combat training during the Spanish Civil War |
History > European |
07/06/08 |
|
219 |
The Marines were founded in the Tun Tavern, as is traditionally stated, in 1775. |
History > United States |
11/05/13 |
|
220 |
The Marquis of Shen allied with the Quanrong tribe to rebel against the King of Zhou. |
History > Asian |
08/02/11 |
|
221 |
The Mines Acts of 1842 forbade women and children under the age of ten to work underground. |
History > European |
02/10/09 |
|
222 |
The Napoleonic Code was based on earlier French laws as well as Roman laws. |
History > European |
01/16/09 |
|
223 |
The national language spoken in the Philippines is Filipino. |
History > Asian |
09/25/08 |
|
224 |
The Old Stone Age is also known as the Paleolithic Era. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
|
225 |
The only one of his six wives to bear King Henry VIII a son was Jane Seymour. |
History > European |
05/21/08 |
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