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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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271 |
Thomas Malthus believed the population would always outgrow its food supply. |
History > European |
02/07/09 |
|
272 |
Trotsky was assassinated with an ice pick in Mexico by Ramon Mercader. |
History > European |
04/01/09 |
|
273 |
Ukraine was blockaded after the country refused to cooperate with Stalin's collectivization of farms, resulting in a famine killing over six million people. |
History > European |
04/01/09 |
|
274 |
Utah became a state on January 4, 1896. |
History > United States |
12/14/08 |
|
275 |
Vermont became a state on March 4, 1791. |
History > United States |
12/13/08 |
|
276 |
Vermont was the first state admitted to the United States after the original 13 colonies became states. |
History > United States |
12/16/08 |
|
277 |
Vernon Louis Parrington won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1928. |
History |
08/12/09 |
|
278 |
Virginia became a state on June 25, 1788. |
History > United States |
12/14/08 |
|
279 |
Virginia Dare was the first child born in the Roanoke Colony in 1587. |
History > United States |
01/09/15 |
|
280 |
Washington became a state on November 11, 1889. |
History > United States |
12/12/08 |
|
281 |
West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863. |
History > United States |
12/14/08 |
|
282 |
When Lenin died in 1924, Trotsky was expected to take over; however, Stalin took over instead. |
History > European |
04/01/09 |
|
283 |
While WWII was being fought around the world, Hitler captured many Jews and sent them to concentration camps that killed 6 million Jews. |
History > War |
11/28/10 |
|
284 |
William Sowden Sims won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1921. |
History |
08/12/09 |
|
285 |
Wisconsin became a state on May 29, 1848. |
History > United States |
12/13/08 |
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