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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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121 |
Wisconsin became a state on May 29, 1848. |
History > United States |
12/13/08 |
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122 |
Ohio became a state on March 1, 1803. |
History > United States |
12/13/08 |
|
123 |
Tennessee became a state on June 1, 1796. |
History > United States |
12/13/08 |
|
124 |
West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863. |
History > United States |
12/14/08 |
|
125 |
Utah became a state on January 4, 1896. |
History > United States |
12/14/08 |
|
126 |
Virginia became a state on June 25, 1788. |
History > United States |
12/14/08 |
|
127 |
Pennsylvania became a state on December 12, 1787. |
History > United States |
12/14/08 |
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128 |
Vermont was the first state admitted to the United States after the original 13 colonies became states. |
History > United States |
12/16/08 |
|
129 |
Immanuel Kant wrote "The Critique of Pure Reason", which specifies the conditions for scientific, mathematical, and metaphysical knowledge. |
History > European |
12/20/08 |
|
130 |
Colorado was the 38th state to join the union. |
History > United States |
12/22/08 |
|
131 |
The United States Mint was established in 1792 in Philadelphia. |
History > United States |
12/23/08 |
|
132 |
The volumes of the "Encyclopedia" were edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert. |
History > European |
12/23/08 |
|
133 |
The South Sea Company was developed by Queen Anne to handle the trade of all the English colonies. |
History > European |
12/24/08 |
|
134 |
The Index of Prohibited Books was a list of books that went against the views of the Catholic Church. |
History > European |
12/26/08 |
|
135 |
Peter the Great's palace, Peterhof, was modeled after Louis XIV's Versailles. |
History > European |
12/27/08 |
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