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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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16 |
Hiroshima was the first city targeted by the nuclear bomb. |
History |
05/30/08 |
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17 |
George Washington was the President of the Constitutional Convention. |
History > United States |
06/09/08 |
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18 |
The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776. |
History > Famous Dates |
06/11/08 |
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19 |
Thomas Jefferson was the first secretary of state. |
History > United States |
06/13/08 |
|
20 |
The Underground Railroad was a system of escape routes to the north. |
History > United States |
06/16/08 |
|
21 |
The two front-runners (top two contenders) in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries were Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. |
History > United States |
06/17/08 |
|
22 |
The principle of judicial review was established in the United States Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison. |
History > United States |
06/17/08 |
|
23 |
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775. |
History > Famous Dates |
06/23/08 |
|
24 |
Operation Barbarossa was the Nazi's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. |
History > War |
06/24/08 |
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25 |
Adolf Hitler died on April 30, 1945 in Berlin, Germany. |
History |
06/25/08 |
|
26 |
World War II started with Germany invading Poland. |
History |
06/26/08 |
|
27 |
Ivy Mike was the first hydrogen bomb test on November 1st, 1952. |
History |
06/27/08 |
|
28 |
The Ross Rifle was developed by Sir Charles Ross for use in World War I by Canadian troops. |
History > War |
06/27/08 |
|
29 |
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28, 1914. |
History |
07/03/08 |
|
30 |
The Luftwaffe, Germany's WWII Air Force, received intensive combat training during the Spanish Civil War |
History > European |
07/06/08 |
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