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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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| 271 |
The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776. |
History > Famous Dates |
06/11/08 |
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| 272 |
George Washington was the President of the Constitutional Convention. |
History > United States |
06/09/08 |
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| 273 |
Hiroshima was the first city targeted by the nuclear bomb. |
History |
05/30/08 |
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| 274 |
The Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward occurred in China during the leadership reign of Mao Zedong. |
History > Asian |
05/30/08 |
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| 275 |
Frédéric Passy was born in France. |
History > European |
05/29/08 |
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| 276 |
John Reynolds of Dane Court died in 1779 |
History > European |
05/29/08 |
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| 277 |
In the United States Supreme Court case Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, the Court ruled that "fighting words" are not protected by the free speech clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
History > United States |
05/27/08 |
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| 278 |
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. |
History |
05/22/08 |
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| 279 |
Gold was first discovered in California in 1848. |
History > United States |
05/22/08 |
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| 280 |
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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| 281 |
Pearl harbor was attacked by the Japanese army on December 7, 1941. |
History |
05/20/08 |
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| 282 |
King Louis XIV's financial advisor was Jean-Baptiste Colbert. |
History > European |
05/20/08 |
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| 283 |
The Vietnam War ended with the North Vietnam Army capturing Saigon. |
History > War |
05/20/08 |
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| 284 |
The Battle of Ypres was the first time poison gas was used. |
History > War |
05/20/08 |
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| 285 |
The United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787. |
History > United States |
05/19/08 |
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