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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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1 |
Virginia Dare was the first child born in the Roanoke Colony in 1587. |
History > United States |
01/09/15 |
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2 |
The Marines were founded in the Tun Tavern, as is traditionally stated, in 1775. |
History > United States |
11/05/13 |
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3 |
In 1925, a sequoia over 300 feet high, located in California's King Canyon National Park, was named the nation's Christmas tree. |
History > United States |
06/10/13 |
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4 |
The Civil War ended in 1865 when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant. |
History > War |
02/10/13 |
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5 |
The Marquis of Shen allied with the Quanrong tribe to rebel against the King of Zhou. |
History > Asian |
08/02/11 |
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6 |
John Hanson was the first president of the United States. He served while the Articles of Confederation were in play. The first person to serve as president of the United States under the Constitution was George Washington. |
History > United States |
06/11/11 |
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7 |
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 |
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8 |
Marie Curie discovered the elements polonium and radium. |
History |
09/17/10 |
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9 |
Marie Curie received two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry. |
History |
07/12/10 |
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10 |
Henry Ford improved the car but he did not invent it. Instead, he invented the assembly line. |
History > United States |
12/08/09 |
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11 |
James Phinney Baxter III won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1947. |
History |
08/13/09 |
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12 |
Oliver W. Larkin won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1950. |
History |
08/13/09 |
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13 |
George Dangerfield won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1953. |
History |
08/13/09 |
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14 |
Stephen Bonsal won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1945. |
History |
08/13/09 |
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15 |
George F. Kennan won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1957. |
History |
08/13/09 |
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