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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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76 |
The Index of Prohibited Books was a list of books that went against the views of the Catholic Church. |
History > European |
12/26/08 |
|
77 |
The incandescent light bulb was invented in 1879. |
History > World |
05/29/09 |
|
78 |
The Hellenistic Age was a blend of Greek and oriental elements. |
History > Ancient |
01/29/09 |
|
79 |
The haunting melody, we know as "Taps" used at Military funerals, began in 1862 during the Civil War. |
History > United States |
12/11/08 |
|
80 |
The Harappan civilization was located in the Indus River Valley. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
|
81 |
The Gulag was a system of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union, mostly used during Stalin's reign. |
History > European |
03/31/09 |
|
82 |
The Great Wall of China was built by Qin Shi Huangdi for defense. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
|
83 |
The Great Exhibition of 1851 was held in the Crystal Palace, a building made entirely of glass and iron. |
History > European |
02/05/09 |
|
84 |
The future Henry VIII became heir apparent to the English throne at the age of ten. |
History > European |
09/28/08 |
|
85 |
The French Estates General was a legislative assembly consisting of the First Estate (the clergy), the Second Estate (the nobility), and the Third Estate (the commoners/everyone else). |
History > European |
01/12/09 |
|
86 |
The first manned spaceflight was 12 April 1961, when Yuri Gagarin completed one Earth orbit. |
History > Famous Dates |
11/08/08 |
|
87 |
The famous order, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" was issued during the Battle of Bunker Hill. |
History > United States |
11/01/08 |
|
88 |
The fall of the Roman Empire in 466 BC was the same date the Dark Age begun. |
History > Ancient |
01/14/09 |
|
89 |
The Enclosure Acts was one reason for the start of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. |
History > European |
02/07/09 |
|
90 |
The elevator was invented in 1852. |
History |
06/03/09 |
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