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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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31 |
Charles Warren won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1923. |
History |
08/12/09 |
|
32 |
Christopher Columbus first landed in the Americas in 1492. |
History > Famous Dates |
09/25/08 |
|
33 |
Citizenship within a Greek polis was limited to free adult males. |
History > Ancient |
01/29/09 |
|
34 |
Claude H. Van Tyne won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1930. |
History |
08/12/09 |
|
35 |
Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876. |
History > United States |
10/13/08 |
|
36 |
Colorado was the 38th state to join the union. |
History > United States |
12/22/08 |
|
37 |
Confucius taught respect for elders and a code of politeness, both of which are still in use in Chinese society today. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
|
38 |
Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788. |
History > United States |
10/10/08 |
|
39 |
Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire until 1453 when the Ottoman Empire took over. |
History > Ancient |
01/29/09 |
|
40 |
Dachau was the first Nazi German concentration camp that opened in Germany in 1933. |
History > European |
04/05/09 |
|
41 |
David Ricardo, a wealthy English stockbroker and economist, stated in his iron law of wages that wages would always sink to subsistence level due to the pressure of population growth. |
History > European |
02/06/09 |
|
42 |
Delaware became a state on December 7, 1787. |
History > United States |
10/11/08 |
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43 |
Early Christians were persecuted by the Romans. |
History > Ancient |
01/29/09 |
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44 |
Early humans were hunters and gatherers. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
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45 |
Edward Channing won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1926. |
History |
08/12/09 |
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