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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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61 |
Germany was reunified when the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) joined the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) on 3 October 1990. |
History > Famous Dates |
07/09/08 |
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62 |
Giuseppe Mazzini was considered the "soul" of the Italian unification, because, even though he wasn't an active participant in it, he helped inspire it. |
History > European |
03/08/09 |
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63 |
Gold was first discovered in California in 1848. |
History > United States |
05/22/08 |
|
64 |
Hawaii became a state on August 21, 1959. |
History > United States |
10/22/08 |
|
65 |
Heinrich Himmler was the head of the Schutzstaffel, or SS. |
History > European |
04/21/09 |
|
66 |
Henri de Saint Simon once said, about the Industrial Revolution, "The age of gold is before us!" |
History > European |
01/19/09 |
|
67 |
Henry Cort developed the puddling furance in the 1780s, which allowed pig iron to be refined with coke. |
History > European |
02/06/09 |
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68 |
Henry Ford improved the car but he did not invent it. Instead, he invented the assembly line. |
History > United States |
12/08/09 |
|
69 |
Henry VIII of England enjoyed the game of tennis. |
History > European |
09/22/08 |
|
70 |
Henry VIII of England had four legitimate sons, but only one survived infancy. |
History > European |
10/17/08 |
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71 |
Henry VIII of England was originally educated to enter the Church. |
History > European |
09/24/08 |
|
72 |
Herbert Agar won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1934. |
History |
08/12/09 |
|
73 |
Hiroshima was the first city targeted by the nuclear bomb. |
History |
05/30/08 |
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74 |
Homo sapiens emerged in Africa 100,000 to 400,000 years ago. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
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75 |
Hugh Capet began the Capetian Dynasty in 987. |
History > European |
03/03/09 |
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