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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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76 |
Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890. |
History > United States |
10/14/08 |
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77 |
Illinois became a state on December 3, 1818. |
History > United States |
10/18/08 |
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78 |
Immanuel Kant wrote "The Critique of Pure Reason", which specifies the conditions for scientific, mathematical, and metaphysical knowledge. |
History > European |
12/20/08 |
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79 |
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 |
|
80 |
In 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact agreeing to remain neutral if either of the two countries were to enter a war. |
History > European |
04/01/09 |
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81 |
In China, the Huang He Valley in East Asia gave rise to the Shang Dynasty. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
|
82 |
In Mexico, Independence Day is observed on the 16th of September. |
History > Famous Dates |
12/31/08 |
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83 |
In the 8th century, Charlemagne stated that 240 pennies should be minted from a pound of silver. |
History > Ancient |
02/12/09 |
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84 |
In the Roman Republic, the patricians were the powerful nobility. |
History > Ancient |
01/28/09 |
|
85 |
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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86 |
Indiana became a state on December 11, 1816. |
History > United States |
10/17/08 |
|
87 |
Iowa became a state on December 28, 1846. |
History > United States |
10/21/08 |
|
88 |
It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave their eyebrows off, and so the Mona Lisa has none! |
History > European |
05/18/09 |
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89 |
Ivy Mike was the first hydrogen bomb test on November 1st, 1952. |
History |
06/27/08 |
|
90 |
James Ford Rhodes won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1918. |
History |
08/12/09 |
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