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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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91 |
James Madison is known as the Father of the US constitution. |
History |
11/22/08 |
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92 |
James Nasmyth successfully introduced the steam hammer in 1832, which was the forerunner of the modern pile driver. |
History > European |
02/06/09 |
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93 |
James Phinney Baxter III won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1947. |
History |
08/13/09 |
|
94 |
James Truslow Adams won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1922. |
History |
08/12/09 |
|
95 |
Jean Jules Jusserand won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1917. |
History |
08/12/09 |
|
96 |
Jean-Paul Marat, a member of the Jacobins, was assassinated by Charlotte Corday on July 13, 1793. |
History > European |
01/09/09 |
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97 |
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 |
|
98 |
John J. Pershing won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1932. |
History |
08/12/09 |
|
99 |
John Reynolds of Dane Court died in 1779 |
History > European |
05/29/08 |
|
100 |
Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, or March 15, 44 B.C. |
History > Famous Dates |
10/02/08 |
|
101 |
Justin H. Smith won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1920. |
History |
08/12/09 |
|
102 |
Kansas became a state on January 29, 1861. |
History > United States |
10/22/08 |
|
103 |
Kentucky became a state on June 1, 1792. |
History > United States |
10/22/08 |
|
104 |
King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215, limiting the power of the king. |
History > European |
01/30/09 |
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105 |
King Louis XIV's financial advisor was Jean-Baptiste Colbert. |
History > European |
05/20/08 |
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