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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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1 |
World War II officially ended in 1945. |
History > Famous Dates |
05/16/08 |
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2 |
The USA split into the Union and the Confederacy while Abraham Lincoln was president. |
History > Famous Dates |
05/19/08 |
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3 |
The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776. |
History > Famous Dates |
06/11/08 |
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4 |
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775. |
History > Famous Dates |
06/23/08 |
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5 |
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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6 |
On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial jet airliners and deliberately killed everyone on board, in addition to destroying the Twin Towers and damaging the Pentagon, with thousands of fatalities resulted. |
History > Famous Dates |
09/14/08 |
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7 |
Christopher Columbus first landed in the Americas in 1492. |
History > Famous Dates |
09/25/08 |
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8 |
Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, or March 15, 44 B.C. |
History > Famous Dates |
10/02/08 |
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9 |
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. |
History > Famous Dates |
10/04/08 |
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10 |
The Suez Canal opened November 17, 1869. |
History > Famous Dates |
10/17/08 |
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11 |
The Panama Canal officially opened August 15, 1914. |
History > Famous Dates |
10/24/08 |
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12 |
The Scout Movement began in 1907 in England. |
History > Famous Dates |
10/28/08 |
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13 |
On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry. |
History > Famous Dates |
11/01/08 |
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14 |
The first manned spaceflight was 12 April 1961, when Yuri Gagarin completed one Earth orbit. |
History > Famous Dates |
11/08/08 |
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15 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech on August 28, 1963. |
History > Famous Dates |
11/12/08 |
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