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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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1 |
Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926. |
People > Royalty |
05/15/08 |
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2 |
Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. |
People |
05/19/08 |
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3 |
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States of America, was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865. |
People > Politicians |
05/20/08 |
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4 |
Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space. |
People |
05/20/08 |
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5 |
William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States of America, was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz on September 6, 1901. |
People > Politicians |
05/20/08 |
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6 |
James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States of America, was assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881. |
People > Politicians |
05/20/08 |
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7 |
King Louis XIV started the period known as Absolutism. |
People > Royalty |
05/20/08 |
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8 |
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States of America, was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22, 1963. |
People > Politicians |
05/21/08 |
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9 |
Adrian Brody won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his work in "The Pianist". |
People > Movie Stars |
05/21/08 |
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10 |
King Henry VIII had six wives. |
People > Royalty |
05/21/08 |
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11 |
Matt Damon attended Harvard University, but dropped out to pursue acting opportunities. |
People > Movie Stars |
05/22/08 |
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12 |
The first Roman Catholic Justice on the United States Supreme Court was Roger Taney. |
People > Politicians |
05/23/08 |
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13 |
The first Jewish Justice on the United States Supreme Court was Louis Brandeis. |
People > Politicians |
05/24/08 |
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14 |
The first African-American Justice on the United States Supreme Court was Thurgood Marshall. |
People > Politicians |
05/24/08 |
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15 |
James Buchanan was the 15th President of the United States of America. |
People > Politicians |
05/24/08 |
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