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Category |
Date |
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196 |
Mark Spitz was the first athlete to win seven gold medals in a single Olympic Games. |
People > Sports Stars |
08/26/08 |
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197 |
Michael Phelps was the first athlete to win eight gold medals in a single Olympic Games. |
People > Sports Stars |
09/01/08 |
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198 |
Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935. |
People > Musicians |
09/04/08 |
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199 |
George "Babe" Ruth was also popularly called "The Bambino". |
People > Sports Stars |
09/10/08 |
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200 |
Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958. |
People > Musicians |
09/11/08 |
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201 |
Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. |
People > Musicians |
09/12/08 |
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202 |
Queen Elizabeth II belongs to the House of Windsor. |
People > Royalty |
09/13/08 |
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203 |
King Henry VIII belonged to the House of Tudor. |
People > Royalty |
09/14/08 |
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204 |
Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope ended September 1, 1980, just outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario. |
People |
10/10/08 |
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205 |
The Scout Movement was started by Robert Baden-Powell. |
People |
10/18/08 |
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206 |
Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope on April 12, 1980 in St. John's, Newfoundland. |
People |
10/31/08 |
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207 |
Because of her actions on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was later called the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement". |
People |
11/05/08 |
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208 |
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. |
People |
11/07/08 |
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209 |
Barack Obama was the 44th President of the United States of America. |
People > Politicians |
11/12/08 |
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210 |
Alexis Bledel, who played Rory Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, speaks Spanish as a first language. |
People > TV Stars |
11/15/08 |
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