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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 capital of the USA is Washington D.C. |
History > United States |
05/19/08 |
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3 |
The USA split into the Union and the Confederacy while Abraham Lincoln was president. |
History > Famous Dates |
05/19/08 |
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4 |
The United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787. |
History > United States |
05/19/08 |
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5 |
The Battle of Ypres was the first time poison gas was used. |
History > War |
05/20/08 |
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6 |
The Vietnam War ended with the North Vietnam Army capturing Saigon. |
History > War |
05/20/08 |
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7 |
King Louis XIV's financial advisor was Jean-Baptiste Colbert. |
History > European |
05/20/08 |
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8 |
Pearl harbor was attacked by the Japanese army on December 7, 1941. |
History |
05/20/08 |
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9 |
The only one of his six wives to bear King Henry VIII a son was Jane Seymour. |
History > European |
05/21/08 |
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10 |
Gold was first discovered in California in 1848. |
History > United States |
05/22/08 |
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11 |
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. |
History |
05/22/08 |
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12 |
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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13 |
John Reynolds of Dane Court died in 1779 |
History > European |
05/29/08 |
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14 |
Frédéric Passy was born in France. |
History > European |
05/29/08 |
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15 |
The Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward occurred in China during the leadership reign of Mao Zedong. |
History > Asian |
05/30/08 |
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