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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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1 |
Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria on April 20, 1889. |
History > Famous Dates |
04/20/09 |
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2 |
Argentina celebrates their Independence Day on July 9. |
History > Famous Dates |
12/31/08 |
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3 |
August 15 marks the day India celebrates its Independence Day. |
History > Famous Dates |
12/31/08 |
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4 |
Brazil observes its Independence Day on September 7. |
History > Famous Dates |
12/31/08 |
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5 |
Christopher Columbus first landed in the Americas in 1492. |
History > Famous Dates |
09/25/08 |
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6 |
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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7 |
In Mexico, Independence Day is observed on the 16th of September. |
History > Famous Dates |
12/31/08 |
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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 |
King Louis XVI of France was executed by guillotine on January 21, 1793. |
History > Famous Dates |
01/08/09 |
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10 |
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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11 |
NASA, which was established on July 29, 1958, stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. |
History > Famous Dates |
11/16/08 |
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12 |
On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry. |
History > Famous Dates |
11/01/08 |
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13 |
On February 6, 1971, Alan Shepard used 6-iron to hit a golf ball on the moon. |
History > Famous Dates |
01/12/09 |
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14 |
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds after launch. |
History > Famous Dates |
11/17/08 |
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15 |
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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