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On this day, Columbus, an italian explorer who sailed for spain, discovered that there was unknown land in the western hemisphere while he was trying to prove that the Earth wasn't falt. He and his crew were tyring to reach China (by going around the world, thus proving that the world wasn't flat) but instead landed on America.
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John Cabot was an italian born explorer who explored and navigated for England. On this day he claimed North America for England
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On this day French explorer Jacques Cartier discovered the St. Lawerence River and explored the great lakes.
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On this day English explorer Walter Raleigh (writer, poet, soldier, explorer, spy, courtier, and aristocrat) Established the Virginia Colony.
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On this day English explorer John Smith (soldier, explorer, author) founds Jamestown.
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On this day the Mayflowere compact was written and signed.
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On this day the first public school opened up, it was the Boston Latin school in Boston, Massachusetts.
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On this day Harvard College was created, Harvard was the first institute for higher education in a north American colony, established at Cambridge in Massachusetts.
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On this day the English bill of rights was written as part of the Parliament of England.
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On this day Ben Franklin invented the lightening rod.
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On this day the Proclamation of 1763 by King George III was written to determine territory between everyone after the seven years war.
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In November of 1765 Britian started a tax on everything paper to pay for the seven years debt. It ended on March 18 1766.
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Because the common people so loved St. Nicholas, he survived on the European continent as people continued to place nuts, apples, and sweets in shoes left beside beds, on windowsills, or before the hearth.
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On this day the Declaration of Independence was written and signed, giving America independence.
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The Articles of Confederation offically made the 13 colony's the United States.
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On this day the Constitution was written and adopted.
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Delaware becomes a state. Delaware was named to honor the early Virginia governor, Lord De La Warr.
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On this day Pensylvania became a state. The 15th president of the United State's was born here.
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On this day New Jersey became a state. New Jersey is sometimes called the "Garden State".
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On this day Georgia became a state. Georgia has 4 major cities that start with the letter A. Athen's, Americus, Augusta, and its largest city and capital, Atlanta.
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On this day Connecticut became a state. Nicknamed "Constitution State". Also, George W. Bush was born here.
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On this day Massachusetts became a state. There were 3 U.S. presidents born here.
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On this day Maryland became a state. The Atlantic Ocean borders Maryland.
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On this day South Carolina became a state. The state bird for South Carolina is the Carolina Wren.
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On this day New Hampshire became a state. The state fruit for New Hampshire is the pumpkin.
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On this day Virginia became a state. There were 8 U.S. presidents born here, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison.
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On this day, New York became a state. New York is the 3rd most populated state in America, after California and Texas.
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This is George Wshington's Preidency
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On this day North Carolina became a state. North Carolina has exactly 100 counties.
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There were 4 million people recorded in the 1790 Census
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On this day Rhode Island became a state. Rhode Island is the smallest state in the U.S.
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On this day Vermont became a state. Vermont is commeninly reffered to as the "Green Mountain State". The name Vermont comes from the French words for green mountain, "mont vert."
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On this day the bill of rights was written.
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On this day Kentucky became a state. Abraham Lincoln was born here.
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The cotton gin is a machine that cleans cotton, removing its many seeds
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On this day the 11th Amendment was written. The 11th ammendment states that you can only sue someone in federal court if they're from your state.
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On this day Tennessee became a state. Tennessee has 2 state insects, the firefly and the ladybug (the ladybird beatle to be more specific).
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During these four years John Adams was president of the United States.
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There were 5.3 million people recorded in the 1800 Census.
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For these 8 years Thomas Jefferson was presidednt of the United States.
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On this day Ohio became a state. Ohio is bordered by 5 states, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan.
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On this day the 12th Amendment was written. The 12th amendment has a lot to do with voting.
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For these 8 years James Madison was president of the United States.
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There were 7.2 million people recorded in the 1810 census.
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On this day Louisiana became a state. Louisiana has a state beverage, which is milk.
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On this day Indiana became a state. There state bird is the Cardinal.
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For these 8 years James Monroe was president of the United States.
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U of M was founded in Detroit and moved to Ann Arbor in 1837. U of M has the largest football staduim in the world.
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On this day Mississippi became a state. Its largest state is also its capital, which is Jackson.
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On this day Illinois became a state. There state insect is the Monarch butterfly.
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On this day Alabama became a state. If you put all of America's states in alphabetical order, Alabama would come first.
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There were 9.6 million people recorded in the 1820 Census.
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On this day Maine became a state. There state animal is a moose.
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On this day Missouri became a state. Their state animal is a Missouri Mule.
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For these 4 years John Quincy Adams was president of the United States.
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For these 8 years Andrew Jackson was president of the United States.
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There were 12.8 people recorded in the 1830 census.
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On this day the Indian Removal Act started, its exactly what it sounds like.
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On this day Oberlin College was made, Oberlin was the first college to accept women.
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Two years after it opened, Oberlin college started accepting blacks.
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On this day Arkansas became a state
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On this day Michigan became a state. The creator of Spongebob is from Michigan.
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For these 4 years Martin Van Buren was president of the United States.
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There were 17 million people recorded in the 1840 census.
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For these few months William Henry Harrison was president of the United States. He gave the longest speech ever of 105 minutes on an extremly cold day and got pneumonia and died one month later.
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For these 4 years John Tyler was president of the United States. He became president after William Henry Harrison died.
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On this day Florida became a state. Florida has a state marine mammel, which is the manatee.
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For these 4 years James Knox Polk was the president of the United States.
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Alexander Cartwright (1820-1892) of New York invented the modern baseball field in 1845.
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On this day Texas became a state. There are 26 different types of dinosaur fossils found in Texas, including the Tyrannosaurus rex.
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On this ay Iowa became a state. The state tree for Iowa is the Oak.
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Wisconsin is known as the cheese state cause it mass produces cheese.
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For 1 year Zachary Taylor was president of the United States. Most people believe Zachary Taylor died of gastroenteritis whereas some historians believe he was poisned.
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There were 23 million people recorded in the 1850 census.
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For these 3 years Millard Fillmore was president of the United States. He became president after Zachary Taylor died.
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On this day California became a state. Their state mammal is the grizzly bear.
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For these 4 years Franklin Pierce was president of the United States.
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On this day Michigan State was opened.
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For these 4 years James Buchanan was president of the United States.
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Minnesota is from a Dakota Sioux Indian word that means "cloudy water" or "sky water" and refers to local rivers.
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On this day Oregon became a state. Their state animal is the american beaver.
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There were 31.4 million people recorded in the 1860 census.
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For these almost 4 years Abraham Lincoln was president of the United States. He may have been one of America's most important presidents. He's single most known for ending slavery.
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On this day West Virginia became a state. Their state colors are "old gold" and blue.
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For these 4 years Andrew Johnson was president of the United States.
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On this day Nebraska became a state. Their state soft drink is kool-aid.
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On this day the 14th Amendment was written. The 14th Amendment states that everyone born in the United states is an American citizen.
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For these 8 years Ulysses Simpson Grant was president of the United States.
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American football resulted from several major divergences from rugby, most notably the rule changes instituted by Walter Camp, considered the "Father of American Football".
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It is considered to be the first American football game ever played. Rutgers won the game by a score of 6–4
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There were 38.6 million people recorded in the 1870 census.
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On this day the 15th amendment was written. The 15th Amendment states that America cannot deny your right to vote, regardless of skin color.
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His business became extremely successful (and still is), revolutionizing the apparel industry.
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For these 4 years Rutherford Birchard Hayes was president of the United States.
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His new toilet paper was composed of flat sheets. Before Gayetty's invention, people tore pages out of mail order catalogs.
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edison made a battery and connected it to a light bulb; (a piece of carbon, the carbon glowed, producing light. This is called an electric arc).
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There were 50.1 million people recorded in the 1880 census.
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For not even a year James Abram Garfield was president of the United States. He was shot on July 2nd by Charles Julius Guiteau but died of blood poisoning on September 19th.
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For these 4 years Chester Alan Arthur was president of the United States. He became president on September 19th after James Abram Garfield died.
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For these 4 years Grover Cleveland was president of the United states.
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He had invented many syrups, medicines, and elixirs before, including a very popular drink called French Wine of Coca, which contained French Bordeaux wine, coca leaves, and caffeine (from the kola nut).
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The first game was played indoors, inside the Farragut Boat Club in Chicago.
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For these 4 years Benjamin Harrison was president of the United States.
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On this day North Dakota became a state. Their state fish is the northern pike.
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On this day Montana became a state. There are 48 different types of dinosaur fossils found in Montana, including the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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Washington has a state grass called Bluebunch Wheatgrass
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There were 62.9 million people recorded in the 1890 census.
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On this day Idaho became a state. Idaho is most known for the statement "Idaho, home of the patato".
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Wyoming has a state soil called fork wood
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On this day CMU opened.
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For these 4 years Grover Cleveland was president of the United States. This was Grover's second term but oddly they weren't connected, makin Grover Cleveland a president to remember,
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The first radio transmission across an ocean (the Atlantic Ocean) occurred on December 12, 1901.
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William Morgan invented volleyball in 1895 at the Holyoke, Massachusetts, YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) where he served as Director of Physical Education.
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On this day Uah became a state.
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For these 4 years William McKinley was president of the United States.
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There were 76.2 million people recorded in the 1900 census.
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For these 8 years Theodore Roosevelt was president of the United States.
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Primitive assembly line production was first used in 1901 by Ransome Eli Olds (1864-1950),
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Oklahomas state colors are green and white
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For these 4 yeras William Howard Taft was president of the United States.
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There were 92.2 million people recorded int he 1910 census.
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New Mexco has a state cookie called the Bizcochito
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Arizona has a state neckwear called The bolo tie
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On this day the 17th amendment was written. The 17th amendment states that each state gets 2 senetors.
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For these 8 years Woodrow Wilson was president of the United States.
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On this day the 16th Amendment was written. The 16th Amendment states that the United States can use tax however they want if the cause fits current situaitons.
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On this day the 18th amendment was written. The 18th amendment states that alchol is no prohibited.
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There were 106 million people recorded in the 1920 census.
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On this day the 19th amendment was written. This amendment states that women can now vote.
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For these 2 years Warren Gamaliel Harding was president of the United States. He died on August 2nd in San Francisco, California when he suddenly collapsed at a stop in a return trip from Alaska.
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For these 6 years Calvin Coolidge was president of the United States. He died in his second term on January 5th.
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Kool-Aid was originally a liquid called "Fruit Smack," and was sold in a 4-ounce bottles.
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MICKEY MOUSE, Walt Disney's most famous character, made his screen debut on November 18, 1928, as star of the first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie.
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For these 4 years Herbert Clark Hoover was president of the United States. He became president after Calvin Coolidge died.
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There were 123 million people recorded in the 1930 census.
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On this day the 20th amendment was written. It states the lengths for presidents and vice presidents etc.
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This amendment actually repels the 18th amendment.
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For these 8 years Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president of the United States.
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There were 132 million people recorded in the 1940 census.
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For these 8 years Harry S. Truman was president of the United States.
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There were 151 million people recorded in the 1950 census.
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On this day the 22nd amendment, this ammendment states that every president may only have 2 terms max.
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Woodland and Silver patented a new UPC in October 1952; the UPC was also improved and adapted by David J. Collins in the late 1950's
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For these 8 years Dwight David Eisenhower was president of the United States.
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Alaskas state sport is Dog mushing
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Hawaii has a state fish called: Humuhumunukunuku apua'a
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There were 179.3 people recorded in the 1960 census.
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On this day the 23rd amendment was written, it states that district relatives have the right to vote.
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For these 3 years John Fitzgerald Kennedy was president of the United States. John Kennedy was assinated by Lee Harvey Oswalb (although never proven).
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For these 6 years Lyndon Baines Johnson was president of the United States. Lyndon Baines Johnson died on January 20th.
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On this day the 24th amendment was written, it states that poll taxes are illegal, meaning you no longer have to pay to vote.
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This amendment states presidental succesion.
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For these 5 years Richard Milhous Nixon was president of the United States. He died of old age on August 20th.
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There were 203 million people recorded in the 1970 census.
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The 26th amendment states that you musdt be 18 years of age to vote.
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The first automatic analog cellular phone was made in the 1960's.
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For these 3 years Gerald Rudolph Ford was president of the United States.
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For these 4 years James Earl Carter, Jr. was president of the United States.
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There were 226.5 million people recorded in the 1980 census.
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For these 8 years Ronald Wilson Reagan was president of the United States.
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For these 4 years George Herbert Walker Bush was president of the United States.
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There were 248.7 million people recorded in the 1990 census.
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On this day the 27th amendment was written.
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For these 4 years William Jefferson Clinton was president of the United States.
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There were 281.4 people recorded in the 2000 census.
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For these 8 years George Walker Bush was president of the United States.
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Barack Hussein Obama is the current president of the United States. Barack Obama is the first black president of the United States.
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There were 308.7 million people recorded in the 2010 census.
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Bubblegum was invented by Frank Henry Fleer in 1906, but was not successful; the formulation of Fleer's "Blibber-Blubber," was too sticky.
