South Louisiana's Cajun cultural heritage originated from French-speaking colonists who were exiled to the region in the 18th century.
November 20, 2025
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descriptive
Historical origin of Cajun identity in South Louisiana.
Firing squad executions have historically been used worldwide to punish military mutinies and desertion, as a form of frontier justice in the American Old West, and as a tool of political repression in the former Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
November 13, 2025
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historical
Broad historical uses of firing-squad execution methods.
The United States Department of Defense traces its institutional lineage to an earlier agency historically known as the Department of War.
November 11, 2025
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historical
Historical naming and organizational lineage of the U.S. national defense administration.
Afrikaners are a South African ethnic group descended mainly from Dutch colonial settlers and also from French and German colonial settlers who first arrived in the 17th century.
November 10, 2025
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temporal
Definition and ancestral origins of the Afrikaner population in South Africa.
Afrikaners were central to the apartheid system of white minority rule in South Africa from 1948 to 1994, a period that produced decades of hostility between Afrikaners and South Africa's Black majority.
November 10, 2025
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temporal
Role of Afrikaners in South Africa's apartheid-era governance and its social consequences.
No Connecticut governor has served three consecutive terms in modern times.
November 07, 2025
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historical
Historical pattern of gubernatorial tenure in Connecticut
Firing squads have historically been associated with suppressing mutinies and desertion in armies, with frontier justice in America’s Old West, and with political terror and repression in the former Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
November 06, 2025
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temporal
Generic historical associations of firing squad as a method of execution or punishment.
The public charge ground of inadmissibility has been part of U.S. immigration law for more than 100 years.
November 06, 2025
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temporal
Historical duration of the 'public charge' inadmissibility ground.
Republican presidential candidates carried Virginia in ten consecutive elections from 1968 through 2004, and Democratic presidential candidates carried Virginia in the five presidential elections from 2008 through 2024.
November 03, 2025
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temporal
Historical presidential voting patterns in Virginia show a long Republican streak followed by a Democratic winning streak in the 21st century.
The Los Angeles Dodgers' 2025 World Series victory resulted in back-to-back championships for the franchise, making them the first MLB team to win consecutive World Series titles since the New York Yankees' 1999–2000 championships.
November 01, 2025
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temporal
Major League Baseball World Series championship history
If elected mayor of New York City in 2025, Zohran Mamdani would become the city's first Muslim mayor and the city's first mayor from the Millennial generation.
October 29, 2025
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temporal
Potential historic milestone contingent on election outcome.
National Public Radio (NPR), the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) have been central institutions of the United States public media system for more than half a century.
October 27, 2025
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historical
Summarizes the longstanding institutional status of NPR, CPB, and PBS within U.S. public media.
Historically, the sitting president's party tends to lose seats in U.S. midterm Congressional elections.
October 16, 2025
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temporal
Longstanding electoral trend in U.S. midterm elections affecting the president's party.
Presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serve in office until their deaths; historical tenures have varied, with the longest reaching nearly 30 years and the shortest lasting about nine months.
October 14, 2025
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temporal
Summarizes typical tenure length and historical variation for the church's presidents.
Madagascar is a former French colony.
October 13, 2025
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historical
Colonial history relevant to Madagascar's political and social context.
An estimated 5,000 or more Gullah people live on St. Helena Island and trace their ancestry to enslaved West Africans who worked rice plantations in the area and were freed by the Civil War.
October 12, 2025
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demographic
Demographic and historical background about the Gullah community on St. Helena Island.
If elected, Zohran Mamdani would become the first Muslim and the first millennial mayor in New York City's history.
October 07, 2025
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temporal
Potential historical milestone regarding religious and generational firsts for New York City mayoral office.
The North Atlantic right whale population declined by about 25% between 2010 and 2020.
December 31, 2020
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temporal
Decadal population change reported for the species.
Activists have advocated replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day on the grounds that celebrating Christopher Columbus can endorse colonialism and violence against Indigenous peoples, and activists have sought removal of Columbus statues, with some statues toppled during widespread protests in 2020.
January 01, 2020
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social
Summary of advocacy and statue-removal efforts related to Columbus Day.
Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in federal custody in 2019.
August 10, 2019
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temporal
Death of financier Jeffrey Epstein while detained on federal charges.
The 2018 U.S. midterm elections resulted in the Democratic Party flipping control of the U.S. House of Representatives and gaining 40 seats.
November 06, 2018
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temporal
The 2018 midterm cycle is commonly described as a significant Democratic gain in the House.
Antifa activism has historical roots in antiracist opposition to the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis, and the movement gained national attention after violent clashes between white nationalists and anti-racism protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017.
August 12, 2017
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historical
Origins and rise to broader public attention for antifa-related activism.
Atlético de Madrid reached the UEFA Champions League final in 2014 and in 2016.
January 01, 2016
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temporal
Club appearances in Europe's top club competition final.
The coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015 involved gunmen and suicide bombers striking multiple locations in the French capital and resulted in 137 deaths and more than 400 injuries.
November 13, 2015
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temporal
Summary of the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks often cited as a reference point for ISIS-inspired mass-casualty assaults.
The previous record for executions in a single year in the state of Florida was eight executions in 2014.
January 01, 2014
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temporal
State-level annual execution total serving as Florida's prior single-year high.
Detroit exited the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history in 2014.
January 01, 2014
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temporal
Reference to Detroit's municipal bankruptcy and its resolution.
Turning Point USA was founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk, who was 18 years old at the time, with encouragement from Tea Party activist Bill Montgomery.
January 01, 2012
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temporal
Founding information about the conservative student organization Turning Point USA.
In 2009, a military-backed coup in Madagascar brought Andry Rajoelina to power as the leader of a transitional government.
January 01, 2009
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historical
Historical political transition in Madagascar that is relevant to later political developments.
The elite CAPSAT military unit played a prominent role in the 2009 events that brought Andry Rajoelina to power.
January 01, 2009
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military
Role of a specific military unit in Madagascar's 2009 political transition.
Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging on December 30, 2006.
December 30, 2006
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temporal
Date of Saddam Hussein's execution following conviction by an Iraqi tribunal.
An Iraqi tribunal found Saddam Hussein guilty of willful killing, illegal imprisonment, deportation and torture after the 2003 overthrow of his government.
January 01, 2006
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temporal
Legal outcomes following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's government.
Saddam Hussein served as President of Iraq from 1979 until his government was overthrown in the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
March 20, 2003
high
temporal
Overview of Saddam Hussein's period in power and its end.
The New York Knicks last appeared in the NBA Finals in 1999.
January 01, 1999
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historical
Franchise-level historical record of NBA Finals appearances for the New York Knicks.
NATO conducted an aerial bombing campaign against Serbia in 1999 that lasted 78 days to pressure then-President Slobodan Milosevic to end his crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo.
January 01, 1999
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historical
Military intervention in the Balkans connected to the Kosovo conflict.
NATO conducted an aerial bombing campaign of Serbia in 1999 that lasted 78 days aimed at forcing then-President Slobodan Milosevic to end a crackdown on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
January 01, 1999
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historical
Description of the 1999 NATO campaign in the Balkans and its stated objective.
The J.M. Smucker Company stated that it has used a round pie-like shape to represent the Uncrustables product since 1996.
January 01, 1996
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temporal
Company's asserted date of first use for a distinctive product shape.
Christine Todd Whitman served as Governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001 and was the state's first female governor.
January 01, 1994
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temporal
Historical fact about New Jersey's gubernatorial history.
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman was convicted of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
February 26, 1993
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temporal
Legal outcome associated with the 1993 World Trade Center attack.
El Sayyid Nosair was convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
February 26, 1993
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temporal
Legal conviction linking an individual to the 1993 attack.
The Insurrection Act was last invoked in 1992 to authorize federal forces during the Los Angeles riots following the acquittal of officers in the Rodney King case.
April 29, 1992
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temporal
Historical precedent for use of the Insurrection Act.
The United States has not conducted a nuclear weapons test since 1992.
January 01, 1992
high
temporal
Historical baseline for U.S. nuclear testing activity.
Siraj Wahhaj (born Jeffrey Kearse) founded the Masjid at-Taqwa mosque in Brooklyn in 1991.
January 01, 1991
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temporal
Background on a Brooklyn cleric and religious institution.
D'Angelo (Michael Eugene Archer) blended hip-hop grit, emphatic soul, and gospel-rooted emotion into a sound that helped spearhead the neo-soul movement of the 1990s.
January 01, 1990
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temporal
Describes artistic style and influence within a musical movement.
El Sayyid Nosair assassinated Rabbi Meir Kahane in 1990.
January 01, 1990
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temporal
Historic criminal act referenced in background on related legal defenses.
Author E.B. White, the writer of 'Charlotte's Web', died in 1985.
January 01, 1985
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temporal
Biographical fact about the author mentioned in the article.
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. delivered a speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention.
January 01, 1984
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temporal
Historical political speech by a national civil-rights leader and politician.
UCLA has used the Rose Bowl Stadium as its home football stadium since 1982.
January 01, 1982
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temporal
Duration of UCLA's use of the Rose Bowl as its home venue for football.
The Three Mile Island accident in 1979 is the most severe commercial nuclear power accident in U.S. history; the accident destroyed reactor Unit 2 and left Unit 1 as the only remaining reactor at the site.
January 01, 1979
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historical
Historical outcome and relative severity of the 1979 incident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.
Since 1977, only three prisoners in the United States, all in Utah, have been executed by firing squad.
January 01, 1977
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historical
Summarizes the historical incidence of firing-squad executions in the U.S. since 1977.
The United States reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
January 01, 1976
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temporal
Historical milestone marking the end of the 1972–1976 de facto moratorium on capital punishment in the U.S.
The ore vessel Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a storm in November 1975.
November 01, 1975
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temporal
Maritime disaster involving a Great Lakes ore carrier.
All 29 men aboard the ore vessel Edmund Fitzgerald died when the ship sank in November 1975.
November 01, 1975
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temporal
Fatality count from the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking.
Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot memorialized the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in the ballad 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'.
November 01, 1975
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temporal
Cultural response to the Edmund Fitzgerald disaster.
The J. Edgar Hoover Building was dedicated in 1975.
January 01, 1975
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temporal
Year the FBI's Pennsylvania Avenue headquarters was officially dedicated.
The United States experimented with year-round daylight saving time in 1974 but ended the experiment within a year because dark winter mornings proved dangerous for schoolchildren.
January 01, 1974
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historical
A short-lived federal experiment with permanent daylight saving time produced safety concerns for schoolchildren in winter mornings.
Toyota Motor Corporation began manufacturing cars in the United States in the 1970s.
January 01, 1970
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temporal
Historical background on Toyota's U.S. manufacturing presence.
Republican presidential candidates carried Virginia in 10 consecutive presidential elections from 1968 through 2004, while Democratic presidential candidates won Virginia in each presidential election from 2008 through 2024.
January 01, 1968
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historical
Virginia's presidential voting record shifted from a long Republican streak to a Democratic streak beginning in 2008.
The West Bank has been occupied by Israel since 1967.
June 10, 1967
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temporal
Historical status resulting from the 1967 Arab-Israeli conflict (Six-Day War).
Israel captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip during the 1967 Middle East war.
June 10, 1967
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historical
Territorial changes resulting from the 1967 Arab-Israeli (Six-Day) War.
Since 1966, Washington voters have considered at least 10 proposed constitutional amendments to exempt certain funds from the state constitutional ban on investing public funds in private stocks and equities, and five of those measures passed (most recently in 2007).
January 01, 1966
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temporal
Washington's constitution generally bans investing public funds in private equities, but voters have repeatedly considered and sometimes approved targeted exemptions.
Federal election monitors have observed polling places in the United States since the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.
August 06, 1965
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temporal
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 established federal protections against discriminatory voting practices and enabled federal oversight of elections.
"Many Rivers to Cross" is a gospel-style song written by Jimmy Cliff after he encountered racism in England in the 1960s.
January 01, 1960
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temporal
Provides the song's style and the personal experience that inspired its composition.
Madagascar was a French colony until the late 1950s.
December 31, 1959
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temporal
Background historical context about Madagascar's colonial history.
Buddy Holly died on February 3, 1959, in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, that also killed musicians Ritchie Valens and J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson.
February 03, 1959
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temporal
Historical fact about the 1959 plane crash involving early rock and roll musicians.
During the 1950s, some U.S. recreational facilities were privatized in ways that allowed them to avoid compliance with U.S. Supreme Court rulings banning segregation of public parks and recreational facilities.
January 01, 1956
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temporal
Privatization was used as a mechanism to resist racial integration following desegregation rulings
China's five-year plans are state-led economic planning instruments that were first launched under Mao Zedong in 1953.
January 01, 1953
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temporal
Five-year plans are the principal centralized economic planning framework used by the Chinese Communist Party.
Major structural renovations beginning in 1950 gutted the interior of the White House and forced President Harry S. Truman and his family to live in a temporary residence for nearly four years.
January 01, 1950
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temporal
Mid-20th century structural rehabilitation of the White House.
Detroit's population peaked at about 1.8 million people in the 1950s.
January 01, 1950
high
temporal
Historical peak population of Detroit during the mid-20th century.
Apartheid was an institutionalized system of racial segregation in South Africa that began in 1948 and continued until the early 1990s.
January 01, 1948
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temporal
Defines the South African apartheid era and its approximate time span.
The apartheid system in South Africa enforced racial segregation, prevented the Black majority from voting, and suppressed political dissent.
January 01, 1948
high
historical
Description of the core features and impacts of apartheid-era governance in South Africa.
Syria gained independence from France in 1946.
January 01, 1946
high
temporal
Post-colonial national independence.
During World War II (ending in 1945), the number of nurses in the U.S. Army increased from fewer than 600 to about 59,000, and the number of nurses in the U.S. Navy increased from about 1,700 to about 14,000 by the end of the war.
September 02, 1945
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temporal
Scale of expansion of U.S. military nursing corps during World War II.
Fewer than 4% of U.S. soldiers in World War II who received medical care in the field or underwent evacuation died from wounds or disease.
September 02, 1945
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temporal
Field and evacuation survival rate for U.S. soldiers during World War II.
Military nurses in World War II served in combat zones, including aboard Navy hospital ships and ashore under enemy fire, and some military nurses were captured and held as prisoners of war.
September 02, 1945
high
temporal
Typical roles and risks faced by military nurses during World War II.
Japan occupied Taiwan for decades until Japan's defeat in World War II in 1945.
September 02, 1945
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historical
Historical context about Japanese governance of Taiwan prior to the end of World War II.
The White House East Wing underwent a renovation in 1942.
January 01, 1942
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temporal
Recorded renovation year of the East Wing of the White House
Altgeld Gardens is a public-housing project built in the 1940s to house Black GIs returning from World War II.
January 01, 1940
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temporal
Describes the origin and purpose of a specific public-housing development on Chicago's South Side.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) traces its origins to U.S. food stamp initiatives that began in 1939 during the Great Depression.
January 01, 1939
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historical
Historical origin of the modern SNAP program.
The 1938 Munich Pact (Munich Agreement) is historically regarded as an act of appeasement toward Nazi Germany and is commonly cited as a failed policy of appeasement by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain toward Adolf Hitler.
September 30, 1938
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temporal
Widely referenced historical example of appeasement in diplomatic history.
The U.S. Navy Report of the Search for Amelia Earhart (1937) documents that the search operation began after Earhart’s last transmission and spanned 16 days from July 2, 1937 to July 18, 1937.
July 18, 1937
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temporal
Duration of the official U.S. Navy search operation as recorded in the 1937 Navy report.
The United States has used the Social Security Number system as a national identifier since 1936.
January 01, 1936
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historical
Social Security Numbers have long served as a primary identifier in many U.S. government and private-sector systems.
The Social Security Act was enacted on August 14, 1935, marking its 90th anniversary in 2025.
August 14, 1935
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temporal
Historical fact about the origin and multi-decade duration of the Social Security Act.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Columbus Day a federal holiday in 1934.
January 01, 1934
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temporal
Establishment of Columbus Day as a federal holiday in U.S. law.
The Holodomor was a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine in 1932–1933 associated with policies of Joseph Stalin that resulted in millions of deaths.
January 01, 1932
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temporal
Historical context referenced when discussing Ukrainian memory and national narrative.
The U.S. Coast Guard established a base on Coast Guard Island in 1926.
January 01, 1926
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historical
The U.S. Coast Guard has maintained facilities on Coast Guard Island since the early 20th century.
Camp Mystic, a summer camp in Texas, was established in 1926.
January 01, 1926
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temporal
Founding year of the camp as stated in the article.
Rose Bowl Stadium has hosted the college football game known as the Rose Bowl since 1922, with interruptions in only two years due to World War II and the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 01, 1922
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temporal
Historical usage of the Rose Bowl Stadium for the annual Rose Bowl game.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was founded in 1922 and is a publicly funded broadcaster intended to be editorially independent, impartial, to act in the public interest, and to be open, transparent, and accountable.
January 01, 1922
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temporal
Founding purpose and governance principles of the BBC.
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre began on May 31, 1921, and was a two-day violent attack on the Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
May 31, 1921
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temporal
Describes the timing and duration of the 1921 violent attack on Tulsa's Greenwood district.
The 1921 attack on Tulsa's Greenwood district resulted in the decimation of more than 30 city blocks, widespread burning and looting of homes and businesses, and the deaths of hundreds of people.
May 31, 1921
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temporal
Summary of the scale and human toll of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
La Cosa Nostra's presence in the United States dates back to the 1920s.
January 01, 1920
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temporal
Historical timeframe for the establishment and prevalence of La Cosa Nostra in the U.S.
The United States first adopted Daylight Saving Time in 1918 during World War I to extend the workday and reduce fuel usage.
January 01, 1918
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temporal
Historical origin and rationale for the initial adoption of Daylight Saving Time in the U.S.
Coast Guard Island is an artificial island that was formed in 1913.
January 01, 1913
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historical
Coast Guard Island is a man-made island in Alameda, California.
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, established in 1910, is an independent federal agency that advises the President and Congress on design plans for monuments, memorials, coins, and federal buildings.
January 01, 1910
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temporal
Definition and founding year of the federal advisory agency responsible for reviewing design proposals for federal projects.
Club Atlético de Madrid was founded in 1903.
January 01, 1903
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temporal
Founding year of the football club.
The East Wing of the White House was built in 1902.
January 01, 1902
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historical
Construction history of White House components
The East Wing of the White House has traditionally served as the public entrance to the White House and housed facilities such as the family movie theater and offices for legislative affairs, military liaisons, in-house calligraphers, and the first lady and her aides.
January 01, 1902
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descriptive
The East Wing contains public-access and administrative functions associated with the White House residence and staff.
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House was built in 1901 as a gift from Martha Stewart Haskell to serve communities on both sides of the international border.
January 01, 1901
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temporal
Historic origin and purpose of the building
The statue commemorating Confederate general Albert Pike in Washington, D.C. was first erected in 1901.
January 01, 1901
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temporal
Original erection date of the monument
A bronze statue of Albert Pike was funded by the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry and was erected in 1901 to honor Pike's Masonic scholarship.
January 01, 1901
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historical
Origins and purpose of the Albert Pike bronze statue.
Alfred Nobel died in 1896 and in his will directed that his fortune be used to establish prizes to be awarded to those who 'shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.'
January 01, 1896
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temporal
Origin and purpose of the Nobel Prizes as established by Alfred Nobel's will.
President Benjamin Harrison first commemorated Columbus Day in 1892; the holiday was promoted as a conciliatory gesture toward Italy amid tensions following anti-Italian violence in the United States.
January 01, 1892
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temporal
Origin and early political purpose of the Columbus Day observance in the United States.
Columbus Day was founded in 1892, and part of the motivation cited for its founding was the extrajudicial lynching of 11 Italian Americans in New Orleans after the death of a local police chief.
January 01, 1892
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historical
The holiday's founding is tied to late 19th-century events affecting Italian-American communities.
Hugh J. Grant was 31 years old when he was elected to his first term as New York City mayor in 1889.
January 01, 1889
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historical
Historical fact about the age of a past New York City mayor at first election
Juneteenth (June 19) commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.
June 19, 1865
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temporal
Juneteenth is a recurring commemorative date recognizing the end of slavery in the U.S.
The Freedmen's Bureau was a Reconstruction-era agency that provided relief, education, and helped reunite families of formerly enslaved people and poor whites in the post–Civil War South.
January 01, 1865
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historical
Describes the historical role and functions of the Freedmen's Bureau during the Reconstruction period after the U.S. Civil War.
Delegates at the Wheeling Convention in western Virginia voted to separate from Virginia, resulting in the creation of the state of West Virginia in June 1863.
June 20, 1863
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temporal
Civil War–era state formation and internal political realignment within Virginia.
Albert Pike served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War and also served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
April 12, 1861
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biographical
Biographical roles held by Albert Pike.
In Leon County, Florida, on the eve of the U.S. Civil War (circa 1860), about three out of every four residents were enslaved.
January 01, 1860
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temporal
Historical demographic composition of Leon County prior to the Civil War
Much of the territory that became West Virginia historically opposed slavery or had low levels of slavery in the period immediately before the American Civil War.
January 01, 1860
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temporal
Regional differences in slavery and social attitudes within Virginia in the antebellum period.
Abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in Jefferson County in 1859 with the aim of sparking a slave revolt.
October 16, 1859
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temporal
Antebellum abolitionist action in what is now Jefferson County, West Virginia.
The 1848 Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels promotes the idea of workers taking control of factories and other means of production from private owners.
January 01, 1848
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temporal
Defines the concept often phrased as 'seizing the means of production' in Marxist theory.
In the 1848 Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels describe history as a class struggle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie and argue that capitalism will inevitably collapse, leading to a classless society.
January 01, 1848
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temporal
Summarizes the historical materialist framework presented in the Manifesto.
The 1848 Communist Manifesto lists measures proposed as steps toward its political goals, including a progressive income tax, the abolition of private property, free education for all, and centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state.
January 01, 1848
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temporal
The Manifesto enumerates policy measures envisaged as part of its program.
Karl Marx used the terms 'socialism' and 'communism' interchangeably in the 1848 Communist Manifesto.
January 01, 1848
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temporal
Reflects Marx's usage of terminology within the Manifesto.
British troops set fire to the White House in 1814 during the War of 1812; architect James Hoban oversaw rebuilding and the restored White House reopened with President James Monroe's arrival in 1817.
January 01, 1814
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temporal
Destruction and reconstruction of the White House following the War of 1812.
President John Adams and his wife were the first residents to inhabit the White House in November 1800 while the building was still unfinished.
November 01, 1800
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temporal
Early occupancy of the presidential residence.
The cornerstone for the White House was laid in October 1792; the neoclassical building was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban and was constructed over eight years by a workforce that included enslaved and freed Black Americans and European immigrants.
October 01, 1792
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temporal
Origins and construction of the White House.
Christopher Columbus's 1492 expedition crossed the Atlantic Ocean and landed in areas of the Caribbean; the expedition's ships are commonly named the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María.
January 01, 1492
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temporal
Basic historical summary of Columbus's 1492 voyage and ship names.
In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed to what is now the Bahamas believing he had reached Asia; he subsequently made three additional voyages to South America, Central America, and the Caribbean and did not reach what is now the United States.
January 01, 1492
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temporal
Summary of Columbus's voyages and their geographic scope.
Christopher Columbus was born in Italy in 1451.
January 01, 1451
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temporal
Biographical detail about the explorer Christopher Columbus.
In the Roman imperial period, soldiers in the Roman military were legally prohibited from marrying.
January 01, 1
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temporal
Roman military marriage prohibition applied during much of the imperial era and affected soldiers' personal status and social arrangements.
In Roman culture, grave markers were used to uphold the legacies and public memory of individuals, including everyday or non-elite citizens.
January 01, 1
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descriptive
Funerary inscriptions and monuments served social and commemorative functions across Roman society.
Herschel Walker played three seasons in the United States Football League for the New Jersey Generals.
high
historical
The United States Football League (USFL) was a professional American football league in the 1980s.
Donald Trump purchased the New Jersey Generals, a team in the United States Football League.
high
historical
The New Jersey Generals were an owner-operated franchise within the USFL.
After the United States Football League folded, Herschel Walker played in the National Football League for more than a decade.
high
temporal
Players from the USFL who continued professional careers often transitioned to the NFL after the USFL ceased operations.
Sikhs observe Bandi Chhor Divas, a day that can coincide with Diwali, to commemorate the release of Guru Hargobind, who had been imprisoned for 12 years by the Mughal emperor Jahangir.
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historical
Religious-historical background linking a Sikh observance to Diwali.
Acadians are descendants of French settlers who migrated from Canada to what is now Louisiana during the 1700s.
high
descriptive
Ethnohistorical origin of the Acadian (Cajun) population in Louisiana.
The Manhattan Project was a secret U.S. government program during World War II to develop atomic bombs.
high
contextual
Article references the Manhattan Project as a nearby historical site tied to atomic-bomb development.
The Freedom Tower in Miami served as a resource center for hundreds of thousands of Cuban refugees who fled communism and sought asylum in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s.
high
historical
Historical role of the Freedom Tower related to Cuban migration to the U.S.
Tuskegee University and Morehouse College are historically Black colleges that have an athletic rivalry, including football matchups.
high
descriptive
General characteristic about the two institutions referenced in the article.
The Totenkopf is a skull-and-crossbones emblem that was used as a symbol by Adolf Hitler's Schutzstaffel (SS).
high
descriptive
Historical symbolism associated with Nazi Germany.
The Totenkopf (skull-and-crossbones) symbol was used by Nazi Germany's SS (Schutzstaffel) and is widely recognized as a Nazi hate symbol.
high
historical
Historical origin and contemporary recognition of the Totenkopf symbol.
The Totenkopf, a skull-and-crossbones design, was used as an insignia by Hitler's SS paramilitary forces.
high
historical
Identifies the Totenkopf as a symbol historically associated with Nazi SS forces.
La Cosa Nostra (LCN) in the United States evolved from the Sicilian Mafia and is organized as a New York-based network of five families: Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese.
high
descriptive
Organizational definition and composition of La Cosa Nostra within the U.S.
Dick Cheney received five military draft deferments during the Vietnam War and supported the U.S. involvement in that war but did not serve in combat.
high
temporal
Personal wartime status and public position during the Vietnam War era.
Horse-drawn carriages have operated as a tourist attraction in Central Park for more than 150 years.
high
descriptive
Longstanding presence of carriage rides in Central Park.