Interesting Fact

Did you know that on this day in history:

In 1799 George Washington died at age 67.

In 1819 Alabama became the 22nd state in the United States.

In 1911 Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, beating an expedition led by Robert F. Scott.

In 1939  The Soviet Union was dropped from the League of Nations.

In 1967  DNA synthesized for the first time.

In 1981  Israel formally annexed the Golan Heights.

In 1985  Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

In 1989  Nobel Peace laureate Andrei D. Sakharov died in Moscow at age 68.

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