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First Fact of the Day: January 17, 1893, on the Hawaiian Islands,
First Fact of the Day: January 17, 1893, on the Hawaiian Islands, a group of American sugar planters under Sanford Ballard Dole overthrow Queen Liliuo...

First Fact of the Day: November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis is
First Fact of the Day: November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America. He ran without opposition, and the...

First Fact of the Day: August 5, 1858, after several unsuccessful
First Fact of the Day: August 5, 1858, after several unsuccessful attempts, the first telegraph line across the Atlantic Ocean is completed, a feat ac...

First Fact of the Day: July 24, 1567, during her imprisonment at
First Fact of the Day: July 24, 1567, during her imprisonment at Lochleven Castle in Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate in favor of h...

First Fact of the Day: July 21, 1925, in Dayton, Tennessee, the
First Fact of the Day: July 21, 1925, in Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called Monkey Trial ends with John Thomas Scopes being convicted of teaching evolut...

First Fact of the Day: June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of
First Fact of the Day: June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during a...

First Fact of the Day: Todays First Fact of the Day is a list of
First Fact of the Day: Todays First Fact of the Day is a list of facts all about Texas 1. Texas is popularly known as The Lone Star State. 2. The Ala...

First Fact of the Day: Richard Bruno Hauptmann, convicted in the
First Fact of the Day: Richard Bruno Hauptmann, convicted in the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the 20-month-old son of Charles A. Lindbergh, is execut...

First Fact of the Day: Mar 30, 1870, the 15th Amendment adopted
First Fact of the Day: Mar 30, 1870, the 15th Amendment adopted following its ratification by the requisite three-fourths of the states, the 15th Amen...