In 1954 he was elected to the senate from South Carolina by a write-in vote
The 1st English settlement in Maine occured in this same year as the settlement of Jamestown
Century in which the most states, 29, were admitted to the Union
This disease transmiited by the Aedes Aegypti mosquto was brought to America on slave ships
John Q. Adams & Henry Clay were among those who negotiated the Treaty of Ghent that ended this war
A civil war in Paris during his youth convinced this king to build his palace at Versailles
Long the ruling party in this country, the PRI won the 1988 election by its lowest margin ever
In 1967 this country exploded its 1st H-bomb at its Lob Nor test site in Sinkiang province
The 1st great building of the Acropolis was this one built between 447-438 B.C.
In a famous race, these 2 men reached the South Pole, 1 in December 1911, the other 5 weeks later