Facts in "History" Category
#2341 - History Fact     0  In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the first minimum wage in the United States. The new law, considered controversial at the time, established at.25 cents per hour minimum wage and a maximum 44 hour work week for minors. |
| #2342 - History Fact 0 In Britain, the law was changed in 1789 to make the method of execution hanging. Prior to that, burning was the modus operandi. The last female to be executed by burning in England was Christian Bowman. Her crime was making counterfeit coins. |
| #2343 - History Fact 0 A painting of the Madonna in Fiorano Castle, Italy, escaped without even being scorched when invading soldiers set the castle afire, yet all the rest of the building was destroyed. |
| #2344 - History Fact 3 U.S. Army doctor D.W. Bliss had the unique role of attending to two U.S. presidents after they were shot by assassins. In 1865 he was one of 16 doctors who tried to save Abraham Lincoln, and in 1881 he supervised the care of James Garfield. |
| #2345 - History Fact -2 The very first enclosed shopping mall was and is Valley Faire in Appleton, Wisconsin. Not in Minnesota as most people believe. Appleton is also famous for being the birth place of Harry Houdini and the first city in America to use Hydro-electric power in homes. |
| #2346 - History Fact 2 It is a well known trivial fact that Neil Armstrong was the first man to step onto the moon. However, many do not know that he stepped onto the moon with his left foot. |
| #2347 - History Fact 0 Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it is known as Tennessee. |
| #2348 - History Fact 2 In the 15th century, scholars in China compiled a set of encyclopedia that contained 11,095 volumes. |
| #2349 - History Fact 0 Ishi had made it very clear before he died that he did not want to be autopsied. However, his wishes were ignored and his body was autopsied and the brain removed and sent to the Smithsonian, where scientists were collecting brains for a study of brain size and race. After 83 years, the Smithsonian is finally returning the brain of Ishi to his closest relatives so they can bury his remains. |
| #2350 - History Fact 2 Spartacus led the revolt of the Roman slaves and gladiators in 73 A.D. |
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