Facts in "History" Category
#2351 - History Fact     0  Seat belts became mandatory on U.S. cars on March 1, 1968. |
| #2352 - History Fact 3 There were 57 countries involved in World War II. |
| #2353 - History Fact 1 Socrates committed suicide by drinking poison hemlock. |
| #2354 - History Fact -3 The Korean War began on June 25, 1950. |
| #2355 - History Fact 6 A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945. |
| #2356 - History Fact 0 India tested its first nuclear bomb in 1974. |
| #2357 - History Fact 0 After the great fire of Rome in A.D. 64, the emperor Nero ostensibly decided to lay the blame on Christians residing in the city of Rome. These he gathered together, crucified, covered in pitch (tar), and burnt alive. He walked around his gardens admiring the view. |
| #2358 - History Fact 2 The first known item made from aluminum was a rattle—made for Napoleon III in the 1850s. Napoleon also provided his most honored guests with knives and forks made of pure aluminum. At the time the newly discovered metal was so rare, it was considered more valuable than gold. |
| #2359 - History Fact 1 General Henry Heth (1825-1888) leading a confederate division in the Battle of Gettysburg, was hit in the head by a Union bullet, but his life was saved because he was wearing a hat two sizes too large, with newspaper folded inside the sweatband. The paper deflected the bullet, and the general, unconscious for 30 hours, recovered and lived another 25 years. |
| #2360 - History Fact -1 During the American revolution, more inhabitants of the American colonies fought for the British than for the Continental Army. |
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