Jody Baumgartner(1. Yes, weird but true: John Adams and Herbert Hoover)
(2. Gerald Ford, in September of 1975)
(3. John Tyler)
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Illinois achieves full statehood on this day. Though Illinois presented unique challenges to immigrants unaccustomed to the soil and vegetation of the area, it grew to become a bustling and densely populated state.
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Illinois achieves full statehood on this day. Though Illinois presented unique challenges to immigrants unaccustomed to the soil and vegetation of the area, it grew to become a bustling and densely populated state.
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Located on the second floor (2300 suite) of the Old Cafeteria Complex, the Pirate Academic Success Center offers free tutoring, study groups, academic skills coaching, peer academic success coaching, and learning communities for ECU enrolled students. Book online at ecu.accudemia.net, call 252-737-3009, or email tutoring@ecu.edu to contact PASC staff or make an appointment.
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Located on the second floor (2300 suite) of the Old Cafeteria Complex, the Pirate Academic Success Center offers free tutoring, study groups, academic skills coaching, peer academic success coaching, and learning communities for ECU enrolled students. Book online at ecu.accudemia.net, call 252-737-3009, or email tutoring@ecu.edu to contact PASC staff or make an appointment.
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Launched September 5, 1977, Voyager 1 is about 1 light-day from home. A light-day is the distance light travels in 24 hours: roughly 16 billion miles (26 billion kilometers). Voyager 1, launched in 1977 and now traveling through interstellar space, is approaching this extraordinary milestone – a distance we once thought impossible for any human-made object to reach.
What does it mean? Right now, when NASA sends a radio signal to Voyager 1, it takes over 22 hours to arrive. The spacecraft is so far away that even traveling at the speed of light, communication requires nearly a full day each way.
For perspective:
*The Moon: 1.3 light-seconds away
*Mars (closest): 3 light-minutes away
*Pluto: 5.5 light-hours away
*Voyager 1: Approaching 1 light-day
Even political scientists can celebrate: Fibonacci Day takes its date from the numerical pattern of the month and day—11/23—which directly follows the beginning of the Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3. The holiday emerged as a modern celebration embraced by math educators, students and enthusiasts who enjoy exploring the beauty and patterns behind numbers.
The sequence is named after Leonardo of Pisa, known as Fibonacci, a 13th-century mathematician whose book “Liber Abaci” introduced the sequence to the Western world. Over the centuries, interest in the sequence grew as mathematicians discovered its surprising links to natural structures, growth patterns and aesthetic proportions.
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On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln delivers one of the most memorable speeches in American history. In fewer than 275 words, Lincoln brilliantly and movingly reminded a war-weary public why the Union had to fight, and win, the Civil War.
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The Articles had been signed by Congress two days earlier, after 16 months of debate. Bickering over land claims between Virginia and Maryland delayed final ratification for almost four more years. Maryland became the last state to approve the Articles on March 1, 1781, affirming them as the outline of the official government of the United States. The nation was guided by the document until the implementation of the current U.S. Constitution in 1789.
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On November 14, 1970, a chartered jet carrying most of the Marshall University football team clips a stand of trees and crashes into a hillside just two miles from the Tri-State Airport in Kenova, West Virginia, killing everyone onboard.The team was returning from that day’s game, a 17-14 loss to East Carolina University.
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