History A-Z IV

Baden-Powell, General Robert. Defended Mafeking from a 275 day siege mostly by bluffing. Used what he learned to found the Boy Scouts.
 
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. is launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to travel into space - May 05, 1961
 
Cable Cars (San Francisco) - Since 1873, cable cars have run up and down the hilly city, though after the 1950s, these cars have been kept in operation more out of historic nostalgia.
 
Cable Cars (San Francisco) - Since 1873, cable cars have run up and down the hilly city, though after the 1950s, these cars have been kept in operation more out of historic nostalgia.

Delaware is the first state to ratify the current Constitution of the USA, on December 7, 1787, by a unanimous vote, 30 - 0.
 
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