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Accession Date Area1United States — 3,717,796 Territory in 1790 — 891,364 Louisiana Purchase 1803 831,321 Florida 1819 69,866 Texas 1845 384,958 Oregon 1846 283,439 Mexican Cession 1848 530,706…Persons Speaking a Language Other than English at Home, 2005
Language Persons 5 years old and over who speak language Population, 5 years and over…Persons Speaking a Language Other than English at Home, 2006
What languages do Americans speak at home? The U.S. Census Bureau keeps track. This data comes from the 2006 American Community Survey and is based on sample…World's Biggest Islands
The Question: Where does Ireland rank on the list of the world's largest islands? The Answer: At 32,597 square miles, Ireland ranks 18th in the…Thor Heyerdahl
In 1947 Thor Heyerdahl and five crew members sailed the Kon-Tiki, a balsa wood raft, from South America to Polynesia, to prove his theory that pre-Columbian intercultural global contact was possible…Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison<span class="date" > (1957)</span>
FoxVideo; $19.98; NRDirector: John HustonCast: Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr All's fair in love and war as a Marine (Mitchum) falls for a nun (Kerr) while hiding out on a Pacific island…Micronesia Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Micronesia Women play volleyball in Kosrae, Micronesia April 9, 2004. [© AP Images] PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME:Federated States of Micronesia…S. I. Hayakawa Biography
S. I. Hayakawaformer U.S. SenatorBorn: 7/18/1906Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada Son of Japanese immigrant parents, Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa earned a B.A. in English from the University of…Harry Alden RICHARDSON, Congress, DE (1853-1928)
Senate Years of Service: 1907-1913 Party: Republican RICHARDSON Harry Alden , a Senator from Delaware; born in Camden, Kent County, Del., January 1, 1853; moved with his parents to Dover, Kent…Population of the United States by Race and Hispanic/Latino Origin
The breakdown of the country by race The United States has had a pretty complicated history with different racial groups. Ever since the first census, the Census Bureau has tracked different racial…Trending
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