New Hampshire State Facts
Entered Union: June 21, 1788 (9th State)
Present constitution adopted: 1784
Fun Facts
State abbreviation/Postal code: N.H./NH
Nickname: Granite State
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Senior backfield that led Notre Dame to national collegiate football championship in 1924; put together as sophomores by Irish coach Knute Rockne; immortalized by sportswriter Grantland Rice,…
actorBorn: 5/12/1950Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Irish-born actor whose best known films include Miller's Crossing (1990), Little Women (1994), The Usual Suspects(1995), The Man in the Iron Mask (…
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(Encyclopedia) Morley, Edward Williams, 1838–1923, American scientist, b. Newark, N.J., grad. Williams College, 1860. From 1869 to 1906 he was professor of chemistry at Western Reserve College (now…