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South Dakota

state of the United States of America

11 dated entries naming South Dakota, drawn from 10 separate years between 1679 CE and 1972 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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17th century

  • 1679April 10 – A total eclipse of the Sun takes place over North America, with its peak over the region occupied by the Lakota Sioux people in modern-day South Dakota.source

19th century

  • 1838July 4 – In the United States, the Iowa Territory is formally established, following the signing of a bill by President Martin Van Buren on June 12. In addition to Iowa, which will become a state on December 28, 1846, the Territory also includes most of what will become the states of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. Robert Lucas, former Governor of Ohio, takes office as the first Territorial Governor.source
  • 1889February 22 – President Grover Cleveland signs the Enabling Act of 1889, admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.source
  • 1889November 2 – North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states, respectively.source

20th century

  • 1925October 1 – The United States Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.source
  • 1927October 4 – Carving of the sculptures at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, begins.source
  • 1930July 4 – The dedication of George Washington's sculpted head is held at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.source
  • 1931January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.source
  • 1933November 11 – Dust Bowl: In South Dakota, a very strong dust storm ("the great black blizzard") strips topsoil from desiccated farmlands (one of a series of disastrous dust storms this year).source
  • 1941October 31 – The last day of carving on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.source
  • 1972June 9 – The Black Hills flood kills 238 in South Dakota.source

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