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  2. Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Oklahoma is the 20th-largest state in the United States, covering an area of 69,895 square miles (181,030 km 2 ), with 68,591 square miles (177,650 km 2) of land and 1,304 square miles (3,380 km 2) of water. [64] It lies partly in the Great Plains near the geographical center of the 48 contiguous states.

  3. Amelia Earhart - Wikipedia

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    Amelia Mary Earhart ( / ˈɛərhɑːrt / AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer. On July 2, 1937, Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world. During her life, she embraced celebrity culture and women's rights, and ...

  4. Zoombezi Bay - Wikipedia

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    www.zoombezibay.com. Zoombezi Bay ( / zuːmˌbiːzi ˈbeɪ /) is a 22.7-acre (9.2 ha) water park owned by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium near Powell, Ohio just north of Columbus. The park sits on the site of the former Wyandot Lake Adventure Park, which was purchased by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in 2006. Zoombezi Bay opened to the public on ...

  5. Upper Arlington, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Upper Arlington (often known by its initials U.A.) is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, on the northwest side of the Columbus metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,800. The Old Arlington neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  6. William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial - Wikipedia

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    70000499 [1] Added to NRHP. November 10, 1970. The William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial is the final resting place of William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States, his wife Anna Harrison, and his son John Scott Harrison (father of the twenty-third President, Benjamin Harrison ). It is located on Brower Road approximately ...

  7. Columbine High School massacre - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Columbine High School massacre, commonly referred to as Columbine, was a school shooting and a failed bombing that occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States. [b] The perpetrators, twelfth-grade students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered twelve students and one teacher.

  8. Jesse Owens - Wikipedia

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    200 m. 1936 Berlin. 4×100 m relay. 1936 Berlin. Long jump. James Cleveland " Jesse " Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. [3] Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and ...

  9. Madeleine Albright - Wikipedia

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    Madeleine Albright. Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright [1] (born Marie Jana Körbelová, later Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) [2] [3] was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman to hold that post.