95px|Williamsport Falls in Warren County
Warren County, Indiana, is located in the western part of the U.S.
state of Indiana, between the Illinois border and the Wabash River.
Before the arrival of non-indigenous settlers in the early 1800s, the
area was inhabited by several Native American tribes, especially the
Miami, Kickapoo and Potawatomi. The county was officially established
on March 1, 1827. It covers an area of 366 square miles (950 km2) with
a population of about 8,500 people and is one of the most rural
counties in the state. It has some of the state’s most productive
farmland, with a 2009 corn harvest of over 17 million bushels. To the
north and west, the land consists largely of open prairie, whereas the
land along the river in the south and east is more hilly and wooded.
The state's highest waterfall is located in the county seat of
Williamsport. (more...)
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1565:
Rio de Janeiro was founded by the Portuguese as São Sebastião do Rio
de Janeiro, in honor of Sebastian, the saint who was the namesake and
patron of the then Portuguese monarch D. Sebastião.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro>
1896:
French physicist Henri Becquerel discovered the principle of
radioactive decay when he exposed photographic plates to uranium.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Becquerel>
1936:
Hoover Dam, on the Colorado River along the Arizona–Nevada border, was
completed and turned over to the Federal Government of the United
States.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam>
1944:
World War II: American and Australian troops won the Battle of Sio in
New Guinea, killing more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sio>
1956:
The NATO phonetic alphabet, today the most widely used spelling
alphabet, was first implemented by the International Civil Aviation
Organization.
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fons honorum (n):
A person who, by virtue of sovereignty, holds the exclusive right to
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