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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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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

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