In 1817, Mississippi was admitted as the 20th U.S. state.
In 1869, Wyoming became the first U.S. state or territory to grant women the right to vote.
In 1884, Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' was published.
In 1901, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded.
TODAY'S FACT:
President Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, on this day in 1906.
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