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Arizona Organ
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a desert area in southwestern Arizona, is named for the organ-pipe cactus, which is found in the U.S. only in this locality.
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In 1819 Victoria—queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901) who gave her name to an era that was marked by British expansion and economic prosperity—was born.
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Oscars
Our coverage begins with the first Academy Awards dinner in 1928 and continues to the present.