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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for August 21, 2019
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August 21, 2019: Sixty (60) years ago today—on August 21, 1959—Hawaii was admitted to the United States and became our country’s 50th state.[1] This stretch of 60 years without adding a new state is the longest in American history.
Alaska became the nation’s 49th state just seven months before Hawaii.
Before that, it had been 47 years since New Mexico and Arizona received statehood status.
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- August 20, 2019 – 71 percent of voters do not know if the BDS movement supports or opposes Israel
- August 19, 2019 – 80 years ago today Orville Wright’s birthday was declared National Aviation Day
- August 16, 2019 – 41 years ago today the idea of ESPN was born
- August 15, 2019 – 50 years ago today the Woodstock Music Festival began
- August 14, 2019 – 53 percent of voters believe our country is doing okay but the political system is in crisis
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