The redirection of the U.S. Navy's budget towards the Vietnam War led to reduced funding for underwater exploration.

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Adam Hamilton's November 2026 victory marked the first time a Democrat won a US Senate seat in Kansas since 1932

James Talarico became the first Democrat to win a US Senate seat in Texas since 1988

Midterm elections in 1998 under Bill Clinton and 2002 under George W. Bush were the only instances since 1946 where the president's party gained seats

Since 1946, the political party of the incumbent US president has lost an average of 26 seats in midterm elections

The Republican Party under President Dwight D. Eisenhower lost 50 seats in the 1958 midterm elections

The Democratic Party under President Harry Truman lost 56 seats in the 1946 midterm elections

In 2005 and 2006, an unknown red substance marketed as Red Dragon or Delta-9 was falsely distributed in Denver as opium

The Texas legislature removed Sam Houston from the governorship on the eve of the Civil War after Houston refused to swear allegiance to the Confederacy

Congress passed retroactive legislation signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 formally confirming Ohio's statehood back to 1803

The 2018 United States midterm election set a record high-water mark for midterm voter turnout

As of November 2026, Kansas has not elected a Democratic United States Senator since 1932

In the 1974 post-Watergate midterm elections, Democrats won a massive landslide across congressional races

Synthetic folic acid was introduced into cereal grains in 1928 to combat neural tube defects such as spina bifida

In the 1990s, Merlot replaced Chardonnay as a dominant wine trend in the United States, prompting an expansion of Merlot grape production in California

Following the September 17, 1923 Berkeley wildfire, many rebuilt homes in the Berkeley hills were constructed using stucco rather than wood

Bernard Maybeck and his wife Annie Maybeck moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1890

On September 17, 1923, a wildfire in the Berkeley hills burned down into the flat areas of Berkeley within six hours

The Berkeley Hillside Club was founded in 1898 by a group of Berkeley women

In the 1890s, the hills above the University of California, Berkeley, were grasslands speckled with oak trees

The September 17, 1923 Berkeley wildfire destroyed the Berkeley Hillside Club's clubhouse