Ryan Finnie on Nostr: #TIL there was no 39th US state. When the Dakotas were admitted on November 2, 1889, ...
#TIL there was no 39th US state. When the Dakotas were admitted on November 2, 1889, President Harrison shuffled both states' Act of Admission papers and didn't look at which one he was signing first, to not give either state preference.
Though there were numerous 39-star American flags produced, since the splitting of Dakota came pretty late in the admission process.
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