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Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.

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Alabama

U.S. state

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern and Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area, and the 24th-most…
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U.S. state

Constituent polity of the United States

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sovereignty with the federal government.…
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December 14

Day of the year

December 14 is the 348th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 17 days remain until the end of the year.
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