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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Link to quiz added.	J.E. Luebering	Feb 11, 2020
	Rearranged list so that the states are ordered by date of admission to the union.	Adam Augustyn	Jan 15, 2019
	New article added.	Samuel Shipley	Aug 15, 2018
	Title revised.	J.E. Luebering	Aug 15, 2018