BISMARCK, ND - Happy Birthday to North Dakota. On Wednesday, the state turned 127.
On Nov. 2, 1889, North Dakota was admitted to the Union when President Benjamin Harrison signed the Proclamation of Admission.
South Dakota was also admitted on that day. The process toward statehood began on Feb. 22, 1889, when President Grover Cleveland signed the Enabling Act.
On Oct. 1 of that year, North Dakota's voters approved the state's new constitution. North Dakota was the 39th state to join the Union.
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