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South Dakota

South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over 800,000...

Timeline of Events

1889

2.22.1889

President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.

11.2.1889

North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

1975

6.26.1975

Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.

2006

3.6.2006

South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signs legislation banning most abortions in the state.