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1. In 1748, the first Lutheran church was established in Wilmington, Delaware.
2. On January 5, 1781, the state of Delaware ratified the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States.
3. In 1889, the first female graduate of the University of Delaware, Susie S. Sharp, was born. She went on to become the first female Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
4. On this day in 1901, Delaware became the first state to have a bicameral legislature consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate.
5. In 1933, James H. Hughes became the first African American to be elected to Delaware's General Assembly.
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