Arkansas's Admission Birth Card: The 2 of Diamonds

How the card is assigned

Arkansas (AR) entered the Table 1 record on June 15, 1836. Card Blueprints uses June 15 — month and day only — and the public D1 birth-card rule (December 31 is the Joker). The year 1836 is unused.

Coordinate: the 2 of Diamonds. Live card page (Next.js origin): /birth-card/2-of-diamonds.

Arkansas's place in the admission record

CRS R47747 Table 1 lists Arkansas at number 25 of 50. 15 years after Missouri (number 24, 1821). Michigan follows at number 26, in 1837. 1836 carries only this one date in Table 1.

Order in Table 1

25 of 50

Date kind

Admission — admission became effective on this date

Date used

June 15, 1836

Month and day used

June 15 (the year 1836 is unused)

Solar value

55 − (2 × 6 + 15) = 28

Coordinate

2 of Diamonds — Calendar coordinate only — month and day map to this card. Year is unused. Not a fortune-telling reading.

States sharing June 15

none

Wikidata inception (P571)

1836-06-15

Arkansas on the record

Arkansas ( , AR-kən-saw) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma to the west. Its name derives from the Osage language, and refers to their relatives, the Quapaw people. The state's diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the densely forested land in the south known as the Arkansas Timberlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta. Previously part of French Louisiana and the Louisiana Purchase, the Territory of Arkansas was admitted to the Union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836. Much of the Delta had been developed for cotton plantations, and landowners there largely depended on enslaved African Americans' labor. In 1861, Arkansas seceded from the United States and joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. On returning to the Union in 1868, Arkansas continued to suffer economically, due to its overreliance on the large-scale plantation economy. Cotton remained the leading commodity crop, and the cotton market declined. Because farmers and businessmen did not diversify and there was little industrial investment, the state fell behind in economic opportunity. In the late 19th century, the state instituted various Jim Crow laws to disenfranchise and segregate the African-American population. During the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, Arkansas, particularly Little Rock, was a major battleground in efforts to integrate schools. Following World War II in the 1940s, Arkansas began to diversify its economy and see prosperity.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Arkansas (CC BY-SA 4.0). Nothing here was written for this page beyond that article; the admission date itself comes from CRS R47747, not Wikipedia.

States that share June 15

No other state shares this month and day on the CRS table.

Other states on the 2 of Diamonds

• Illinois — 2 of Diamonds
• California — 2 of Diamonds

FAQ

What date does Arkansas use?

June 15, 1836 — the CRS R47747 Table 1 admission date. Month and day assign the card; the year is unused.

What is Arkansas's admission birth card?

The 2 of Diamonds. That is a coordinate on the Card Blueprints calendar, not a fortune-telling claim about the state.

Where do the dates come from?

Primary: CRS R47747 Table 1. Secondary: Wikipedia’s list of U.S. states by date of admission. Optional Wikidata P571 matched the CRS day for every state QID used here.

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