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The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

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Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Added cross-references throughout.	Melissa Petruzzello	Oct 01, 2020
	Invalidated site: Zipcode Zoo - Basket Flower.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	May 01, 2017
	Updated taxonomy and added physical description.	Melissa Petruzzello	Sep 10, 2013
	Add new Web site: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Basket-Flower.	Swati Chopra	Oct 06, 2011
	Add new Web site: Zipcode Zoo - Basket Flower.	Swati Chopra	Oct 06, 2011
	Add new Web site: Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium - Centaurea Americana.	Swati Chopra	Oct 06, 2011
	Add new Web site: United States Department of Agriculture - Centaurea Americana.	Swati Chopra	Oct 06, 2011
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 27, 1999