This Day in History.....
1543: Nicolaus Copernicus publishes proof of a sun-centered solar system. He dies just after publication.
1607: Captain Christopher Newport and 105 followers found the colony of Jamestown at the mouth of the James River on the coast of Virginia.
1610: Sir Thomas Gates institutes "laws divine moral and marshal, " a harsh civil code for Jamestown.
1624: After years of unprofitable operation, Virginia's charter is revoked and it becomes a royal colony.
1689: English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration, protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are specifically excluded from exemption.
1738: The Methodist Church is established.
1764: Boston lawyer James Otis denounces "taxation without representation," calling for the colonies to unite in opposition to Britain's new tax measures.
1798: Believing that a French invasion of Ireland is imminent, Irish nationalists rise up against the British occupation.
1844: Samuel Morse taps out the first telegraph message.
1846: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterey.
1861: General Benjamin Butler declares slaves to be the contraband of war.
1863: Bushwackers led by Captain William Marchbanks attack a Federal militia party in Nevada, Missouri.
1878: The first American bicycle race is held in Boston.
1930: Amy Johnson becomes the first woman to fly from England to Australia.
1941: The British battleship Hood is sunk by the German battleship Bismarck. There are only three survivors.
1951: Willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants.
1961: Civil rights activists are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi.
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