A bit of August 15th history… 1620 - The Mayflower set sail from...
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A bit of August 15th history…
1620 - The Mayflower set sail from Southampton, England, with 102 Pilgrims (pictured)
1824 - Freed American slaves establish Liberia on the West African Coast through the American Colonization Society
1914 - Panama Canal opens
1947 - India gains independence from Great Britain
1969 -Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in NY state
2008 - Discovery of 2 million year old fossil of a new species of human ancestor (Australopithecus Sediba) in South Africa
2017 - Barack Obama’s tweet “No one is born hating another person because of the color of their skin or his background or his religion…” in response to Charlottesville violence becomes most liked tweet ever
A bit of August 15th history… 1620 - The Mayflower set sail from...