THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

September 10, 1608:  English adventurer John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia–the first permanent English settlement in North America.

September 15, 1776:  British forces occupy New York during the Revolutionary War.

September 16, 1620:  The Mayflower departs Plymouth, England, bound for Virginia. 

 



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