1607 ~ Jamestown, Virginia was settled as an English colony.

1787 ~ Captain Arthur Phillip left England with eleven ships full of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia.

1842 ~ Birthday of Sir Arthur Sullivan, of Gilbert and Sullivan, Composer.

1888 ~ Brazil abolished slavery.

1907 ~ Birthday of Dame Daphne du Maurier, Author.

1917 ~ Three peasant children claimed to see the Blessed Virgin Mary near Fatima, Portugal.

1931 ~ Birthday of Jim Jones, Cult leader.

1937 ~ Birthday of Roger Zelazny, Author.

1950 ~ Birthday of Stevie Wonder, Singer.

1981 ~ Mehemet Ali Agca attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II at St. Peter's Square in Rome.

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