Mayflower

Today in History 09/16 (Mayflower)

Painting of the Mayflower in Plymouth harbor (Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection/Library of Congress)(1620) English separatists embark for North America
Some 130 passengers and crew gird themselves for the long journey ahead as the Mayflower sails out of Plymouth, England, and heads west. What follows will be an arduous 60-plus-day voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to what the Pilgrims hope is a fresh start in America.
The Mayflower was an English ship that famously transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to the New World in 1620. There were 102 passengers, and the crew is estimated to have been about 30, but the exact number is unknown. The ship has become a cultural icon in the history of the United States. The Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact prior to leaving the ship and establishing Plymouth Colony, a document which established a rudimentary form of democracy with each member contributing to the welfare of the community. There was a second ship named Mayflower which made the London to Plymouth, Massachusetts voyage several times.
Length: 110 feet


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(1620) English separatists embark for North America.
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Today in History 09/16/17

Aftermath of the 1920 Wall Street bombing (© NY Daily News/Getty Images)(1920) Manhattan's Financial District rocked by terrorist bombing
On New York City's Wall Street, a horse-drawn wagon stops across from the JP Morgan Bank and its cargo of 100 pounds of dynamite explodes, throwing 500 pounds of shrapnel into the crowd, killing 38 and wounding 143. Later, Italian anarchists will become the prime suspects in the terrorist act.
The Wall Street bombing occurred at 12:01 pm on September 16, 1920, in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. The blast killed 30 people immediately, and another eight died later of wounds sustained in the blast. There were 143 seriously injured, and the total number of injured was in the hundreds.
Date: Sep 16, 1920
Fatalities: 38
Wallstreet bombing
Remnants of the damage from the 1920 bombing are still visible on 23 Wall Street.

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