He was just 29 when he arrived in Boston and he had already concluded that the Church of England was corrupt. A year later he wrote that England was effectively stealing land from the indigenous people. By 1636 he left Massachusetts to start his own utopia and called it Providence … meaning to make provisions for the future.
Completely unrelated, Connecticut requires cattle be branded today in 1644.
First time a plane is ever shot down out of mid-air, today in 1918.
Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World publishes headline: “Pop Stars & Drugs — Facts that Will Shock You” today in 1967.
Happy birthday Hank Aaron, born today in 1934.
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