Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
It was the first documented strike in North America. [2] Skilled craftsmen were sent by the Virginia Company to Jamestown to produce pitch, tar, and turpentine used for shipbuilding. [ 3 ] When the colony held its first election in 1619, many settlers were not allowed to vote on the grounds that they were not of English descent, and they went ...
The series Power Slap: Road to the Title, which had also been delayed after White was filmed slapping his wife in response to her attacking him at a New Year's party, [24] faced poor viewership and was cancelled by TBS after one season. [26] [27] However, White's promotion continues to produce shows throughout the year.
This is a timeline of events related to the settlement of Jamestown, in what today is the U.S. state of Virginia. Dates use the Old Style calendar (e.g., the settlement naming occurred 4 May 1607 [ O.S. 14 May 1607]).
Capital punishment was abolished in Virginia on March 24, 2021, when Governor Ralph Northam signed a bill into law. The law took effect on July 1, 2021. Virginia is the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty, and the first southern state in United States history to do so.
One of Virginia's first charitable institutions, the Female Humane Association is founded in Richmond. 1812 – Lawyer and businessman John Wickham builds his house on Clay Street in the fashionable Court End neighborhood. 1813 – June 16, 1813–11-year Society of the Cincinnati president and former governor (1796–1799) James Wood dies in ...
Slap, American skateboard magazine 1992–2008; Slap, Tržič, a municipality in Slovenia; SLAP tear, acronym derived from "superior labral tear from anterior to posterior", an injury to part of the shoulder blade
Staying true to history, Szyk chose to paint the second arrival of Jamestown Polish craftsmen, who arrived in 1609, rather than the first group of Poles, who were believed to number five. [20] The painting also shows Poles in tight-fitting trousers and bright decorations characteristic of the mountaineer region, but the black summer cap tops ...
Thus, the next year, his younger son and merchant partner Thomas Claiborne (1647–1683) was noted as executor of his father's estate in a deed dated August 25, 1670 and recorded in nearby York County. [7] [5] Another son (brother), John, returned from England, married and became guardian for his nephew William Claiborne III in 1787. Although ...