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The word slap was first recorded in 1632, probably as a form of onomatopoeia. [3] It shares its beginning consonants with several other English words related to violence, such as "slash", "slay", and "slam". [4]
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 ...
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]).
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.
Tied U.S. record for most tornadoes in one state during a 24-hour period, with 67 tornadoes in South Dakota on the 24th. Produced a violent F4 that literally wiped Manchester, South Dakota, off the map. In Nebraska, an F4 killed one person near Coleridge, and an F2 caused another fatality in Deshler.
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 ...
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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.