In 1614, American Indian princess Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.
In 1621, the "Mayflower" sailed from Plymouth, Mass., on a return trip to England.
In 1649, Elihu Yale, the English philanthropist for whom Yale University is named, was born.
In 1887, teacher Anne Sullivan acheived a major breakthrough with her blind and deaf pupil, Helen Keller, by conveying to her the meaning of the word "water" in the Manual Alphabet.
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"To be really cosmopolitan, a man must be at home even in his own country."
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, American clergyman and author (1823-1911)