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Rhode Island declares independence
American Revolution May 4, 1776: Rhode Island declares independence On this day in 1776, Rhode Island, the colony founded by the most radical religious dissenters from the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay Colony, becomes the first North American colony to renounce its allegiance to King George III. Ironically, Rhode Island would be the last state to ratify the new American Constitution more than 14 years later on May 29, 1790. Rhode Island served as a mercantile center of the transatlantic slave trade in the 18th century. West Indian molasses became rum in Rhode Island distilleries, which was then traded on the West African coast for slaves. After taking their human cargo…
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Treasures from the London Library: Training for martyrdom
Published on History Today (http://www.historytoday.com) Home > Treasures from the London Library: Training for martyrdom Treasures from the London Library: Training for martyrdom Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros explores the work and influence of William Allen, who fought to restore Roman Catholicism to England during the reign of Elizabeth I. In 1558, Mary Tudor’s brief Catholic reign came to an end. Just as English Protestants who had fled to Lutheran and Calvinist havens on the continent began to return home, in Oxford and Cambridge, Catholic scholars who refused to conform to the new Elizabethan order packed their bags and planned their escape to France and the Spanish-ruled Low Countries. Some travelled…
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Osama bin Laden’s surrender wasn’t a likely outcome in raid, officials say Officials revise their initial account of the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan, saying the rules of engagement all but assured the Al Qaeda leader would be killed.
Part of the wreckage of a U.S. military helicopter that crashed outside the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed. (European Pressphoto Agency / May 3, 2011) By Ken Dilanian and Brian Bennett, Los Angeles TimesMay 3, 2011, 5:27 p.m. Reporting from Washington— U.S. commandos who attacked Osama bin Laden‘s compound were operating under rules of engagement that all but assured the Al Qaeda leader would be killed, officials have acknowledged, backing away from an initial account that Bin Laden was armed and used a woman as a shield. After saying Monday that the American operatives who raided the Pakistani compound had orders to capture Bin Laden if he gave himself up, U.S. officials Tuesday added an…
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Beware in Denver Salads sold at Safeway recalled due to Salmonella risk
DENVER – The department of Public Health and Environment is recalling grape tomatoes sold in Colorado due to Salmonella risk. The recalled tomatoes were used in pre-packaged salads made by Taylor Farms Pacific for several stores. However, in Colorado, only products sold at Safeway stores are included in the recall. According to a Safeway representative, the recalled products were pulled from store shelves on Sat. April 30. No illnesses have been reported. The following Signature Café products sold at Safeway stores in Colorado are included in the recall: – Chef salad in 11-oz. plastic trays with use by dates of 4/30/2011-5/5/2011 and UPC code 21130-06252 – Cobb salad in12-oz. plastic…
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Novelist Margaret Mitchell Awarded the Pulitzer Prize on May 3, 1937
May 3, 2011 Gone with the Wind | Introduction Published in 1936, Gone with the Wind became an immediate best-seller, bringing first-time novelist Margaret Mitchell an overwhelming amount of critical and popular attention. Awarded the 1937 Pulitzer Prize, the novel was adapted as a film in 1939—an achievement that won ten Academy Awards. A historical romance set in northern Georgia during the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction years, Gone with the Wind traces the life of Scarlett O’Hara and her relationships with Rhett Butler, and Ashley and Melanie Wilkes. The novel addresses such themes as survival, romantic love, and the societal structuring of gender and class. Early appraisals of the…