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    History in 20th Aug

  • First enslaved Africans are brought to Virginia

    After stealing them from a Portuguese vessel in the Caribbean, two English privateers bring the first enslaved Africans to the Jamestown settlement in Virginia, where they're bought by colonists. The day marks the beginning of two and a half centuries of slavery in America. 

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  • Charles Floyd of the Lewis & Clark Expedition dies

    The Corps of Discovery experiences its only death three months after leaving St. Louis when Charles Floyd succumbs to what was likely appendicitis.

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  • Pro football born

    Professional football was born in Canton, Ohio, when seven men—including the legendary Jim Thorpe—met to create the American Professional Football Conference.

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