On April 26th in U S Political History
On April 26th in 1607 Ships under the command of Capt. Christopher Newport sought shelter in Chesapeake Bay. The forced landing led to the founding of Jamestown on the James River, the first English settlement. An expedition of English colonists, including Capt. John Smith, went ashore at Cape Henry, Va., to establish the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere.
On April 26th in 1717 Pirate Black Sam Bellamy died along with 143 others when their ship, the Whydah, sank off of Wellfleet, Cape Cod. 2 men on the Whydah survived as did 7 others aboard the Mary Anne, a smaller ship loaded with Madeira wine. The slave ship Whydah had just been captured by Bellamy in February as it left Ouidau, Benin, with a load of sugar and indigo as well as chests of silver and gold. 6 of the 9 survivors were later hanged for piracy in Boston.
On April 26th in 1865 Battle of Ft. Tobacco, VA.
Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee at Durham, NC, to Union Gen. W.T. Sherman.
John Wilkes Booth was tracked to a Virginia farm near Bowling Green, and shot in the neck by federal troops when he tried to escape from a burning barn.
On April 26th in 1924 House Joint Resolution No. 184, The child labor amendment to prohibit the labor of persons under 18 years of age, was adopted by the US House of Representatives, with a vote of 297 to 69, 2 "present" and 64 not voting. It was then adopted by the Senate on June 2, 1924, with a vote of 61 to 23 and 12 not voting. With that, the proposed constitutional amendment was submitted to the state legislatures for ratification pursuant to Article V of the Constitution. It was never ratified and is still "technically" pending.
On April 26th in 1952 US minesweeper "Hobson" rammed the aircraft carrier "Wasp," and 176 were killed.
On April 26th in 1968 Students seized administration building at Ohio State University.
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