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Penn, William (1644–1718)

English member of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and founder of the American colony of Pennsylvania. Born in London, he joined the Society in 1667 and was imprisoned several times for his beliefs. In 1681 he obtained a grant of land in America (in settlement of a debt owed by King Charles II to his father) on which he established Pennsylvania as a refuge for persecuted Quakers.

Penn made religious tolerance a cornerstone of his administration of the colony. He maintained good relations with neighbouring colonies and with the American Indians in the area, but his utopian ideals were not successful for the most part.

In 1697 he presented a plan, never acted upon, for a union among the colonies. In 1701 he established, with his Charter of Privileges, a bicameral legislature as the government for Pennsylvania.


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R. Budd Dwyer, an American politician in Pennsylvania, shoots and kills himself at a press conference live on television. Dwyer, who had been convicted of accepting bribes, strongly professed his innocence before putting a gun in his mouth and pulling the trigger.

1 February 1984
The British government announces that the half penny coin will be withdrawn from circulation and cease to be legal tender.
28 March 1979
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In Britain, the Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use.
28 May 1754
Military commander George Washington, fighting for the British, destroys a French regiment in Pennsylvania in the first major battle of the French Indian Wars.
31 May 1889
In America, over 2,200 people are killed as dam breaks flooding Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
27 August 1859
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6 October 1683
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19 December 1907
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