1607 – Jamestown settlers arrive
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jamestown-settlers-arrive
1958 – Vice President Nixon is attacked
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/vice-president-nixon-is-attacked
1971 – Stevie Wonder comes of age
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stevie-wonder-comes-of-age
1975 – The inventor of western swing dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-inventor-of-western-swing-dies
1981 – Pope John Paul II shot
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pope-john-paul-ii-shot