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Wednesday, June 01, 2011

June 1st


On this day in 1657, the Quakers arrived in New Amsterdam (New York).

On this day in 1660, Mary Dyer was hanged in Boston, Mass. Dyer was a follower of Anne Hutchinson. Quakerism was the faith that Dyer preached and was banished from Massachusetts. But, she did return.

She died a martyr, as she was hanged on Boston Common for the crime of being a Quaker in Massachusetts. Her execution is described by Edward Burrough in A Declaration of the Sad and Great Persecution and Martyrdom of the People of God, called Quakers, in New-England, for the Worshipping of God (1661).


On this day in 1993, Connie Chung joined Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News.