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2001 Eileen Heckart, actress, Butterflies Are Free, dies at 82
1997 Microsoft argues it should be "free from government interference" 1997 Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park New York for HBO 1996 Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays 1996 Mario Savio, activist, member of Berkeley Free Speech Movement, dies of heart attack at 53 1996 HotMail, a free internet E-mail service begins 1995 New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird" 1994 James Hill, English director/screenwriter (Born Free), dies at 75 1994 Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m free style (14:41.66) 1994 Kieren Perkins swims world record 800m free style (7:46.00) 1994 Pieter C Buitendijk, co-founder (Free Netherlands), dies at 92 1994 Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec) 1994 Bill Travers, actor (Trio, Gorgo, Born Free), dies at 72 1994 Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies 1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82) 1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83) 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect 1993 Mark Foster swims world record 50m free style (21.60 sec) 1993 Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100 m free style (53.33) 1993 12 member European Economic Community sets up vast free trade zone 1992 Bernard CJ Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposopher (Free College), dies at 87 1992 New York Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key 1992 Frederick O'Neal, actor (Anna Lucasta, Free White and 21), dies at 86 1992 Martha Blackburn, Canada newspaper publisher (London Free Press), dies 1992 Kieren John Perkins swims world record/OR 1500m free style (14:43.4) 1992 Sjoerd de Free, reporter (Radio Herrijzend Netherland), dies 1992 New York Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul 1991 Ricky Pierce (Seattle) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games 1991 Ricky Pierce (Seattle) begins NBA free throw streak of 75 game 1991 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park 1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games 1991 Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vroe Folk" (Free People) 1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games 1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games 1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games 1990 Iraqi parliment endorses Saddam's decision to free hostages 1990 NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants 1990 Iraq announces it will free all German hostages 1990 Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait 1990 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled 1990 Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market 1990 George Adamson, British conservationist (Born Free), murdered in Kenya 1990 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists 1990 Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games 1990 South Africa President de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th 1990 South Africa's President FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela and legalizes ANC and 60 other political orgs 1990 Blue Jay Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit as a free agent 1989 Larry Bird, of the Celtics, begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games 1989 Walter Davis (Denver) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games 1989 Walter Davis (Denver) begins NBA free throw streak of 53 games 1989 Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 years 1989 Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69) 1989 Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland 1989 1st free elections in U.S.S.R.; 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins 1989 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games 1989 Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt 1989 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games 1989 Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet 1988 Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US 1988 Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades 1988 Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract 1988 Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years 1988 U.S. - Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK 1988 Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections 1988 Arbitrator George Nicolau rules owners conspired against free agents 1988 Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 sec) 1988 Adela Rogers St. John, journalist (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94 1988 Mulroney and Reagan sign Canada-U.S. free trade agreement 1987 Larry Bird, ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws 1987 Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games 1987 Larry Bird (Celtics), begins NBA free throw streak of 59 1987 Howard Stern holds a free speech rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza New York City 1987 Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver 1987 Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die 1987 Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games 1986 Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency 1986 Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Association with US 1986 Republic of Marshall Islands signs Compact of Free Association with US 1986 European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade 1986 Palau signs Compact of Free Association with U.S. 1985 South Africa President PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence 1984 Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with New York Yankees 1984 Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63% 1984 "Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair 1984 John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games 1984 John Long (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games 1984 A's take Yankees pitcher Tim Belcher as Type A free agent compensation 1984 Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws 1983 NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule 1983 Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" 1983 Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam 1983 Storm cuts short free Diana Ross concert in New York's Central Park 1983 Los Angeles Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws 1983 Vladimir Salnikov (U.S.S.R.) sets 1500m free style swimming record 1983 Vladimir Salnikov (U.S.S.R.) sets 400 m free style swimming record 1982 Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60 1982 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw 1982 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw 1982 Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians 1981 NBA New York Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws 1981 Jeannette Ridlon Piccard, 1st U.S. woman free balloon pilot, dies 1981 Calvin Murphy (Houston), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws 1981 Arbitrator Goetz declares Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk a free agent 1981 Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner) 1980 Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78 1980 Iran requests $24 billion in U.S. guarantees to free hostages 1980 U.N. Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela 1980 Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine 1980 Mike Bratz (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games 1980 Jason James Richter, Medford OR, actor, Free Willy 1980 Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games 1980 Joy Adamson, author (Born Free), killed by her servant at 69 1979 James Allen, born in Portland, Oregon, James Deshaune Allen, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League, attended Oregon State University, chosen 82nd overall in 2002 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints, now a free agent 1979 High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws 1978 Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies 1978 Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded 1977 1st free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise 1977 Spain's 1st free elections since 1936 (41 years) 1977 Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on New Hampshire licenses 1976 Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with New York Yankees 1976 Yankees sign free agent Don Gullett 1976 Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 1976 Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 1976 Tom Malchow, U.S., 200m butterfly/free, 1996 Olympics silver 1976 A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman, to Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell 1976 Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at 25 1976 Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency 1975 Peter Seitz makes Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally free agents 1975 President Ford requires states to provide free education for handicapped 1975 Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games 1975 Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games 1975 Free guitarist Paul Kossoff revived from dead after heart attack 1975 U.S. forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship 1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal 1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election 1974 Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3M 5 year New York Yankees contract 1974 A's Catfish Hunter is ruled a free agent (later signs with Yankees) 1974 Jim "Catfish" Hunter wins free agent claim against A's owner Finley 1974 Gary Hall, Jr., U.S., 50m/100m/400m free relay, Olympic-gold/2 silver-96 1974 Edgar Dearing, actor (Free and Easy, Abraham Lincoln), dies at 81 1974 Marcus Coleman, free safety for the New York Jets 1973 Shawn Wooden, free safety for the Miami Dolphins 1973 Duncan Free, Australian rower 1996 Olympics 1973 1st sub 17-minute 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s) 1973 Islanders and Sabres had a penalty free game 1972 John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded 1971 President Nixon orders lt Calley (Mi Lai) free 1970 Charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79 1970 Neal Caloia, born in Torrance, California, free pistol 1996 Olympics 1970 Eric Castle, NFL free safety for the San Diego Chargers 1969 Linus Torvalds, born in Helsinki, Finland, inventor, software engineer, pioneered development of the Linux kernel, a free, open source software operating system 1969 Leonard Gersh' "Butterflies are Free," premieres in New York City 1969 Bert [Lambertus] Bakker, director Free Netherland/inventor, dies 1969 Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park 1969 Michael Dumas, NFL free safety, San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars 1969 Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert 1969 Giorgio Lamberti, Italian free style swimmer, world record 200m 1968 Darren Perry, NFL free safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1968 Paul Scherrer, actor, Children of Corn II, Free Spirit 1968 Anders Holmertz, Swedish free style swimmer, world record 400m 1968 Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free 1968 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA 1967 Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses 1967 Ken Harrelson becomes baseball's 1st free agent 1967 Charles de Gaulle says 'Vive le Quebec libre! Long live free Quebec!' 1967 Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up 1966 Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission 1965 Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand 1964 Free Speech Movement launched at University of California, Berkley 1964 Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleveland Auditorium 1964 Bonnie Langford, English actress, Wombling Free 1963 Jazzie B, Beresford Romeo, English rapper, Soul II Soul-Feel Free 1962 New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North 1962 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts 1961 St. Louis Hawk Bob Pettit sets NBA record, hitting 19 of 19 free throws 1960 Greg Derr, Marshfield Massachusetts, free pistol 1996 Olympics 1960 European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm 1960 Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars 1958 Toyah Wilcox, Birmingham, England, rocker, I Want to Be Free 1956 Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games 1956 Bill Sharman (Boston) begins NBA free throw streak of 55 games 1954 Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws 1954 Ben Amonette, born in Radford, Virginia, free pistol, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1954 Boris Polak, Israel, Men's 50M Free Rifle 3 Positions, 1996 Olympics 1953 World B Free, NBA guard, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors 1952 Andy Fraser, born in Paddington, West London, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, played bass for Free, composed "All Right Now", wrote hits for Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker 1951 Edward Albert, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free 1950 Paul Kossoff, born in London, England, rock guitarist, Free 1948 State of Eire, formerly Irish Free State, declares its independence 1945 "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam 1945 Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo and Eibergen 1944 Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands 1944 Tito reaches free Belgrade 1944 Russian/Yugoslavian troops free Belgrade 1944 Canadians free Austria 1944 Polish forces free Terneuzen, Netherlands 1944 Eindhoven free (Lightly Day) 1944 Russian troops free Sofia Bulgaria 1944 Tank division of British Guards free Brussels 1944 Frances de la Tour, actress, Bejeweled, Wombling Free 1944 French troops free Elba 1943 Corsica freed by Free French 1943 Free French lands on Corsica 1943 Garrett List, born in Phoenix, Arizona, composer, vocalist, trombonist, formed Julliard Ensemble, composed classical, jazz, pop, free jazz music 1943 Soviet troops free Karkov 1943 Berlin is declared "Judenrien" (free of Jews) 1943 1st edition of illegal "The Free Artist" appears in Amsterdam 1943 NFL adopts free substitution rule 1943 Cheryl Miller, born in Sherman Oaks, California, actress, Paula-Daktari, Born Free 1943 Blythe Danner, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actress, Butterflies are Free 1942 Mario Savio, born in New York, New York, activist, member of Berkeley Free Speech Movement, Sproul Plaza steps named Mario Savio Steps, taught mathematics, philosophy, logic at Sonoma State University 1942 Jews in Free Zone of France ordered to wear yellow star of David 1942 Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters 1942 New York Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games 1942 Walter Richard Sickert, British painter (Free House!), dies at 81 1941 Free France under Admiral Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon 1940 Pittsburgh and Philadelphia play a penalty free NFL game 1940 Sicherheits police bans Free masons, Rotary and Red Cross 1940 1st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands 1940 Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers 1939 Marlos Nobre, born in Recife, Brazil, composer, pianist, conductor, commissioned by Free University of Music, Sao Paulo, Ministry of Culture 1938 Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears play a penalty free NFL game 1938 Susan Hampshire, born in London, England, actress, Vanity Fair, Living Free 1938 Rie Van Veen swims world record 200m free style (2:24.6) 1937 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie 1937 Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire) 1937 Ragnhild Hveger swims world free style record 400m (5:14.2) 1936 Abbie Hoffman, aka Free, Yippie/activist/author, Steal this Book 1936 Brooklyn and Boston play a penalty free NFL game 1936 Manfred Schoof, born in Madgeburg, Germany, composer, founder, European free jazz, professor in Cologne, interpreter of works by Bernd Alouis Zimmermann 1936 Willy den Ouden swims world record 100 m free style (1:04.6) 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth 1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more 1934 Brooklyn and Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game 1933 Poland occupies free city Danzig (Gdansk) 1933 German President Von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion 1932 A J Zuckerman, Dean, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine 1932 "Free Eats" introduces George "Spanky" McFarland to "Our Gang" 1931 Virginia McKenna, actress, Born Free, Chosen, Lions are Free, Simba 1931 Boris Yeltsin, born in Russia, first President of the Russian Federation, endorsed free market economies 1931 Art Acord, western actor (Set Free, Spurs and Saddles), dies at 40 1929 Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Curacaose hostages free 1927 Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State Vice President, assassinated 1927 Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 and 200 m free style 1926 VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms 1926 Willem Oltmans, Dutch journalist, Outlawed, Free as a Bird 1923 Irish Free state joins League of Nations 1923 Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State 1922 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation 1922 King George V proclaims Irish Free state 1922 Irish Parliament adopts a constitution for an Irish Free State 1922 Johnny Weissmuller swims 1st 100 m free style under 1 minute 1922 Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes 1st premier 1922 Bill Travers, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, actor, Born Free, Gorgo 1921 Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director, Free Academy 1920 Free City of Danzig forms under League of Nations protection 1920 Liesbeth Tonckens, Wilhelmina, actress/lecturer, Free People 1919 Ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies 1919 Leslie Irvin of U.S. makes 1st parachute jump and free fall 1919 Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland 1918 Brussels free Stofnar 1918 Ukraine proclaimed a free republic (German puppet) 1917 Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world") 1916 A. P. W. Botha, Orange Free State, president of South Africa 1915 Aziz Nesin, born in Heybeliada, Istanbul, writer, humorist, author of over 100 books, political activist, championed free speech and human rights in Turkey 1914 Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army 1914 Silas Weir Mitchell, U.S. physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at 84 1912 Bert Bakker, Dutch publisher, Free Netherlands 1912 South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free 1910 Joy Adamson, naturalist/author, Born Free 1908 Belgium annexes Congo Free State 1908 Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo 1905 Bernard C J Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposophist?, founder Free College 1905 Carel V Gerritsen, free thinker, dies 1901 Jan H de Groot, Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder, Free Netherlands 1901 Free thinking-Democratic Union forms in Netherlands 1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony) 1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State 1899 Orange Free state mobilizes 1894 Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday and Friday 1893 Edgar Dearing, bron in Ceres, California, actor, Abraham Lincoln, Free and Easy 1885 Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium 1885 John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73 1884 Netherlands recognizes king Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 German government recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 U.S. recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1880 Amsterdam Free University opens 1880 William T. Cosgrave, president Irish Free state 1878 Lionel Barrymore, Blythe, Philadelphia, actor, Free Soul, Dr. Kildare 1877 Isadora Duncan, SF, free form/interpretative dancer 1876 1st free kindergarten in U.S. opens in Florence, Mass 1869 Free postal delivery formally inaugurated 1865 Union General Granger declares slaves are free in Texas 1865 Freedmen's Bureau is created to help destitute free blacks 1863 Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 U.S. cities; postage 3 cents per oz 1863 Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired 1862 President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1 1861 New York City mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with N and S 1860 Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists 1859 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery 1854 Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin 1854 Great Britain and Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein 1854 British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa) 1850 Carel V Gerritsen, Dutch free thinker 1848 Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with Free Soil Party nominateing Martin Van Buren for president 1848 Free last slaves in French colonies 1843 United Free Church of Scotland forms 1838 Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, Ohio, feminist/reformer/free love 1834 Peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder, Free Parish 1833 Curaeao census: 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people and 5,894 slaves 1832 Evariste Galois give his theory on free assembly (dies in duel May 31) 1822 Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa 1816 Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany 1815 Cracow (Poland) declared a free republic 1811 Johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist, Free Will 1804 Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement 1800 Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar 1800 Free black community of Philadelphia petitions Congress to abolish slave 1795 Treaty of San Lorenzo, provides free navigation of Mississippi 1788 Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans 1787 1st free school in New York City (African Free School) opens 1787 Philadelphia's Free African Society forms 1787 Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes 1785 Egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84 1784 Franz K earl von Velbruck, German free mason, dies 1783 Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight 1780 Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator, Free Church of Scotland 1843-47 1776 Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States" 1776 Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks 1775 Officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from Continental Army 1735 States of Holland forbid Free Masonry 1734 Cook Vincent la Chapelle forms Free Masons Lodge 1719 Franz K von Velbruck, German free mason/prince-bishop of Luik 1717 1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London 1674 Franciscus van Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker, executed at 72 1659 General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland 1654 Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia 1652 John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va 1651 Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Va 1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin 1602 Franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza 1534 Lubeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea 1422 Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple 1397 Sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom |
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