On August 4, 2007, Barry Bonds hit his 755th home run to tie Hank Aaron's record. On April 17, 2008, the Padres and Rockies played in a 22-inning game, the longest game in Petco Park history. The Rockies won the game 2â1. It was the longest MLB game in nearly 15 years.
The first settlers of Jamestown were all men. Most of them were gentlemen looking for gold. They hoped to get rich quick and then return to England. Few of the men were used to the hard rigors and work that it took to survive in the New World.
Jamestown was the first permanent English colony in North America. It was located on a piece of land in the James River, near what is now Williamsburg, Virginia. The first permanent English colony in America was founded on May 14, 1607, on a peninsula of the James River in what is now the state of Virginia.