December 20th Traditional Cache

This continues the “This Day in History” calendar series.  Without the help of the local cachers, this would not be possible!  Better late than never!

December 20^th:

According to Wikipedia and other sources, on December 20^th:

1606 – The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1860 – South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.

1946 – The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York, New York.

1967 – A Pennsylvania Railroad Metroliner reaches over the limit of 155 mph on their New York Division, also present day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.