September 6, 1620 - a date that will live in bonnets, if not infamy.

It was September 6, 1620 that the Mayflower left Portsmouth, England bound for Plymouth. The ship left Portsmouth with 102 passengers and around 30 crew. After a grueling 66 day voyage it reached Cape Cod on November 11.

Interestingly, the pilgrims were using the old style Julian calendar - so the actual dates on the calendar we use now are September 16, 1620 and November 21, 1620.

So September 16, 2008 is the actual day the Mayflower sailed for the new world.