The granting of the Charter to William Penn by King Charles II was immortalized by artist Violet Oakley (1874â1961) in one of thirteen murals she painted for the Governor's Reception Room in the Pennsylvania State Capitol. In addition, Quakers rejected all aspects of traditional English society.
MLB announces tentative 2016 schedule. Major League Baseball on Tuesday released its tentative 2016 regular-season schedule, starting with the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball game on April 3 with a matchup to be announced, and then featuring 13 games on the first convergence of Opening Day and Square Root Day: April 4, 2016.
The first official pitcher-catcher workout will be Feb. 13, and the full squad will report to the team's spring training facility for its first workout on Feb. 18. The Cardinals will open the Grapefruit League schedule on Feb. 28 with a game against their spring training roommates, the Miami Marlins. The Cardinals play only one game outside of Florida this spring, and that's an exhibition game at Class AAA Memphis' AutoZone Park.