On May 8, 1541, south of present-day Memphis, Tennessee, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto<span> reaches the Mississippi River, one of the first European explorers to ever do so.
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Well he is famous for discovering gravity <span />
<span>Francis Marion used guerilla-style tactics to cut British supply lines and slow down the British Army. Because the British troops never knew when or where Marion and his forces would strike, they could form no battle plans and were forced to withdraw from South Carolina.</span>