5 August 1620 August 4, 2012 Author: Staff The Mayflower departs from Southampton for its first attempt to reach North America. Famous Words of Inspiration..."The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realising that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles." Arnold Bennett — Click here for more from Arnold Bennett Related posts: 5 August 1620 21 May 1991 Categories: History Tags: 1620, 5 August