Short answers, pulled from the story.
Swedish settlers built Fort Christina in March 1638. Chief Mattahorn of the Lenape band sold this land known as Maax-waas Unk or Bear Place to Peter Minuit and his traders from the Swedish South Company.
Dr. Timothy Stidham became the first physician in Delaware after arriving in New Sweden in 1654. He was born in 1610 in Hammel, Denmark.
Governor Charles L. Terry Jr. deployed the National Guard and Delaware State Police on April 9 following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. The troops remained until January 1969 marking the longest occupation of an American city by state forces in national history.
Governor Pierre S. du Pont IV enacted the Financial Center Development Act in 1981 to liberalize banking laws within the state. This legislation eliminated usury laws that capped interest rates banks could legally charge customers.
The 2020 census recorded 70,898 people living in Wilmington across 31,754 households. African Americans made up 54.48 percent of the population while non-Hispanic Whites comprised 26.65 percent.