1996 Death Roger Tory Peterson, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds', dies at 87 1992 Event Erie Sailors (Florida Marlin farm team) 1st game beat Jamestown 6-5 in 13 1957 Birthday Lee Smith, Jamestown, Louisiana, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds 1957 Event Jamestown, Virginia 350th Anniversary Festival opens 1955 Birthday Richard J. Hieb, Jamestown ND, astronaut, STS-39, 49, 65 1946 Birthday Jim Ramstad, born in Jamestown, North Dakota, Representative-R-Minnesota 1991 - 2009 1940 Birthday Roger K Crouch, Jamestown Tennessee, astronauts, STS-83, 94 1933 Birthday Jud Strunk, born in Jamestown, New York, singer/comedian, Laugh-In 1920 Birthday Peggy Lee, Norma Egstrom, Jamestown ND, singer, Thats All There Is? 1911 Birthday Lucille Ball, born in Jamestown, New York, comedienne/actress, I Love Lucy, Mame 1908 Birthday Roger Tory Peterson, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds' 1908 Birthday Louis D L'Amour, Jamestown ND, author, Hondo, Jubal Sackett 1907 Event Jamestown, Virginia Tercentenary Exposition opens 1862 Event Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor 1676 Event Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown Virginia on fire 1667 Event Earliest recorded hurricane in U.S., Jamestown, Virginia 1624 Birthday William, Jamestown, Virginia, 1st black child born in English America 1622 Event 1st Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites Jamestown, Virginia; 347 slain 1619 Event 1st Black slaves brought by Dutch to colony of Jamestown Virginia 1619 Event 1st black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia 1608 Event John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va 1608 Event John Smith's story of Jamestown's 1st days submitted for publication 1608 Event Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia 1607 Event 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown 1607 Event 1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Virginia 1606 Event Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va
