1968 Event WVPT TV channel 51 in Staunton, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Birthday Imelda Staunton, English Actress 1900 Birthday William Haines, Staunton, Virginia, actor, Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney 1874 Death Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies 1859 Death George Staunton, writer 1856 Birthday Woodrow Wilson, Staunton, Virginia, 28 president-D 1912 - 1921, Nobel 1919 1826 Death Thomas Wilson, born in Staunton, Virginia, politician, lawyer, U.S. Representative from Virginia, served as member of Virginia Senate and Virginia House of Delegates, elected to the Twelfth Congress, as a Federalist, dies 1765 Birthday Thomas Wilson, born in Staunton, Virginia, politician, lawyer, U.S. Representative from Virginia, served as member of Virginia Senate and Virginia House of Delegates, elected to the Twelfth Congress, as a Federalist
