2004 Virginia Capers, actress, Raisin, dies at 78
2004 Uta Hagen, actress/teacher, starred in original Broadway cast of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, dies at 84
2003 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama beat Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez
2002 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Venus Williams and her sister Serena Williams Paola Suarez and Virginia Ruano
2001 19 Islamist terrorists hijack four commercial jets, killing nearly 3,000 in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania
1998 Virginia Graham, talk show host/writer, dies at 86
1998 Mr Jefferson, Virginia, 1st cloned calf
1997 Carquest Bowl 8: Georgia Tech beats West Virginia, 35-30
1996 Carquest Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21
1996 Virginia Downing, actress (Gig, Butterfield 8), dies at 92
1996 Virginia Cherrill, actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights), dies at 88
1996 Virginia Christine, actress (Mrs Olson), dies at 76
1995 62nd Sugar Bowl: Virginia Tech beats Texas
1995 Northern Virginia begins using new area code 540
1995 "Smokey Joe's Cafe," opens at Virginia Theater New York City
1995 Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21
1994 Virginia Dale, U.S. actress/dancer (Holiday Inn), dies at about 77
1994 Jack Antonio, son of Virginia Madisen and Antonio Sabatto Jr
1994 "My Fair Lady" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 165 performances
1994 Virginia "Ginny" Simms, actress and singer (Kay Kyser Band), dies at 77
1994 Virginia Kelley Clinton, Mother of President Clinton, dies at 70
1994 Carquest Bowl 4: Boston College beats Virginia, 32-13
1993 "My Fair Lady" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 165 performances
1993 "Jelly's Last Jam" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 569 performances
1992 Virginia Sale-Wren, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 92
1992 Director Frank Perry (Mommie Dearest) marries Virginia Bush Ford
1992 "Jelly's Last Jam" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 569 performances
1992 "City of Angels" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 878 performances
1992 Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74
1991 Elise Hoomans, actress/director (Medea/Virginia Woolf?, dies)
1991 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67
1991 Law enforcement officers raid fraternities at University of Virginia seizing drugs
1989 "City of Angels" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 878 performances
1989 Douglas Wilder elected 1st U.S. black governor (Virginia)
1989 48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia, state record
1989 Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship
1988 Virginia Satir, American Psychologist
1988 Virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90
1988 "Carrie" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 5 performances
1988 "Carrie" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 5 performances
1987 Jody Rosentha wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1987 "Mikado" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 46 performances
1987 "Mikado" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 46 performances
1986 Virginia Gregg, actress (Little Women), dies at 69
1986 Virginia Hewitt, actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies at 60
1986 Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1986 Virginia Gilmore, actress (Jennie, Western Union), dies
1986 Virginia C. Andrews, American Author
1985 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1985 Lauri Hendler, born in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, actress, Julie-Gimme a Break
1985 -30 degrees F (-34 degrees C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record)
1984 WNSY-AM in Newport News Virginia returns from WGH
1984 Virginia Lacy Jones, U.S. librarian/presidents advisor, dies at 72
1984 Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
1984 "On Your Toes" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 505 performances
1984 Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1984 Anna Anderson Manahan, [Grand Duchess Anastasia], dies in Virginia
1983 Denise Wallace, 18, of Virginia crowned Miss Teen of America
1983 WGH-AM in Newport News Virginia changes call letters to WNSY
1983 Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death in Roanoke, Virginia
1983 Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
1983 Lenore Muraoka wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1983 "On Your Toes" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 505 performances
1982 Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, beats #1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in a Honolulu holiday basketball classic
1982 Hollis Stacy wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
1982 "Play Me a Country Song" opens and closes at Virginia Theater New York City
1982 Sally Little wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1982 U.S. submarine Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia
1982 Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71
1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1981 Lauri Illy, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, rhythmic gymnast 1996 Olympics
1981 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA West Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1981 Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia
1980 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1980 Sandra Post wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
1980 Virginia Brown Faire, actress (Lonesome Trail, Temptress), dies
1980 50th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Virginia Ruzici (60 63)
1980 Amanda Michelle Burns, Miss West Virginia Teen USA 1997
1980 Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal
1979 Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1979 Kimberly Grigsby, Miss Virginia Teen USA 1997
1979 Virginia Ledgerwood, Chester, Virginia, rhythmic gymnast 1996 Olympics
1978 Kylene Barker (Virginia), crowned 51st Miss America 1979
1978 Kristin Link, born in Fairfax, Virginia, diver 1996 Olympics
1978 Elizabeth Reid, born in Fairfax, Virginia, gymnast alternate for 1996 Olympics
1978 Kandy Marshall, Miss Virginia Teen USA 1996
1977 Heather Gray, Miss West Virginia Teen USA 1996
1977 84th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats B Stove (46 63 61)
1977 Roy C. Sullivan of Virginia is struck by lightning for 7th time
1977 Natalie Bevins, Miss USA West Virginia 1997
1976 Adrian Olivo, Arlington, Virginia, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics
1976 Lynn Thomas, Newport News, Virginia, playmate, May 1997
1975 Danielle Connors, Miss Virginia USA 1996
1974 Boeing 727 crashes in Upperville Virginia, 92 died
1974 Regina Fisher, Miss West Virginia USA 1996
1974 Doris Glenn Easterly, Richmond, Virginia, diver 1996 Olympics
1974 Virginia Squires trade Julius "Dr. J" Erving to New York Nets
1974 Michelle Kang, born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Miss America-Virginia 1997
1974 7th ABA All-Star Game: East 128 beats West 112 at Virginia
1973 Alabama sets offensive record (828 yds), beats Virginia Tech 77-6
1973 Brandon Pollard, Richmond, Virginia, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold
1973 Virginia Ruano-Pascual, born in Madrid, Spain, tennis star
1973 Kari Anne Safford, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Miss America-WV 1997
1973 ABA Virginia Squires trade Julius Erving to New York Nets
1972 Angie Marzetta, Norfolk Virginia, female outfielder, Silver Bullets
1972 Michael Thornberry, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, team handball circle, Oly-1996
1972 Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, kills 125
1972 Stephen Robinson, Arlington, Virginia, rower 1996 Olympics
1972 Amber Medlin, Virginia Beach Virginia, Miss America-Virginia 1996
1971 Billy Wagner, born in Marion, Virginia, pitcher for the Houston Astros
1971 Michael Tucker, born in South Boston, Virginia, outfielder for the Kansas City Royals
1971 Virginia Eames, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 82
1971 Brad Clontz, born in Stuart, Virginia, pitcher, Atlanta Braves
1971 WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971 Mike Hubbard, Lynchburg, Virginia, catcher for the Chicago Cubs
1971 Eric Owens, born in Danville, Virginia, outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds
1970 Elizabeth McIntyre, Dunbar, West Virginia, Miss America-WV 1996
1970 Shannon Noelle DePuy, Lynchburg, Virginia, Miss Virg-America, 1991-top 10
1970 DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed
1970 Jeff Ware, born in Norfolk, Virginia, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
1970 Randall Evans, Franklin Virginia, 100m/200m runner
1969 LaRee Pearl Sugg, Petersburg, Virginia, LPGA golfer, 1995 Hawaiian-15th
1969 Melissa Lynn Costello, Shenandoah, West Virginia, Miss WV-America 1991
1969 U.S. amateur Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beat Virginia Wade (46 63 60)
1969 69 cm rainfall in Nelson Co., Virginia (state record)
1969 Melissa Gurney, born in California, tennis player, Virginia Slims of, South Dakota, 1986
1969 Todd Hundley, Martinsville, Virginia, catcher for the New York Mets
1969 Judson Mills, Purcellville, Virginia, actor, Hutch-As The World Turns
1969 Doug Creek, born in Winchester, Virginia, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
1969 Andre Romal Cason, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 100m runner
1968 Scott Bullett, Martinsburg, West Virginia, outfielder for the Chicago Cubs
1968 Michael Foster, Richmond, Virginia, drummer, Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime
1968 Russ Springer, Alexandria, Virginia, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
1968 Antoinette Lucas, Crozier, Virginia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics
1968 Shelby Lynne, Quantico, Virginia, country singer, If I Could Bottle This Up
1968 Scott Schorer, Burke, Virginia, rower 1996 Olympics
1968 Virginia Valli, actress (Flames, Guilty?, Storm), dies of stroke at 70
1968 WVPT TV channel 51 in Staunton, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 82nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats Billie Jean King (64 64)
1968 Mike Williams, born in Radford, Virginia, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
1968 Virginia Weidler, actress (All This and Heaven Too), dies at 42
1968 Virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at 31
1968 Mary Lou Retton, Fairmont, West Virginia, gymnist, Oly-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-84
1967 Michael "Sean" Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia, rower 1996 Olympics
1967 WBRA TV channel 15 in Roanoke, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 Leslie M Marx, born in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, fencer-epee 1996 Olympics
1967 Donna Andrews, Lynchburg, Virginia, LPGA golfer, 1994 Nabisco Dinah Shore
1967 Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel, born in Florida, tennis player, Virginia Slims of Ark 1987
1967 Bill Leverty, Richmond, Virginia, guitarist, Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime
1966 WCVW TV channel 57 in Richmond, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens
1966 [Eric] Randy Barnes, Charleston, West Virginia, shot putter, Oly-silv/gold-88, 96
1966 WRFT (now WVFT) TV channel 27 in Roanoke, Virginia (IND) begins broadcasting
1966 Cecilia Cummins, Clintwood, Virginia, 5th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1965 Page Dunlap, Harrisonburg, Virginia, LPGA golfer, 1994 Atlanta Women's-8th
1965 India Allen, Portsmouth, Virginia, playmate of the year, Dec, 1987
1965 Virginia Lee, Australian rower 1996 Olympics
1964 WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 Greg Best, born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Equestrian athlete, Olympic-silver-88, 92
1964 Bobby Witt, Arlington, Virginia, pitcher for the Texas Rangers
1964 Rob Lowe, born in Charlottesville, Virginia, actor, St. Elmo's Fire, Hotel NH, Class
1964 Wayne Kirby, Williamsburg, Virginia, outfielder, Cleve Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers
1963 Allyson Rice-Taylor, Huntington, West Virginia, actress, As the World Turns
1963 Dermot Mulroney, Alexandria, Virginia, actor, Samantha, Sunset, Long Gone
1963 Bettina Bunge, born in Switz, tennis player, Virginia Slims of California 1983
1963 17th Tony Awards: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum win
1962 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway, with Uta Hagen
1962 Tonja Walker, Huntington, West Virginia, actress, Alex-One Life to Live
1961 U.S. Constellation crashes at Richmond, Virginia, 74 die
1961 WHRO TV channel 15 in Hampton-Norfolk, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 WYAH TV channel 27 in Portsmouth, Virginia (IND) begins broadcasting
1961 Anne White, Charleston, West Virginia, tennis, Wore spandex in '85 Wimbledon
1961 Virginia Madsen, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Dune, Hot Spot, Class
1961 Claudia Cummins, Clintwood, Virginia, 4th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1961 Sherry Ramsay, Stauton, Virginia, actress, Trish Mason-As the World Turns
1960 Deneice Lewis, Lynchburg, Virginia, model
1960 Sonny Skinner, Porstmouth, Virginia, Nike golfer, 1993 NIKE Shreveport Open
1960 John F. Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia
1960 Stoney Jackson, Richmond, Virginia, actor, White Shadow, Insiders
1959 MacKenzie Phillips, Alexandria, Virginia, actress, Julie-1 Day at a Time
1959 Robert Wrenn, born in Richmond, Virginia, Nike golfer, 1987 Buick Open
1959 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia 71-70
1958 Peter "Jeff" K Wisoff, born in Norfolk, Virginia, PhD/Astronaut, STS 57, 68, 81/84
1958 Joe Frank Edwards, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 89
1957 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia
1957 WAVY TV channel 10 in Portsmouth-Norfolk, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 Donna Dixon, Virginia, Mrs. Dan Ackwoyd/actress, Couch Trip, Bossom Buddies
1957 Sarah McGuire, born in Springfield, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1983 United Virginia Bank-5th
1957 Jamestown, Virginia 350th Anniversary Festival opens
1957 Geena [Virginia] Davis, Wareham Massachusetts, actress, Beetlejuice, Fly
1957 Katie Couric, born in Arlington, Virginia, TV news host, Today
1956 Kenneth D Bowersox, Portsmouth, Virginia, USN/astro, STS 50, 61, 73, 82
1956 WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 Brian Benben, born in Winchester, Virginia, actor, Dream On, Gangster Chronicles
1956 WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 David M. Brown, Arlington, Virginia, Cmdr USN/astronaut
1956 Charles Cummins, Clintwood, Virginia, 3rd of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1956 Ann Magnuson, Charleston, West Virginia, actress, Anything But Love, Hunger
1955 Lenore Rittenhouse, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, LPGA golfer, 1983 United Virginia Bank
1955 Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia and Maryland
1955 WDBJ TV channel 7 in Roanoke, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 Patti Weaver, West Virginia, actress, Days of our Life, Gina-Young and Restless
1955 WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia (ABC) begins
1955 Stephen Furst, born in Norfolk, Virginia, actor, Animal House, Elliot-St. Elsewhere
1955 Jimmy Fortune, born in Newport News, Virginia, singer, Statler Bros-Class of '57
1955 Virginia Elliot, three-day eventer
1955 Virginia Ruzici, Romania, tennis star
1955 Curtis Strange, born in Norfolk, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1989 U.S. Open
1954 Bruce Hornsby, Williamsburg, Virginia, rock vocalist
1954 Ben Amonette, Radford, Virginia, free pistol, Olympics-92, 96
1954 Reed Birney, born in Alexandria, Virginia, actor, Greatest Man in the World
1954 Cathy St. George, born in Norfolk, Virginia, playmate, Aug, 1982
1954 Caroline Aaron, born in Richmond, Virginia, actress, Crimes and Misdemeanors
1954 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record)
1954 Bebe Buell, born in Norfolk, Virginia, wife of Todd Rundgren/playmate, Nov, 1974
1953 Greg Gibson, Stafford, Virginia, Greco-Roman wrestler 1984 Olympics silver
1953 WVEC TV channel 13 in Hampton-Norfolk, Virginia (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 George Brett, West Virginia, Kansas City Royal 3rd baseman, 1980 AL MVP
1953 Carol Cummins, Clintwood, Virginia, 2nd of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1953 WLVirginia (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, Virginia (ABC) begins
1952 WSLS TV channel 10 in Roanoke, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 Catherine Cummins, Clintwood, Virginia, 1st of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1952 Juice Newton, [Judy Cohen], Virginia, vocalist, Angel of the Morning
1952 Ricky Van Shelton, Grit, Virginia, country singer, Wild-Eyed Dream
1951 Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1994 Kemper Open-2nd
1951 John L. Phillips, born in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, PhD/astronaut
1950 Kathryn Harrold, Tazewell, Virginia, actress, MacGruder and Loud
1950 WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting
1950 Brad Dourif, West Virginia, actor, Ragtime, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty
1950 John Hartman, born in Falls Church, Virginia, rock drummer, Doobie Brothers
1949 Lanny [Jerry Lanston] Wadkins Richmond, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1972 Sahara
1949 Kathy Postlewait, born in Norfolk, Virginia, LPGA golfer, 1989 Sara Lee
1949 Stephen Burleigh, Wheeling, West Virginia, actor, Love and Betrayal, Afterburn
1949 Joyce DeWitt, born in Wheeling, West Virginia, actress, Janet Wood-Three's Company
1948 Jim Bailey, NCAA punter, most punts in season-101, Virginia Miltary Academy
1948 WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting
1948 Virginia Bottomley, secretary, Heritage
1948 Virginia Bottomley, British minister of state health
1948 Larry Ragland, Richmond, Virginia, comedian, Keep on Truckin'
1948 Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista, Virginia, Lt Col USAF/astro, STS 27, STS 35
1947 Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg, Virginia
1945 Roger Lee Jones, West Virginia, child molester, FBI Most Wanted List
1945 Conny Van Dyke, Nassawadox, Virginia, actress, Framed, Hell's Angels '69
1945 Virginia Wade, England, tennis star, Wimbledon 1977
1945 Don Reid, Virginia, country singer, Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall
1944 Tim Reid, born in Norfolk, Virginia, comedian, Venus Flytrap-WKRP, Frank's Place
1943 Jon Andrew McBride, Charleston, West Virginia, Capt USN/astronaut, STS 41G
1943 Virginia Foxx, American Politician
1943 Conchata Ferrell, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actress, Deadly Hero, Susan-LA Law
1943 Bobby Wayne Mitchell, Chatham, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1971 Cleveland Open
1942 Chris Sarandon, West Virginia, actor, Child's Play, Dog Day Afternoon, Lipstick
1942 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Virginia
1942 Wayne Newton, born in Roanoke, Virginia, singer, Danke Schon
1942 Bob Feller, enlists in Navy and reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia
1941 Charlie McCoy, born in Oak Hill, West Virginia, harmonica player, Hee Haw
1941 Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59
1941 Virginia Woolf, British Author
1941 David Selby, Morganstown, West Virginia, actor, Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road
1940 Jesse Carlyle Snead, Hot Springs, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1972 Philadelphia Classic
1940 Ira von Furstenberg, [Virginia Caroline] Rome, Italy, Princess, Monaco
1940 Fran Tarkenton, born in Richmond, Virginia, NFL QB, New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings
1939 Harold W. Reid, Augusta County, Virginia, singer, Statler Bros-Class of '57
1939 Philip E Baisley, Augusta, Virginia, singer, Statler Bros-Class of '57
1939 Bernie Casey, born in Wyco, West Virginia, actor, Boxcar Bertha, Rent-a-Cop
1939 Max Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, black news anchor, ABC Evening News
1938 Bill Withers, Slab Fork, West Virginia, rhythm and blues singer, Lean on Me
1938 Jerry West, West Virginia, NBA superstar, Los Angeles Lakers, Olympics gold 1960
1938 Lory Patrick, born in Beckley, West Virginia, actress, Trina-Tales of Welles Fargo
1938 Lew DeWitt, born in Virginia, country singer, Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall
1937 Joyce Bulifant, Newport News, Virginia, actress, Marie-Mary Tyler Moore Show
1937 Tony Anthony, Clarksburg, West Virginia, actor, Treasure of 4 Crowns
1937 Sandy Dennis, born in Nebraska, actress, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1937 Warren Beatty, born in Richmond, Virginia, actor, Bonnie and Clyde,Shampoo, Dick Tracy
1936 112 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Martinsburg, West Virginia (state record
1936 Lloyd Dobbins, born in Newport News, Virginia, newscaster, NBC News Overnight
1936 Virginia Maskell, actress, Suspect, Doctor in Love, Man Upstairs
1935 Keely Smith, born in Norfolk, Virginia, singer, Mrs. Louie Prima
1935 Gene Vincent, born in Norfolk, Virginia, rock guitarist and vocalist, Be-Bop-A-Lula
1935 Henry Jordan, Emporia, Virginia, NFL defensive tackle, Cleveland, Green Bay
1934 Shirley MacLaine, born in Richmond, Virginia, actress/mystic, Irma la Douce
1933 Roy Clark, born in Meherrin, Virginia, country singer, Hee Haw
1933 Tony Brown, Charleston, West Virginia, newsman, Tony Brown's Journal
1932 Roosevelt Brown, Virginia, NFL hall of fame tackle for the New York Giants
1932 Patsy Cline, born in Winchester, Virginia, country singer, Crazy
1932 38 die in coal mine explosion Boissevain, Virginia, USA
1931 Virginia McKenna, actress, Born Free, Chosen, Lions are Free, Simba
1931 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field, Virginia
1931 Tom Wolfe, Richmond Virginia, journalist and author, wrote The Right Stuff
1930 Phyllis Curtin, Clarksburg, West Virginia, soprano, New York City Opera
1930 David Huddleston, Vinton, Virginia, actor, How the West Was Won
1930 Page Johnson, West Virginia, actress, Passages from Finnegan's Wake
1930 George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia established
1929 George H Crumb, Charleston, West Virginia, composer, Pulitzer 1968-Echoes of Time
1929 June Carter Cash, born in Maces Spring, Virginia, country singer, Johnny Cash Show
1929 Tommy Newsom, Virginia, musician/bandleader/saxophonist, Tonight Show
1928 WGH-AM in Newport News Virginia begins radio transmissions
1928 British steamer "Vestris" capsizes and sinks off Virginia, kills 110
1928 Judy Johnson, born in Norfolk, Virginia, singer, Your Show of Shows
1928 Paul Dooley, Parkensburg, West Virginia, actor, 16 Candles, Strange Brew, Wedding
1927 Clarice Taylor, Virginia, actress, Nurse Bailey-Nurse
1927 William Smithers, born in Richmond, Virginia, actor, Witness, Peyton Place, Attack!
1927 Peter Marshall, born in Huntington, West Virginia, TV game show host, Hollywood Squares
1927 Jack Cassidy, born in Richmond Hill, Virginia, actor, Oscar/Jetman-He and She
1926 Peggy Castle, Appalachia, Virginia, actress, Lily Merrill-Lawman
1926 Dagmar, Huntington, West Virginia, actress, Broadway's Open House
1926 Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins
1926 George C Scott, Wise, Virginia, actor, Patton, Bible, Taps, Hardcore
1926 Dario Fo, born in Leggiuno Sangiano, Virginia, playwright, Nobel-1997
1926 Virginia Weidler, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Babes on Broadway
1926 Ruth Brown, born in Portsmouth, Virginia, actress, Leona-Hello Larry, Checking In
1925 Jimmy Dickens, Bolt, West Virginia, country singer, Grand Ole Opry
1925 Virginia Hewitt, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, actress, Carol-Space Patrol
1925 Richard Burton, born in South Wales, actor, Cleopatra, Virginia Woolf
1925 Leon Virginia Bourgeois, French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920), dies at 74
1925 Virginia Capers, Sumter, South Carolina, actress, White Mama, Original Intent
1925 Russell Baker, Loudoun County, Virginia, columnist/humorist, New York Times
1925 William Styron, born in Virginia, novelist, Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice
1925 Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St. New York City
1925 Virginia E Johnson, doctor/sexologist, Masters and Johnson
1925 Virginia Johnson, American Psychologist
1924 Don Knotts, born in Morgantown, West Virginia, actor, Amdy Griffth Show, 3's Company
1924 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster
1923 John McKay, West Virginia, football coach, USC, Tampa Bay, 5X Rose Bowl champ
1923 Earl Hamner, Jr., Schuyler, Virginia, TV narrator, Waltons
1923 Virginia C. Andrews, American Author
1923 Joanne Dru, Logan, West Virginia, actress, Guestwood Ho, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1922 Theresa Merritt, Newport News, Virginia, actress, Mama-That's My Mama
1922 Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die
1921 Hawkshaw Hawkins, Huntington, West Virginia, country singer, Ozark Jubilee
1921 West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax
1921 Virginia O'Brien, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Francis in the Navy
1921 Virginia O'Brien, born in Los Angeles, California, actress and singer, Gus, Ziegfeld Follies
1920 Virginia Mayo, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Out of the Blue, White Heat
1920 Douglas Dick, Charlestown, West Virginia, actor, Carl-Waterfront
1920 Roger Price, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actor and writer, Who's There, Droodles
1920 Virginia Christine, actress, Mrs. Olson
1919 Harry S Truman marries Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence
1918 Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News, Virginia, jazz singer, Is it live or Memorex
1918 Pearl Bailey, born in Newport News, Virginia, singer, Hello Dolly
1917 Virginia Grey, born in Louisiana, actress, Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho
1917 Virginia Christine, born in Stanton, Iowa, actress, Tales of Wells Fargo
1916 Eleanor Steber, born in Wheeling, West Virginia, soprano, Metropolitan Opera-1940
1916 Virginia Satir, American Psychologist
1916 Virginia Ginny Simms, actress and singer, Kay Kyser Band
1915 1st transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Virginia to Paris
1914 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles, West Virginia
1913 Lynn Bari, Roanoke, Virginia, actress, Connie-Detective Wife, Earthbound
1912 Virginia Graham, born in Chicago, Illinois, TV personality, Girl Talk, Where Was I
1912 Virginia Lacy Jones, U.S. librarian/presidential advisor
1912 Sam Snead, Hot Springs, Virginia, PGA golfer, PGA-1963, 65, 67, 70, 72, 73
1912 John Payne, Roanoke, Virginia, actor, Restless Gun
1912 John Payne, born in Roanoke, Virginia, actor, Dodsworth, Razor's Edge
1912 Victor Reuther, Wheeling, West Virginia, labor leader
1911 Frank Devol, Moundsville, West Virginia, orch leader, I'm Dickens He's Fenster
1911 Virginia Smith, Rep-R-NB, 1975-
1911 Margaret Sullavan, born in Norfolk, Virginia, actress, Back Street
1910 Virginia Bruce, actress, Action in Arabia
1910 Dorothy Maynor, born in Norfolk, Virginia, soprano/founder, Harlem School of Arts
1909 Roy Reuther, Wheeling, West Virginia, labor leader
1909 Maybelle Carter, Nickelsville, Virginia, country singer, Johnny Cash Show
1909 Great White Fleet, 1st U.S. fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia
1908 Virginia Cherrill, actress, Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious
1907 Lewis F Powell, Jr., Virginia, Supreme Court justice, 1972-87
1907 Jamestown, Virginia Tercentenary Exposition opens
1905 Joseph Cotten, Virginia, actor, 3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse
1904 Virginia Downing, actress, Gig, Butterfield 8
1903 Rex Lease, West Virginia, actor, Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand
1901 Fuzzy Knight, Fairmont, West Virginia, actor, Oklahoma Annie, Cowby and the Lady
1900 Richard Arlen, Virginia, actor, Alice in Wonderland, Crawling Hand
1900 Don Redman, Piedmont, West Virginia, orch leader, Sugar Hill Times
1900 William Haines, Staunton, Virginia, actor, Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney
1899 Vera Reynolds, Richmond, Virginia, silent screen actress, Lawless Woman
1899 Freeman Gosden, Richmond, Virginia, radio actor, Amos-Amos 'n' Andy
1898 Sara Carter, Virginia, vocalist and guitarist, Carter Family
1898 Virginia Valli, [McSweeney], born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Pleasure Garden
1897 Ed Baker, Davis, West Virginia, actor, Keystone Kops
1897 New York Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial
1894 John S. Knight, West Virginia, publisher, Knight-Rider
1894 Fay Compton, [Virginia Lillian Emeline Compton], actress, Haunting
1893 Julia Faye, Richmond, Virginia, actress, 10 Commandments, Samson and Delilah
1892 John Litel, Albany WI, actor, Virginia City, My Hero
1891 Alvin Carter, born in Virginia, vocalist, Carter Family
1891 A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing and lasted 20 years
1890 [Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, black U.S. advocate in Virginia
1890 Virginia Eames, Ft. Davis, Texas, entertainer
1889 Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Virginia
1885 Virginia Pope, New York Times
1885 Mae Murray, [Girl with bee-stung lips], Virginia, actress, High Stakes
1885 Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady, 1945-52
1883 Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, Newport New, Virginia, TV preacher
1883 Race riots in Danville Virginia (4 blacks killed)
1883 Francis X Bushman, born in Norfolk, Virginia, silent film actor, Ben Hur
1882 Virginia Woolf, born in London, author, Jacob's Room, To Lighthouse
1880 Leonard S Woolf, English author/husband of Virginia Woolf
1880 Mahlon Hamilton, born in Virginia, actor, Honky Tonk, High School Girl, Mississippi
1875 Carter G Woodson, New Canton, Virginia, American historian, black studies
1870 After accepting 15th amendment, Virginia is readmitted to Union
1870 Virginia rejoins US
1870 Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to U.S. after Civil War
1867 Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Virginia streetcars
1866 President Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia
1865 Annie Jones, Virginia, bearded lady
1865 Siege of Richmond, Virginia
1865 Gen Shermans "Haines's Bluff" at Snyder's Mill, Virginia
1865 Battle of Ft. Tobacco, Virginia
1865 John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green Virginia at 27
1865 Battle of Farmville, Virginia
1865 Battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville Virginia (Appomattox Campaign)
1865 Battle at Namozine Church, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign)
1865 Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond Virginia and Petersberg
1865 Battle of Petersburg, Virginia (Ft. Gregg, Sutherland's Station)
1865 Battle of 5 Forks Virginia, signalling end of Lee's army
1865 Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H)
1865 Battle at 5 Forks Virginia
1865 Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia - in front of Petersburg
1865 Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia (Armstrong's Mill, Dabney's Mill)
1864 Battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia, ends after 1554 casualties
1864 Battle of Boydton Plank Road, Virginia (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad)
1864 Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia near Richmont
1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Conf attackers
1864 Battle at Darbytown Road Virginia (337 casualties)
1864 Battle of Preble's Farm Virginia (Poplar Springs Church)
1864 3rd Battle of Winchester Virginia (Opequon, 3rd Winchester)
1864 Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid)
1864 Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties
1864 8th/last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia (about 3900 casualties)
1864 2nd day of battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia
1864 6th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia: Confederate assault
1864 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia, Federal assault
1864 Battle of Front Royal Virginia (Guard Hill)
1864 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia: Federal assault
1864 Battle of Deep Bottom Virginia (Strawberry Plains) and Fussell's Mill VA
1864 Battle of Petersburg, Virginia
1864 3rd and last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia
1864 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia
1864 Battle of Darbytown, Virginia (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains)
1864 Battle of Winchester, Virginia US1200 CS600
1864 Battle of Woodstock, Virginia
1864 Battle at Stephenson's Depot Virginia: 200 killed or injured
1864 Harpers Ferry, West Virginia - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance
1864 Battle of Ream's Station, Virginia, Wilson's Raid
1864 Battle of Kinston North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia
1864 Battle of Petersburgs Virginia - in trenches
1864 640m long ponton bridge over James River Virginia finished
1864 Battle of Lynchburg, Virginia
1864 Union Gen Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Virginia
1864 Robert E. Lee's home area, Arlington, Virginia, becomes a military cemetery
1864 Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad
1864 Battle of Laurel Hill, West Virginia
1864 Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad
1864 Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia
1864 Battle of Piedmont, Virginia, Augusta City
1864 Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm)
1864 Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia
1864 Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) Virginia
1864 Skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop), Virginia
1864 Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia
1864 Battle of N Anna River, Virginia (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertown)
1864 GEN David Hunter takes command of Department of West Virginia
1864 Battle at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia, 1,400 killed or injured
1864 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, Virginia (Bermuda Hundred)
1864 Last battles at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (6,666 casualties)
1864 Battle of New Market, Virginia
1864 Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (Ft. Darling)
1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
1864 Battle of Todd's Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid)
1864 Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)
1864 Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
1864 Skirmish at Ny River Virginia
1864 Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia
1864 Battle of Cloyd's Mt, and Swift Creek, Virginia (Drewery's Bluff, Ft. Darling)
1864 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
1864 Battle of Antietam, Virginia (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)
1864 Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
1864 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, Virginia
1864 Battle of Wilderness, Virginia (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)
1864 Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia
1863 Averell's Raid (on)to Lewisburg, West Virginia
1863 Battle at Bristoe Station Virginia (about 2000 casualties)
1863 Skirmish at Catlett's Station, Virginia (Bristoe Campaign)
1863 Battle of Brady Station, Virginia (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station)
1863 6th Ohio Cavalry ambush at Barbees Crossroads Virginia
1863 Skirmish at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia
1863 Battle at Battle Mountain, Virginia
1863 Battle at Baltimore: Crump's Crossroads Virginia
1863 Skirmish at Fairfax (Courthouse) Virginia
1863 Battle at Upperville Virginia, 389 casualities
1863 West Virginia admitted as 35th U.S. state
1863 Battle at Middleburg Virginia, 100+ casualties
1863 Battle at Middleburg, Virginia
1863 Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back Union in Virginia
1863 Battle of 2nd Winchester, Virginia
1863 Battle of Winchester, Virginia
1863 Skirmish at Berryville Virginia
1863 Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia, Fleetwood, Beverly Ford
1863 Battle of Franklin's Crossing, Virginia, Deep Run
1863 Battle of Fredricksburg, Virginia (Marye's Heights)
1863 Battle of Salem Church, Virginia
1863 South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia (29,000 injured or died)
1863 Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia
1863 Battle of Suffolk, Virginia (Norfleet House)
1863 Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia
1863 Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves
1863 Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia (211 casualities)
1863 1st U.S. fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia
1863 Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia
1862 President Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to Union
1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia (Marye's Heights)
1862 Battle at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia: 51 casualties
1862 Battle at Blackford's Ford Virginia
1862 General Read army pulls out of Antietam Creek Virginia
1862 Federal troops escape from beleaguered Harpers Ferry West Virginia
1862 Battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties)
1862 Oliver Tilden, of the Bronx, killed in Civil War in Virginia
1862 Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (Manassas, Gainesville, Bristoe Station)
1862 Battle of Cedar Mountain Virginia (Slaughter Mountain, Southwest Mountain)
1862 Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia (Harrison's Landing, Crew's Farm)
1862 Battle at Nelson's Farm, Virginia
1862 Battle at Turkey Bridge Virginia: Confederate assault attack
1862 Day 6 of 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp Virginia (Frayser's Farm)
1862 Day 5 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station, Virginia
1862 Day 4 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station/Garnett's Farm, Virginia
1862 Battle at Garnett's/Golding's Farms, Virginia
1862 Battle of Gaines' Mill, Virginia (Cold Harbor, Chickahominy Bluffs) Day 3
1862 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia
1862 Day 2 of 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville Virginia (Meadow Bridge)
1862 U.S. Army of Virginia established under Gen John Pope
1862 Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days
1862 Valley Campaign-Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia
1862 Skirmish at Union Church, Virginia (Peninsular)
1862 Gen Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E Virginia and NC
1862 2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Virginia (11,165 casualties)
1862 Battle of Seven Pines Virginia (Fair Oaks)
1862 Battle of Front Royal, Virginia
1862 Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia (Slash Church, Peake's Station)
1862 Battle of Winchester, Virginia
1862 Battle at Front Royal, Virginia
1862 Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Ft. Royal, Virginia
1862 Battle of Princeton, West Virginia, ends, about 128 casualities
1862 Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Ft. Darling), Virginia
1862 Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk, Virginia
1862 Battle of West Point, Virginia (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville)
1862 Peninsular Campaign-Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia
1862 Battle at Williamsburg, Virginia
1862 Yorktown, Virginia - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brig general Gabrial Rains
1862 Swift Run Gap, West Virginia skirmishes
1862 Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
1862 Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia
1862 Gen Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief
1862 Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor
1862 John Tyler, 10th U.S. President (1841-45), dies in Richmond Virginia at 71
1861 West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg
1861 West Virginia seceded from Virginia
1861 Battle of Balls Bluff, Virginia (Leesburg, Harrison's Island)
1861 Battle of Dumfries, Virginia (Quantico Creek)
1861 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia
1861 Battle at Cheat Mountain, Elkwater West Virginia
1861 Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - Rebel forces repel a Federal landing
1861 Skirmish at Taylor Mountain, (W)Virginia - CS Gen Wise retreats
1861 Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Virginia
1861 Battle of Blackburn's Ford, Virginia US57 CS68 - Manassas -
1861 Manassas, Virginia Gen Beauregard requests reinforcements for his 22,000 men, Gen Johnston is ordered to Manassas
1861 Gen McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia with 40,000 troops
1861 Battle of Corrick's Ford, Virginia (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes total control of western Virginia CS20 US53
1861 Battle of Laurel Mountain Virginia - Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels
1861 Battle of Rich Mountain, Virginia - Rosecrans forces rebels to surrender
1861 Battle of Laurel Hill, Virginia
1861 Skirmish at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
1861 Martinsburg, Virginia - Confederate forces pull out before U.S. advance
1861 Battle of Hoke's Run, West Virginia - small Union victory
1861 Western Virginia campaign
1861 Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - U.S. attacks Confederate batteries
1861 Francis Pierpont is elected provisional governor of West Virginia
1861 Battle of Vienna, Virginia and Secessionville, South Carolina, James Island
1861 Battle of Big Bethel Virginia (Bethel Church, Great Bethal)-Union retreats
1861 1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Virginia
1861 Skirmish at Arlington Mills, Virginia
1861 Alexandria, Virginia occupied by Federal troops
1861 3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe Virginia
1861 Virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession
1861 Richmond, Virginia is designated Confederate Capital
1861 Richmond, Virginia, is named the capital of the Confederacy
1861 West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from U.S.
1861 Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces
1861 Battle of Norfolk, Virginia
1861 Battle of Harpers Ferry, Virginia
1861 Virginia is 8th state to secede
1860 Nation's 1st successful silver mill, Virginia City, Nevada
1859 Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada
1856 [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson, Staunton, Virginia, 28 pres-D-1912-21, Nobel 1919
1851 Leon Virginia Bourgeois, French premier, 1895-96, Nobel 1920
1841 Blanche Kelso Bruce, born in Virginia, Sen-Miss, 1875-1881
1837 Henry Draper, born in Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer, Moon, Jupiter
1836 James Madison, 4th U.S. President (1809-17), dies in Montpelier Virginia at 85
1831 Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia
1812 Marin R Delany, Charlestown, Virginia, 1st black major in U.S. Medical Corp
1807 Former VP Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond Virginia (acquitted)
1807 Robert Edward Lee, Stratford, Virginia, General-in-Chief, Confederacy
1802 John Beckley of Virginia appointed 1st Librarian of Congress
1800 Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion, 1831
1791 Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gave its approval
1790 John Tyler, born in Virginia, 10th President, 1841-1845
1788 Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify U.S. constitution
1787 "Virginia Plan" proposed
1781 Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, traps Cornwallis
1781 English army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia
1776 Virginia state constitution adopted and Patrick Henry made governor
1776 Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights
1774 Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville, Virginia, capt, Lewis and Clark Expedition
1774 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)
1773 William Henry Harrison, Virginia, Whigs, 9th President, March 4-April 4, 1841
1770 William Clark, born in Charlottsville, Virginia, 2nd lt of Lewis and Clark Expedition
1766 Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
1758 George Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess
1758 James Monroe, Westmoreland, Virginia, D-R, 5th President, 1817-25
1755 John Marshall, Virginia, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1801-35
1753 John Taylor, Virginia, philosopher, Jeffersonian Democracy
1751 James Madison, born in Port Conway, Virginia, D-R, 4th U.S. president, 1809-17
1743 Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, D-R, 3rd President, 1801-09
1732 George Washington, Virginia, 1st President, 1789-97
1718 Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, English pirate, killed off Virginia coast
1691 Yorktown Virginia founded
1676 Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown Virginia on fire
1676 Nathaniel Bacon publishes "Declaration of People of Virginia"
1676 Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia government begins
1667 Earliest recorded hurricane in U.S., Jamestown, Virginia
1663 1st serious slave conspiracy in colonial America (Virginia)
1654 Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia
1647 Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Virginia, 1676
1639 Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed
1635 Virginia Gov John Harvey accused of treason and removed from office
1629 1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia
1624 William, Jamestown, Virginia, 1st black child born in English America
1624 Judge directs U.S. colony Virginia to English crown
1623 1st breach-of-promise lawsuit: Rev Gerville Pooley, Virginia files against Cicely Jordan, he loses
1623 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia
1622 1st Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites Jamestown, Virginia; 347 slain
1619 1st Black slaves brought by Dutch to colony of Jamestown Virginia
1619 1st black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia
1619 House of Burgesses Virginia forms, 1st elective U.S. governing body
1610 Thomas West baron De La Mar appointed as 1st Governor of Virginia colony
1610 Thomas West, Baron de La Mar, is appointed governor of Virginia
1608 Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia
1607 1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Virginia
1606 Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va
1587 1st English child born in New World, Virginia Dare
1587 Virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents
1586 Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia
1561 Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony
1535 Bernardo Accolti, [Unico Aretino], Italian writer (Virginia), dies
1458 Bernardo Accolti, [Unico Aretino], Italian writer, Virginia
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