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The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
NASA's Explorer 9 satellite launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia.
The United States Supreme Court declared that it was unlawful to discriminate in interstate travel.
The first full-scale wind tunnel for airplane testing was built at Langley Field, Virginia. For ten years, it remained the largest wind tunnel in the world.
The first radio message to go across the Atlantic Ocean was sent from Virginia to Paris.
The first US fire extinguisher patent was granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia.
The Battle of Bull Run took place at Manassas Junction, Virginia.
The US Bill of Rights was ratified when Virginia gave its approval, which became amendments 1-10 of the constitution.
Virginia became the 10th state to join the United States of America.
Virginia became the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
The first college fraternity, The Flat Hat Society, was formed in the Raleigh Tavern at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Bacon's Rebellion set Jamestown, Virginia, on fire after a year of conflict to change Virginia's Native American-Frontier policy.
Freed black man Richard Johnson was granted 100 acres of land in the state of Virginia.
The three ships carrying settlers who would later found Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies, departed England.
Tobacco arrived in England for the first time.
