The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
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The three ships carrying settlers who would later found Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies, departed England.
The first college fraternity, The Flat Hat Society, was formed in the Raleigh Tavern at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Virginia became the 10th state to join the United States of America.
Bacon's Rebellion set Jamestown, Virginia, on fire after a year of conflict to change Virginia's Native American-Frontier policy.
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