The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
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The United States Supreme Court declared that it was unlawful to discriminate in interstate travel.
The three ships carrying settlers who would later found Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies, departed England.
The first radio message to go across the Atlantic Ocean was sent from Virginia to Paris.
Virginia became the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
The first US fire extinguisher patent was granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia.
