Freed black man Richard Johnson was granted 100 acres of land in the state of Virginia.
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The first US fire extinguisher patent was granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia.
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.
Bacon's Rebellion set Jamestown, Virginia, on fire after a year of conflict to change Virginia's Native American-Frontier policy.
The three ships carrying settlers who would later found Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies, departed England.
The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
