Freed black man Richard Johnson was granted 100 acres of land in the state of Virginia.
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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 three ships carrying settlers who would later found Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies, departed England.
NASA's Explorer 9 satellite launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia.
The first radio message to go across the Atlantic Ocean was sent from Virginia to Paris.
The first college fraternity, The Flat Hat Society, was formed in the Raleigh Tavern at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
