Virginia became the 10th state to join the United States of America.
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NASA's Explorer 9 satellite launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia.
Virginia became the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
Tobacco arrived in England for the first time.
The three ships carrying settlers who would later found Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies, departed England.
Freed black man Richard Johnson was granted 100 acres of land in the state of Virginia.
