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1996 Roger Tory Peterson, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds', dies at 87
1992 Erie Sailors (Florida Marlin farm team) 1st game beat Jamestown 6-5 in 13 1957 Lee Smith, Jamestown, Louisiana, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds 1957 Jamestown, Virginia 350th Anniversary Festival opens 1955 Richard J. Hieb, Jamestown ND, astronaut, STS-39, 49, 65 1946 Jim Ramstad, born in Jamestown, North Dakota, Representative-R-Minnesota 1991 - 2009 1940 Roger K Crouch, Jamestown Tennessee, astronauts, STS-83, 94 1933 Jud Strunk, born in Jamestown, New York, singer/comedian, Laugh-In 1920 Peggy Lee, Norma Egstrom, Jamestown ND, singer, Thats All There Is? 1911 Lucille Ball, born in Jamestown, New York, comedienne/actress, I Love Lucy, Mame 1908 Roger Tory Peterson, born in Jamestown, New York, ornithologist/writer 'How to Know Birds' 1908 Louis D L'Amour, Jamestown ND, author, Hondo, Jubal Sackett 1907 Jamestown, Virginia Tercentenary Exposition opens 1862 Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor 1676 Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown Virginia on fire 1667 Earliest recorded hurricane in U.S., Jamestown, Virginia 1624 William, Jamestown, Virginia, 1st black child born in English America 1622 1st Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites Jamestown, Virginia; 347 slain 1619 1st Black slaves brought by Dutch to colony of Jamestown Virginia 1619 1st black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia 1608 John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va 1608 John Smith's story of Jamestown's 1st days submitted for publication 1608 Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia 1607 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown 1607 1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Virginia 1606 Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va |
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