1. In 1765, the Virginia House of Burgesses passed a series of resolutions protesting against the Stamp Act, which was a tax on printed materials imposed by the British Parliament. This was one of the earliest acts of resistance against British authority that ultimately led to the American Revolution.

2. On March 29, 1865, Union troops under the command of General Philip Sheridan occupied Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy. This marked the end of the Civil War in Virginia and the beginning of the process of Reconstruction.

3. In 1904, the Virginia General Assembly passed the first compulsory school attendance law in the state. This required all children between the ages of eight and fourteen to attend school for at least sixteen weeks each year.

4. In 1958, a new toll bridge opened across the Chesapeake Bay, connecting Virginia's Eastern Shore with the rest of the state. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was considered a marvel of engineering at the time and remains an important transportation route today.

5. On March 29, 2010, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell signed a bill that allowed concealed weapons to be carried in Virginia's national parks. This was part of a broader trend of loosening gun control laws in the state and across the country.