1. In 1609, the first shipment of women arrived in Jamestown, Virginia. The Virginia Company had arranged for the Maysville Maidens, a group of young English women, to travel to the colony in order to boost the male population and encourage settlement.

2. On March 30, 1781, the British army led by General Charles Cornwallis launched a surprise attack against the Continental Army at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina. Although the British were technically victorious, they suffered heavy losses and Cornwallis soon realized that he could not sustain a prolonged campaign in the southern colonies.

3. In 1863, the Union Army successfully captured Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederacy. Although the Confederate government had already fled the city, the Union victory marked a turning point in the Civil War and paved the way for eventual Union victory.

4. On March 30, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, which guaranteed voting rights to African American men. Virginia was one of several states that initially rejected ratification before eventually ratifying the amendment in 1970.

5. In 1945, the United Nations Conference on International Organization began in San Francisco, California. Virginia's Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. was one of the delegates who represented the United States at the conference, which ultimately led to the creation of the United Nations on October 24 of that year.