1. In 1607, the English arrived at Jamestown, Virginia. This marked the first successful English settlement in the New World.

2. On May 14, 1779, the Virginia General Assembly passed the Act for Establishing Religious Freedom. This ground-breaking law, authored by Thomas Jefferson, separated church and state, and paved the way for the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

3. On May 14, 1864, during the American Civil War, the Battle of New Market took place in Shenandoah County. The Confederate army, which included a group of teenage cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, defeated Union forces.

4. In 1927, the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh landed at an airfield in Norfolk, Virginia, as part of his historic solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He was greeted by a crowd of 25,000 people.

5. On May 14, 1973, the Virginia State Capitol Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The district includes several historically significant buildings, including the Virginia State Capitol, which was designed by Thomas Jefferson.