Historical Events
Crimes:
Murder of Lt. Alanson L. Sanborn [July 11, 1863] (External site)
Disasters:
Airship Roma Crash [February 21, 1922] (External site)
Great Berkley Fire [April 13, 1922] (External site)
Naval Air Station Norfolk Explosion [September 17, 1943] (External site)
Ethnics:
African American:
Creole Uprising (Creole case) [November 1841] (External site)
Margaret Crittendon Douglass Arrested for Teaching Free Black Children [May 9, 1853] (External site)
Military Battles:
Battle of the Virginia Capes or Battle of the Chesapeake [September 5, 1781] (External site)
Battle of Craney Island [June 22, 1813] (External site)
Battle of the Ironclads [CSS Virginia vs USS Monitor] [March 9, 1862] (External site)
USS Chesapeake and HMS Leopard [June 21, 1807] (External site)