* 1919 – Virginia O ' Brien, American actress and singer ( d. 2001 )

Fans in Norfolk, Virginia, chanted " O!

Kaye starred in several movies with actress Virginia Mayo in the 1940s, and is well known for his roles in films such as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ( 1947 ), The Inspector General ( 1949 ), On the Riviera ( 1951 ) co-starring Gene Tierney, Knock on Wood ( 1954 ), White Christmas ( 1954, in a role originally intended for Fred Astaire, then Donald O ' Connor ), The Court Jester ( 1956 ), and Merry Andrew ( 1958 ).

The film stars George O ' Brien as the introverted Crown Prince Michael, William Powell as his happy-go-lucky brother and Virginia Valli as Michael's flapper love interest Dolores.

Industrialist Collis P. Huntington ( 1821 – 1900 ) provided crucial funding to complete the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad ( C & O ) from Richmond, Virginia to the Ohio River in the early 1870s.

Although originally built for general commerce, this C & O rail link to the midwest was soon also being used to transport bituminous coal from the previously isolated coalfields, adjacent to the New River and the Kanawha River in West Virginia.

In 1881, the Peninsula Extension of the C & O was built from Richmond down the Virginia Peninsula to reach a new coal pier on Hampton Roads in Warwick County near the small unincorporated community of Newport News Point.

Other stars include Jack Hawkins as General Picton, Virginia McKenna as the Duchess of Richmond and Dan O ' Herlihy as Marshal Ney.

In 1897, Dr. Philip O ' Hanlon, a coroner's assistant on Manhattan's Upper West Side, was asked by his then eight-year-old daughter, Virginia ( 1889 – 1971 ), whether Santa Claus really existed.

Virginia O ' Hanlon's full married name was Laura Virginia O ' Hanlon Douglas.

Janet C. Rotter, Head of School, announced the establishment of the Virginia O ' Hanlon Scholarship, speaking passionately about their commitment to offering need-based scholarships for students of merit.

" Virginia O ' Hanlon ".

* CBC radio interview of Virginia O ' Hanlon Douglas in 1963

* WBBM Chicago 1968 Mal Bellairs radio interview of Virginia O ' Hanlon Douglas

* WTEN – Albany PBS – video of Virginia O ' Hanlon reading the editorial to children in the 1960s.

On The Dresden Dolls ' album Yes, Virginia ..., the piece " Mrs. O " includes reference to the Story of O.

Written by Frank S. Beresford and directed by John B. O ' Brien, the film tells the story of John Henry Jackson ( William B. Davidson ) and Catherine Kimberly ( Virginia Pearson ).

The film stars Bette Davis and Charles Boyer with Barbara O ' Neil, Jeffrey Lynn, Virginia Weidler, Helen Westley, Walter Hampden, Henry Daniell, Harry Davenport, George Coulouris, Montagu Love, Janet Beecher and June Lockhart.

Four actresses have played Alice: Virginia Davis ( 15 ), Margie Gay ( 31 ), Dawn O ' Day ( 1 ) and Lois Hardwick ( 10 ).

After the American Civil War ( 1861 – 1865 ), William Mahone, a civil engineer and hero of the Battle of the Crater, was the driving force in the linkage of 3 railroads, including the V & T, across the southern tier of Virginia to form the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad ( AM & O ), a new line extending from Norfolk to Bristol, Virginia in 1870.

As a young man, Raoul was a close friend of Virginia O ' Hanlon of " Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus " fame.

* 2010: Greg Heffley, Po from Kung Fu Panda, Virginia O ' Hanlon

Harris is married to Ann O ' Hanlon, and lives with their three children in Alexandria, Virginia.

Main Street, Chatham, Virginia | Chatham, Pittsylvania County, circa 1922

Sarah " Sally " Hemings ( Charles City County, Virginia, circa 1773 – Charlottesville, Virginia, 1835 ) was an enslaved woman of mixed race owned by President Thomas Jefferson through his wife's inheritance.

Leaving his deputy Sir Samuel Argall ( circa 1580 – circa 1626 ) in charge, Lord De La Warr returned to England and published a book about Virginia, The Relation of the Right Honourable the Lord De-La-Warre, of the Colonie, Planted in Virginia, in 1611.

The first American asylum was built in Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1773.

Virginia Dare Tobacco, label, circa 1871

A city in Virginia circa 1773 was recreated, providing a stage for teaching grade school students about the life, culture, and history of Colonial America.

He was listed as a ballplayer in 1910, and had one daughter, Virginia, born circa 1905 in Michigan.

Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets belt buckle, circa 1941

The town, which lies in Virginia Military District Military Survey 2956, was established circa 1808, the first settlement of Hamilton Township.

Piedmont Sanatorium was established circa 1917 in Burkeville, Virginia as a rest home for blacks suffering from tuberculosis.

Band of the 2nd Virginia Infantry Volunteers, circa 1890

* September 9 – Virginia Rappe, American model and actress ( born 1895 )

New facilities were built, including the penitentiary at Leavenworth in 1895, and a facility for women located in West Virginia, at Alderson was established in 1924.

Princess Anne County ( 1691-1963 ), now extinct, with Virginia Beach from 1895 Virginia map

Southampton County from 1895 map of Virginia

Warwick County ( shaded in orange on this 1895 map ) was originally one of the eight shires created in Colony of Virginia | colonial Virginia in 1634.

* Benjamin W. Lacy, ( 1839 – 1895 ), born in New Kent County, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and the Supreme Court of Virginia

Norfolk County, Virginia ( from 1895 map ), existed from 1691-1963, now extinct

Charles City County, Virginia from 1895 state map

In 1847, after being a member of the first graduating class of Virginia Military Institute ( VMI ), William " Little Billy " Mahone ( 1826 – 1895 ) of Southampton County began teaching at Rappahannock Academy in Caroline County.

Botetourt County, Virginia, from 1895 state map

* John D. Imboden, ( 1823 – 1895 ), born in Augusta County, member of the Virginia General Assembly, Confederate Army cavalry general and partisan fighter in the American Civil War.

Richard J. Marshall was born in Markham, Fauquier County, Virginia, on 16 June 1895, the son of Marion Lewis Marshall and his wife Rebecca Coke Marshall.

Elizabeth City County ( shaded in green ) was located at the eastern tip of the Virginia Peninsula on this 1895 map.

In 1895, he married Irene Langhorne, born in Danville, Virginia, a sister of Nancy Astor, the first woman to serve in as a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons.

* John F. Lewis ( 1818 – 1895 ), United States Senator from Virginia

White Servitude In The Colony Of Virginia: A Study Of The System Of Indentured Labor In The American Colonies ( 1895 )

Born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Hines graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned as a second lieutenant of Infantry on June 12, 1895.

Basil L. Plumley ( January 1, 1920 ) was born in Shady Spring, West Virginia, the second son and fifth child of coal miner Clay Plumley ( b. 1879 ) and his wife Georgia ( b. abt. 1895 ), both of West Virginian stock.

Greenway was born in Huntsville, Alabama, and attended Phillips Academy, Andover and then the University of Virginia and graduated in 1895 from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University.

Matthew Ridgway was born March 3, 1895 in Fort Monroe, Virginia to Colonel Thomas Ridgway, an artillery officer, and Ruth Ridgway.

Cover of the first edition of the novel ( 1895 ) with the likeness of actress Virginia Harned stenciled on the jacket