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- 1865 – University of Virginia law professor John B. Minor noted in his diary the news that Confederate forces had been “totally routed” at Waynesboro. Nobody knew how quickly the enemy cavalrymen might travel, only that they seemed to be headed toward Charlottesville.
- 1872 – Lewis Commodore the only enslaved man to have been owned by the University of Virginia, died. Martin was freed by the time he was hired as the University’s bell ringer and janitor in 1847.
- 1971 – Christ Episcopal Church listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register.
- 2016 – Jesse Leroy "LJ" Matthew Jr. entered guilty pleas in Albemarle County court for the 2014 slaying of UVA student Hannah Graham and the 2009 killing of Virginia Tech junior Morgan Harrington.