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- 1806 – President Thomas Jefferson appeals to Congress asking for a ban on the slave trade.
- 1840 – Charlotte Digges "Lottie" Moon is born at the Viewmont plantation near Scottsville, Albemarle County, Virginia, into a prominent local family.
- 1977 – Former Charlottesville mayor J. Emmett Gleason dies at age 86.
- 2023 – One of Charlottesville's most prominent restaurateurs, Will Richey, dies in an early-morning car crash.