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- 1781 – A 26-year-old Virginian, John "Jack" Jouett Jr., made a dangerous, 40-mile dash on horseback to Monticello, the home of Virginia Governor Thomas Jefferson, to sound the alarm that British forces were on the way to capture the Founding Father.
- 1912 – The Edison Moving Picture Company arrived in Charlottesville to begin filming "Jouett’s Ride and Cornwallis’ Surrender" at Monticello and in the city.
- 1940 – the General Assembly of Virginia designated this day as Jack Jouett Day.