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Newport News, VA
CITY
Official Website:
http://www.newport-news.va.us/ Population:
180150 (2000 census) Founding Date:
1621 County:
Newport News city Founded 1621 by Daniel Gookin and other colonists. BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Pearl Bailey |
Singer |
29-Mar-1918 |
17-Aug-1990 |
Appointed by Nixon as Ambassador of Love |
| Aaron Brooks |
Football |
24-Mar-1976 |
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Former NFL quarterback |
| Joyce Bulifant |
Actor |
16-Dec-1937 |
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Match Game panelist |
| Frankie Faison |
Actor |
10-Jun-1949 |
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In every Hannibal Lecter film |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Singer |
25-Apr-1917 |
15-Jun-1996 |
The First Lady of Jazz |
| Barney Hill |
Hoaxer |
20-Jul-1922 |
25-Feb-1969 |
Self-proclaimed UFO abductee |
| Richard Kelly |
Screenwriter |
28-Mar-1975 |
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Wrote and directed Donnie Darko |
| J. Hillis Miller |
Critic |
5-Mar-1928 |
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Deconstructionist literary critic |
| Hazel O'Leary |
Government |
17-May-1937 |
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US Secretary of Energy 1993-97 |
| William Styron |
Novelist |
11-Jun-1925 |
31-Oct-2006 |
The Confessions of Nat Turner |
| Marcus Vick |
Football |
20-Mar-1984 |
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Former Miami Dolphins WR and QB |
| Michael Vick |
Football |
26-Jun-1980 |
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Atlanta Falcons QB in dogfighting scandal |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Mills E. Godwin, Jr. |
Politician |
19-Nov-1914 |
30-Jan-1999 |
Twice Governor of Virginia |
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