1944: George Lucas, movie producer and director who revolutionized visual effects in his Star Wars series of films, was born in Modesto, California.

1607: Library of Congress: English settlers arriving under the authority of the Virginia Company of London chartered by King James I established the first permanent British settlement in North America at a place they named Jamestown, Virginia."We landed all our men," George Percy wrote in his account of the event, "which were set to worke about [i.e., on] the fortification, and others some to watch and ward as it was convenient."