Events in Virgin Islands (US) History
- 1848-07-03 Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands)
- 1867-10-29 Mail packets "Rhone" & "Wye" capsize off St Thomas, Virgin Islands
- 1916-08-04 Denmark and the United States sign a treaty whereby the Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, are to be ceded to the US in 1917 for $25 million
- 1917-01-17 US pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands (or 3/21)
- 1917-03-31 The Danish West Indies are officially ceded to the US for $25 million and renamed the Virgin Islands
- 1936-06-22 Virgin Islands receives a constitution from US (Organic Act)
- 1937-03-26 William H. Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands)
- 1946-05-07 William H. Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands
- 1954-06-22 US Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands
- 1954-07-22 US Virgin Islands adopt constitution (Revised Organic Act)
Famous People from Virgin Islands (US)
- 1810-10-23 William Leidesdorff, Mixed-race early Californian businessman, born in Christiansted, Virgin Islands, Danish West Indies (d. 1848)
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
1830-07-10 Danish Antillean and French Impressionist painter, born in Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands)
- 1861-07-03 Peter Jackson, Australian heavyweight boxer (International Boxing Hall of Fame), born in Christiansted, US Virgin Islands (d. 1901)
- 1889-11-04 Alton Adams, American composer (1st black bandmaster in the United States Navy), born in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (d. 1987)
- 1930-08-02 Ron de Lugo, American politician (1st delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from U.S. Virgin Islands' 1981-95), born in Englewood, New Jersey (d. 2020)
- 1934-06-06 Roy Innis, American activist, leader of the Congress of Racial Equality, born in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (d. 2017)
- 1935-12-13 Joe Christopher, American baseball player, born in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Emile Griffith (1938-2013)
1938-02-03 American boxer, (world welterweight, middleweight & junior middleweight champion), born in Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Kelsey Grammer (69 years old)
1955-02-21 American actor, comedian, director and activist ("Frasier Crane" in Cheers and Fraiser), born in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands
- 1965-09-07 Ron Blake, American jazz saxophonist, (SNL band; Christian McBride Big Band; Art Farmer), bandleader, composer, and music educator (Juilliard), born in the U.S. Virgin Islands
- 1966-01-05 Renaldo Turnbull, American NFL defensive end (New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers), born in Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands
- 1966-11-07 Lisa Canning, American TV and radio hostess (Entertainment Tonight), born in St.Thomas, Virgin Islands
- 1970-08-01 Quentin Coryatt, American NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts), born in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Tim Duncan (48 years old)
1976-04-25 American NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs), born in Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
- 1979-01-16 Rashawn Ross, American trumpeter (Dave Mathews Band), born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- 1979-09-23 Janelle James, American comedian and actress (Abbott Elementary), born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- 1988-01-08 Adam T. Siska, American rock bassist (The Academy Is...), born in the US Virgin Islands
Famous Americans
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A. E. Douglass
A. J. Foyt
Aaron Burr