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.

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
The Newport News Daily Press

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Newport News Shipbuilding	1886

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Samuel Armacost	Business	Mar-1939		Chairman of SRI International
Pearl Bailey	Singer	29-Mar-1918	17-Aug-1990	Appointed by Nixon as Ambassador of Love
Aaron Brooks	Football	24-Mar-1976		Former NFL quarterback
Joyce Bulifant	Actor	16-Dec-1937		Match Game panelist
Naomi C. Earp	Government	c. 1950		Chairman of the EEOC, 2006-08
Frankie Faison	Actor	10-Jun-1949		Commissioner Burrell on The Wire
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		Donnie Darko
J. Hillis Miller	Critic	5-Mar-1928		Deconstructionist literary critic
Hazel O'Leary	Government	17-May-1937		US Secretary of Energy 1993-97
Sonja Sohn	Actor	1964		Det. Greggs on The Wire
William Styron	Novelist	11-Jun-1925	31-Oct-2006	The Confessions of Nat Turner
Marcus Vick	Football	20-Mar-1984		Former Miami Dolphins WR and QB
Michael Vick	Football	26-Jun-1980		Football quarterback and dog fighter

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mills E. Godwin, Jr.	Politician	19-Nov-1914	30-Jan-1999	Twice Governor of Virginia
Caldwell Johnson	Engineer	16-Oct-1919	26-May-2013	Designer, early NASA space program

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