births
May 29, 1736
Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (died 1799)
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786.
Governor of Virginia
The governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The governor is head of the executive branch of the government of Virginia and is the commander-in-chief of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force.
May 29
May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 216 days remain until the end of the year.