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Vermont - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1749-01-03 |
Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont. |
1760-01-28 |
Pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants. |
1777-01-15 |
People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England |
1777-01-16 |
Vermont declares independence from NY |
1777-07-08 |
Vermont introduces new constitution making it 1st US state to abolish slavery |
1780-10-16 |
Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont last major raid of the American Revolutionary War. |
1790-10-28 |
New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000 |
1791-03-04 |
Vermont admitted as 14th state (1st addition to the 13 colonies) |
1799-01-25 |
1st US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont |
1819-08-06 |
Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States. |
1834-06-14 |
Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont |
1864-10-19 |
Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St Albans, Vermont |
1894-06-17 |
1st US poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont |
1896-11-24 |
1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont |
1911-07-04 |
105°F (41°C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record) |
1927-11-03 |
22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record) |
1933-12-30 |
-50°F (-46°C) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record) |
1934-01-28 |
1st US ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock Vermont) |
1971-03-21 |
Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2" |
1984-07-07 |
5 die in a train crash in Williston, Vermont |
1993-08-10 |
Charlotte Anne Lopez, 16, of Vermont, crowned 11th Miss Teen USA |
2000-07-01 |
Vermont's civil unions law goes into effect. |
2001-05-24 |
The Democrats gain control of the U.S. Senate for the first time since 1994 when Senator James Jeffords of Vermont abandons the Republican Party and declares himself an independent. |
2016-12-31 |
Russian hackers penetrated Vermont electric utility: Washington Post |
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Vermont - Notable Birthdays
Vermont - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1795-09-23 |
Alexander Twilight, minister and politician, first African American to graduate and to hold public office, born Corinth Vermont (d.1857) |
1801-06-01 |
Brigham Young, Whitingham Vermont, American religious leader (Mormon church) |
1804-02-07 |
John Deere, Rutland, Vermont, pioneer American blacksmith and manufacturer of agricultural equipment who founded Deere & Company |
1805-12-23 |
Joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vermont, founder (Mormon Church), (d. 1844) |
1814-02-07 |
Gardner Quincy Colton, Georgia, Vermont, USA, American lecturer who was the first to use nitrous oxide as an anesthetic in dentistry |
1829-10-05 |
Chester A. Arthur, Fairfield Vermont, (Republican) 21st American President (1881-85) |
1871-12-13 |
Russell W Porter, Vermont, explorer (Alaska) |
1872-07-04 |
Calvin Coolidge, [Silent Cal], Plymouth Notch Vermont, (R) 30th US President (1923-29), (d. 1933) |
1895-11-26 |
William Wilson (Bill), East Dorset, Vermont, co-founder (alcoholics anonymous), (d. 1971) |
1932-08-19 |
Thomas P. Salmon, 75th Governor of Vermont |
1933-09-28 |
Madeleine M Kunin, Switzerland (Gov-D-Vt), 1st Jewish gov of Vermont |
1941-09-08 |
Bernard Sanders, (Rep-R-Vermont) |
1946-11-24 |
Ted Bundy, Burlington Vermont, serial murderer |
1947-12-26 |
Carlton Fisk, Vermont, all star catcher (Red Sox, White Sox) |
1951-05-13 |
Jim Douglas, American politician, governor of Vermont |
1951-05-21 |
Jim Douglas, Vermont's Own Legacy: 60 Years of WCAX |
1956-10-27 |
Patty Sheehan, Middlebury Vermont, LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open) |
1966-09-04 |
Debra Lewin, South Burlington Vermont, Miss Vermont-America (1991) |
1970-03-06 |
Gesine Bullock-Prado, Grazing in Vermont |
1971-02-11 |
Jennifer Lynne Faucette, Burlington Vermont, Miss America-Vt (1996) |
1971-09-13 |
Nancy Anne Roberts, Miss Vermont USA (1996) |
1974-06-22 |
Nicole Juvan, Essex Junction Vermont, Miss America-Vermont (1997) |
1976-06-10 |
Lisa Jean Costantino, Miss USA-Vermont (1997) |
1979-01-09 |
Lavinia Magruder, Miss Vermont Teen USA (1996) |
1979-04-19 |
Mariah Billado, Miss Vermont Teen USA (1997) |
1991-9-02 |
Patrick Adigweme, Vanished in Vermont |
2184-08-05 |
Christine Lauren Chapel, Davenport Heights, Vermont (Star Trek) |
Vermont - Notable Weddings
Vermont - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1905-10-04 |
30th US President Calvin Coolidge (33) weds Grace Anna Goodhue (26) in Burlington, Vermont |
1988-07-16 |
"Back To The Future" actor Michael J. Fox (27) weds "Family Ties" actress Tracy Pollan (28) at West Mountain Inn in Arlington, Vermont |
1996-11-13 |
"A Room With A View" actor Daniel Day-Lewis (39) weds "Personal Velocity: Three Portraits" screenwriter Rebecca Miller (34) in Vermont |
2008-12-21 |
Talk show host Craig Ferguson (46) weds art dealer Megan Wallace Cunningham (26) in Chester, Vermont |
Vermont - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1956-06-25 |
Boris Vermont, Light in the Window |
