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2011 Event - New England's state of Vermont experiences the worst flooding in 100 years

2008 Death - William Odom, dies in Vermont, of a heart attack, at 75

2007 Death - Grace Paley, dies in Vermont, of breast cancer, at 84

1993 Event - Charlotte Anne Lopez, 16, of Vermont, crowned 11th Miss Teen USA

1984 Death - George Aiken, Governor of Vermont 1937 - 1941, Senator-R-Vermont, 1941 - 1975, dies at 92

1984 Event - 5 die in a train crash in Williston, Vermont

1979 Birthday - Mariah Billado, Miss Vermont Teen USA 1997

1979 Birthday - Lavinia Magruder, Miss Vermont Teen USA 1996

1974 Birthday - Nicole Juvan, Essex Junction Vermont, Miss America-Vermont 1997

1972 Birthday - Gabriel Mann, born in Middlebury, Vermont, actor, fashion model, appeared in films, 'The Bourne Supremacy', 'Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist'

1971 Birthday - Nancy Anne Roberts, Miss Vermont USA 1996

1971 Event - Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2"

1971 Birthday - Jennifer Lynne Faucette, Burlington Vermont, Miss America-Vt 1996

1967 Birthday - Sean Moynihan, Burlington, Vermont, actor, Powell-One Life to Live

1966 Birthday - Debra Lewin, born in South Burlington, Vermont, Miss Vermont-America 1991

1963 Birthday - Leslie Thompson, Burlington, Vermont, cross country skier 1994 Olympics

1955 Birthday - Bill Koch, born in Brattleboro, Vermont, skier, first U.S. world-class cross-country skier, won 1982 Cross-country skiing World Cup

1950 Birthday - Marilyn Cochran, Burlington, Vermont, skier, Olympics-1972

1947 Birthday - Carlton Fisk, born in Vermont, all star catcher, Red Sox, White Sox

1946 Birthday - Ted Bundy, Burlington, Vermont, serial murderer

1943 Birthday - Carol Lavell, born in Fairfax, Vermont, equestrian dressage, Olympics bronze 1992, 1996

1940 Birthday - Patrick Leahy, born in Montpelier, Vermont, Senator-D-Vermont 1975 -

1934 Event - 1st U.S. ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock Vermont)

1933 Event - -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record)

1933 Birthday - Madeleine M Kunin, born in Switzerland, Gov-D-Vt, 1st Jewish Governor of Vermont

1931 Birthday - Duane E. Graveline, born in Newport, Vermont, astronaut

1928 Birthday - Orson Bean, Burlington, Vermont, actor/comedian, To Tell the Truth

1927 Event - 22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record)

1926 Birthday - Carleton Carpenter, born in Bennington, Vermont, actor, Up Periscope, Summer Stock

1913 Birthday - Robert Stafford, born in Rutland, Vermont, Senator-R-Vermont 1971 - 1989, Governor of Vermont 1959 - 1961

1911 Event - 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record)

1896 Event - 1st U.S. absentee voting law enacted by Vermont

1894 Event - 1st U.S. poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont

1892 Birthday - George Aiken, born in Dummerston, Vermont, Governor of Vermont 1937 - 1941, Senator-R-Vermont, 1941 - 1975

1871 Birthday - Russell W. Porter, Vermont, explorer, Alaska

1864 Event - Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St. Albans, Vermont

1835 Birthday - Charles Kendall Adams, born in Derby, Vermont, historian, educator, served as second President of Cornell University 1885 - 1892, President, University of Wisconsin 1892 - 1901

1834 Event - Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer, Jr., Springfield, Vermont

1799 Event - 1st U.S. patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont

1798 Event - Rep Matthew Lyon, Vermont spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold,Connecticut, in U.S. House of Representatives, after an argument

1791 Event - Vermont admitted as 14th state (1st addition to the 13 colonies)

1790 Event - New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000

1777 Event - Vermont becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage

1777 Event - Vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery

1777 Event - Vermont declares independence from NY

1777 Event - People of New Connecticut, Vermont, declare independence from England

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