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2008 William Odom, dies in Vermont, of a heart attack, at 75
2007 Grace Paley, dies in Vermont, of breast cancer, at 84 1993 Charlotte Anne Lopez, 16, of Vermont, crowned 11th Miss Teen USA 1984 George Aiken, Governor of Vermont 1937 - 1941, Senator-R-Vermont, 1941 - 1975, dies at 92 1984 5 die in a train crash in Williston, Vermont 1979 Mariah Billado, Miss Vermont Teen USA 1997 1979 Lavinia Magruder, Miss Vermont Teen USA 1996 1974 Nicole Juvan, Essex Junction Vermont, Miss America-Vermont 1997 1971 Nancy Anne Roberts, Miss Vermont USA 1996 1971 Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2" 1971 Jennifer Lynne Faucette, Burlington Vermont, Miss America-Vt 1996 1967 Sean Moynihan, Burlington, Vermont, actor, Powell-One Life to Live 1966 Debra Lewin, born in South Burlington, Vermont, Miss Vermont-America 1991 1963 Leslie Thompson, Burlington, Vermont, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1955 Bill Koch, born in Brattleboro, Vermont, skier, first U.S. world-class cross-country skier, won 1982 Cross-country skiing World Cup 1950 Marilyn Cochran, Burlington, Vermont, skier, Olympics-1972 1947 Carlton Fisk, born in Vermont, all star catcher, Red Sox, White Sox 1946 Ted Bundy, Burlington, Vermont, serial murderer 1943 Carol Lavell, born in Fairfax, Vermont, equestrian dressage, Olympics bronze 1992, 1996 1940 Patrick Leahy, born in Montpelier, Vermont, Senator-D-Vermont 1975 - 1934 1st U.S. ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock Vermont) 1933 -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record) 1933 Madeleine M Kunin, born in Switzerland, Gov-D-Vt, 1st Jewish Governor of Vermont 1931 Duane E. Graveline, born in Newport, Vermont, astronaut 1928 Orson Bean, Burlington, Vermont, actor/comedian, To Tell the Truth 1927 22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record) 1926 Carleton Carpenter, born in Bennington, Vermont, actor, Up Periscope, Summer Stock 1913 Robert Stafford, born in Rutland, Vermont, Senator-R-Vermont 1971 - 1989, Governor of Vermont 1959 - 1961 1911 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record) 1896 1st U.S. absentee voting law enacted by Vermont 1894 1st U.S. poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont 1892 George Aiken, born in Dummerston, Vermont, Governor of Vermont 1937 - 1941, Senator-R-Vermont, 1941 - 1975 1871 Russell W. Porter, Vermont, explorer, Alaska 1864 Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St. Albans, Vermont 1835 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 Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer, Jr., Springfield, Vermont 1799 1st U.S. patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont 1798 Rep Matthew Lyon, Vermont spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold,Connecticut, in U.S. House of Representatives, after an argument 1791 Vermont admitted as 14th state (1st addition to the 13 colonies) 1790 New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000 1777 Vermont becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage 1777 Vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery 1777 Vermont declares independence from NY 1777 People of New Connecticut, Vermont, declare independence from England |
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