2013 Event A winter storm earlier in the week leaves thousands without power in Southern Ontario, Maine, Michigan and Vermont; below-freezing temperatures sent many to shelters for warmth 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
