1970 Kerrin Petty, Townshend Vt, cross country skier 1994 Olympics
1969 John Leclair, St. Albans VT, NHL forward, Team USA, Philadelphia
1968 WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 WETK TV channel 33 in Burlington, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 Doug Burden, Rutland Vt, rower, Olympics-5th-88, 92, 96
1963 Cindy Gibb, Bennington Vt, actress, Search for Tomorrow, Youngblood
1963 Beth Chamberlin, Danville Vt, actress, Beth Spaulding-Guiding Light
1960 Matt Salinger, Windsor VT, actor, Capt America, Deadly Deception
1956 Patty Sheehan, Middlebury VT, LPGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Women's Open
1954 WCAX TV channel 3 in Burlington, VT (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 Robert Cochran, Claremont Vt, skier, Olympics-1972
1950 Ernest Thompson, Bellows Fall Vt, actor, Sierra, Westside Medical
1932 Andrea Mead Lawrence, Rutland Vt, alpine slalom skier, Oly-2 gold-52
1927 Tropical storm flooding kills 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vt)
1919 14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money
1901 Rudy Vallee, Vt, singer, Vagabond Dreams, My Time Is Your Time
1880 Ralph Edward Flanders, Barnet VT, Sen-VT
1872 Calvin Coolidge, [Silent Cal], Plymouth Vt, R, 30th President, 1923-29
1830 Chester Alan Arthur, Fairfield Vt, R, 21st President, 1881-85
1823 1st normal school in U.S. opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vt
1811 John Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community, Perfectionists
1805 Joseph Smith, Jr., Sharon Vt, founder, Mormon Church
1798 Rep Matthew Lyon (Vt) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (Ct) in U.S. House of Representatives, after an argument
1794 1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published
1777 Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt
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