Every Year

• VERMONT ADMISSION DAY

1670s

• BORN 1678: ANTONIO VIVALDI (COMPOSER)

1680s

• 1681: WILLIAM PENN WAS GIVEN A CHARTER FOR LANDS IN THE NEW WORLD BY KING CHARLES II

1750s

• BORN 1754: BENJAMIN WATERHOUSE (PHYSICIAN)

1780s

• 1789: THE FIRST CONGRESS MET IN NY

1790s

• 1791: VERMONT BECAME THE 14TH STATE OF THE UNION
• 1793: GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS INAUGURATED FOR A SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN PHILADELPHIA; JOHN ADAMS BECAME VICE PRESIDENT. GEORGE WASHINGTON’S SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS WAS THE SHORTEST ON RECORD–135 WORDS. IT TOOK HIM ONLY TWO MINUTES TO READ IT.
• 1797: JOHN ADAMS WAS INAUGURATED AS THE SECOND U.S. PRESIDENT; THOMAS JEFFERSON BECAME VICE PRESIDENT

1800s

• 1801: THOMAS JEFFERSON BECAME THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO BE INAUGURATED IN THE NEW U.S. CAPITAL OF WASHINGTON, D.C.; AARON BURR BECAME VICE PRESIDENT
• 1809: JAMES MADISON INAUGURATED AS 4TH U.S. PRESIDENT

1810s

• 1817: JAMES MONROE INAUGURATED AS 5TH U.S. PRESIDENT

1820s

• 1825: JOHN QUINCY ADAMS INAUGURATED AS 6TH U.S. PRESIDENT
• 1829: ANDREW JACKSON INAUGURATED AS THE 7TH U.S. PRESIDENT

1830s

• 1831: JOHN QUINCY ADAMS RETURNED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. HE WAS THE FIRST FORMER PRESIDENT TO DO SO AND SERVED FOR NINE CONSECUTIVE TERMS
• 1837: MARTIN VAN BUREN INAUGURATED AS THE 8TH U.S. PRESIDENT

1840s

• 1841: WILLIAM H. HARRISON INAUGURATED AS 9TH U.S. PRESIDENT; UPON HIS DEATH A MONTH LATER, THE VICE PRESIDENT, JOHN TYLER, BECAME THE 10TH U.S. PRESIDENT
• 1845: JAMES POLK INAUGURATED AS 11TH U.S. PRESIDENT

1850s

• 1853: FRANKLIN PIERCE BECAME THE 14TH U.S. PRESIDENT
• 1857: JAMES BUCHANAN BECAME THE 15TH U.S. PRESIDENT

1860s

• 1861: ABRAHAM LINCOLN BECAME THE 16TH U.S. PRESIDENT
• 1865: ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS INAUGURATED FOR A SECOND TERM AS U.S. PRESIDENT; VICE PRESIDENT, ANDREW JOHNSON
• 1869: ULYSSES S. GRANT BECAME THE 18TH U.S. PRESIDENT

1880s

• BORN 1888: KNUTE ROCKNE (FOOTBALL COACH)
• 1889: BENJAMIN HARRISON WAS SWORN IN AS THE 23RD U.S. PRESIDENT

1910s

• BORN 1913: JOHN GARFIELD (ACTOR)
• 1917: REP. JEANETTE RANKIN BECAME FIRST WOMAN IN CONGRESS

1920s

• BORN 1928: ALAN SILLITOE (NOVELIST)

1930s

• BORN 1931: ALICE MITCHELL RIVLIN (GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL)
• BORN 1932: MIRIAM MAKEBA (SINGER)
• 1933: IN HIS FIRST INAUGURAL SPEECH, PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT TOLD HIS FELLOW AMERICANS THAT, “. . . THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF,” REFERRING TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
• BORN 1934: BARBARA MCNAIR (SINGER)

1950s

• BORN 1953: KAY LENZ (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1954: CATHERINE O’HARA (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1958: PATRICIA HEATON (ACTRESS)

1960s

• 1962: NUCLEAR-POWER PLANT BEGAN OPERATION IN ANTARCTICA

1970s

• BORN 1971: JASON SELLERS (COUNTRY SINGER)
• 1977: EARTHQUAKE DESTROYED PARTS OF BUCHAREST ROMANIA, AND NEARBY AREA, LEAVING 1,500 DEAD
• 1979: VOYAGER I SPACECRAFT REVEALED RINGS OF JUPITER

1980s

• BORN 1982: LANDON DONOVAN (SOCCER PLAYER)
• 1982: BERTHA WILSON BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
• 1989: MACHINISTS STRIKE EASTERN AIRLINES. PILOTS AND FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HONOR PICKET LINES

1990s

• BORN 1990: ANDREA BOWEN (ACTRESS)
• DIED 1994: JOHN CANDY (COMEDIAN)
• DIED 1996: MINNIE PEARL (COMEDIENNE & SINGER)

2000s

• DIED 2004: GEORGE PAKE (COMPUTER PIONEER)
• DIED 2009: HORTON FOOTE (PLAYWRIGHT & SCREENWRITER)
• 2009: BRITISH PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN AWARDED AN HONORARY KNIGHTHOOD TO U.S. SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY

2010s

• DIED 2019: LUKE PERRY (ACTOR)

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