1. Vermont became the 14th state of the United States on April 30, 1791. The adoption of Vermont into the Union marked the first addition to the country's original 13 colonies.

2. On April 30, 1802, the Vermont State House was completed in Montpelier. The State House is the oldest and smallest state capital in the United States.

3. The world's first commercially successful typewriter, the Sholes and Glidden Type Writer, was patented on April 30, 1878, in Vermont by inventors Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel W. Soule.

4. On April 30, 1912, Vermont farmer John Collins set the world record for the longest distance ever flown by a bird. Collins's homing pigeon, named "Wink," flew from France to Vermont, covering a distance of over 3,900 miles in just under four days.

5. In 1951, legendary Vermont politician George Aiken made his famous “Feed the World” speech on April 30th before the U.S. Senate. Aiken advocated for the U.S. to provide foreign aid and share its agricultural technology with other countries to address world hunger.