1. Ethan Allen, a Revolutionary War hero and founder of Vermont, was born on December 21, 1738, in Litchfield, Connecticut.
2. On December 21, 1840, the first railroad in Vermont, the Vermont Central Railroad, was chartered by the state legislature.
3. The Vermont Statehouse, located in Montpelier, was completed on December 21, 1859.
4. On December 21, 1936, the first ski tow in the United States was installed on a hill in Woodstock, Vermont, revolutionizing the sport of skiing in America.
5. The longest-serving governor in Vermont history, George D. Aiken, was born on December 21, 1892, in Dummerston. Aiken served as governor of Vermont from 1937 to 1941 and then as a US Senator from 1941 to 1975.
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