1. On July 29, 1812, the first issue of the New Hampshire Gazette was published in Portsmouth, NH. It was the first newspaper to be printed in the state, and it continued to be published for over 150 years.

2. On this day in 1844, the Old Man of the Mountain was discovered in Franconia Notch. The Old Man was a unique rock formation that resembled the profile of a man's face. It became a symbol of New Hampshire and was featured on the state quarter before it collapsed in 2003.

3. In 1879, the first electric streetlights in the world were turned on in Exeter, New Hampshire. The six arc lights were powered by a generator at the Exeter Manufacturing Company.

4. July 29, 1905, was the date of the first automobile race in New Hampshire. The nine-mile race was held in Berlin and was won by Fred Marriott, who was driving a Stanley Steamer.

5. On this day in 1963, the Mount Washington Observatory recorded the highest surface wind speed ever recorded on Earth. The winds on the summit of Mount Washington, which is the highest peak in the northeastern United States, reached 231 miles per hour during a severe storm.