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New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north...

Timeline of Events

1679

9.18.1679

New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

1788

6.21.1788

New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the 9th state in the United States.

1804

6.15.1804

New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.

1905

9.5.1905

Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, USA, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.

1934

4.12.1934

The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.

1939

5.23.1939

The U.S. Navy submarine USS ''Squalus'' sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.

1964

3.12.1964

New Hampshire Lottery: New Hampshire becomes the first U.S. state to legally sell lottery tickets in the 20th century.

2003

5.3.2003

New Hampshire's famous Old Man of the Mountain collapses.