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September 4, 1922
WLAK, Vermont's first radio station, began broadcasting in Bellows Falls. Charles Doe, the announcer, was on the air six hours a day, with weather, farming tips, and piano and gramophone music.
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September 8, 1910
Nineteen-year-old George Schmitt of Rutland became the first Vermonter to make an engine-powered airplane flight.
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September 9, 1951
The change to dial telephones from those which were hand cranked began in Burlington, Vermont.
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September 15, 1910
Charles Willard flew an airplane for six minutes in St. Johnsbury. The plane was brought by train from Boston to the Caledonia County Fairgrounds.
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September 21, 1938
A terrible hurricane caused the deaths of five Vermonters and cost more than twelve million dollars in damage.
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September 26, 1945
The World War II Victory ship S. S. Brandon, named for the Vermont town, arrives in Boston with a cargo of U.S. soldiers returning from the war in Europe. Victory ships were built quickly during wartime to carry soldiers and supplies.
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September 30, 1814
Jacob Estey, founder of the world-famous Estey Organ Company of Brattleboro, was born in Hinsdale, New Hampshire.
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