1. In 1763, Governor Benning Wentworth granted a charter to the town of Winchester, which would later become the site of the famous Winchester Mystery House in California.

2. In 1821, the New Hampshire State Legislature approved the "Law for the Suppression of Intemperance," which was one of the earliest efforts to combat alcoholism and drunkenness in the United States.

3. In 1869, the New Hampshire State Legislature passed a resolution authorizing the construction of a new statehouse in Concord, which is still standing today and is considered one of the most beautiful statehouses in the country.

4. In 1923, New Hampshire native Robert Frost won his first Pulitzer Prize for his collection of poems "New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes."

5. In 1996, the world's largest snow maze was constructed in Lancaster, New Hampshire, measuring over 4,000 square feet and featuring nearly a mile of paths.