1. Vermont became the 14th state on June 14, 1777. The state was originally known as the Vermont Republic, and it declared its independence from British rule on January 15, 1777. Vermont was not officially recognized as a state until 1791 when it joined the United States as the 14th state.

2. On June 14, 1859, the first intercollegiate baseball game in the United States was played in Burlington, Vermont. The game was played between Amherst College and Williams College, and Amherst won the game 73-32.

3. In 1923, the Vermont State House in Montpelier was destroyed by a fire. The State House, which had been built in 1838, was a total loss. A new State House was built on the same site and opened in 1938.

4. On June 14, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the famous "Four Freedoms" speech at the University of Vermont. The speech outlined four freedoms that are essential to a free society: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

5. On June 14, 2011, Vermont became the first state in the United States to pass a law legalizing same-sex marriage through the legislative process. The law went into effect on September 1, 2011, and made Vermont the ninth state in the country to legalize same-sex marriage.