![]() ![]() May 12, 1864: At Spottsylvania Courthouse, Col. The licensing referendum passes in 60 towns, but 144 others vote to stay dry. Prohibition, honored in the breach, has been in effect since 1855, but the manufacture of spirits is permitted. May 12, 1903: In a referendum, voters in Concord and New Hampshire’s other cities approve the licensing of liquor sales. It is the first fatality at a NASCAR-sanctioned event at the Loudon track. May 12, 2000: Nineteen-year-old Adam Petty, the fourth generation of NASCAR’s most famous family, dies after a crash during a practice run at New Hampshire International Speedway. He will serve numerous terms in the New Hampshire House, including one as speaker, then go to Washington as a congressman (1947-54) and senator (1954-75). Cotton will become editor of the Granite Monthly and a lawyer in Concord before his political career. The other promises that a future issue will give one member’s “patented date rape techniques.” ![]() One describes members’ sexual escapades with women. The decision is prompted by two newsletters printed by the fraternity. May 11, 2001: Dartmouth College announces it is permanently stripping the 48-member Zeta Psi fraternity of all campus recognition. A piece of the Old Man’s granite-hewn Adam’s apple that anchored the formation may have come loose, causing the chin to dislodge and the rest of the rock face to just fall away from the cliff. May 11, 2003: State geologist David Wunsch offers an early theory as to why the Old Man of the Mountain may have tumbled from Cannon Mountain, the Monitor reports. ![]()
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