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2007 Dan Fogelberg, dies in Deer Isle, Maine, of prostate cancer, at 56

1992 Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks

1991 Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as RI beats Maine 52-30 (6 OTs)

1987 Heavy snow closes schools from Washington D.C. to Maine

1987 New Jersey Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY

1983 Last hand-cranked telephones U.S. went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial

1983 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for U.S.S.R.

1983 New Jersey Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team

1980 Crystal Carlson, Miss Maine Teen USA 1997

1976 Sarah Nadeau, Portland Maine, Miss America-Maine 1997

1975 James A. Healy, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine)

1974 Sharon Pelletier, Madawaska Maine, Miss America-Maine 1996

1972 Chris Imes, South Paris Maine, U.S. hockey defenseman 1994 Olympics

1972 Julann Vadnais, Miss Maine USA 1996

1969 Cecile Ulbrich Tucker, Warren, Maine, rower 1996 Olympics

1967 Mark Zollitsch, Orono Maine, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics

1965 Tammy Jacques, Auburn Maine, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1964 Ann Rowe, Auburn Maine, Miss Maine-America 1991

1960 Victoria Rowell, Portland, Maine, actress, Drucilla-Young and Restless

1957 Joan Benoit Samuelson, born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, marathoner, Gold Medal 1994 Olympics

1956 Tawny Elaine Godin Schneider, Maine, Miss Amer, 76, Eye on Hollywood

1955 Peter Boynton, Danaiscotta Maine, actor, Tonio-As the World Turns

1954 20.4 cm rainfall at Brunswick, Maine (state record)

1948 John R. McKernan, Jr., born in Bangor, Maine, Representative-R-Maine 1983 - 1987, Governor-Maine 1987 - 1995

1947 Maine Turnpike opens to traffic

1947 Olympia J. Snowe, born in Augusta, Maine, Representative-R-Maine 1979 - 1995, Senator-R-Maine 1995 -

1946 Al Couture knockouts Ralph Walton in Lewiston Maine in 10 seconds

1941 Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger, Now That the Buffalo Are Gone

1940 William S Cohen, Sen-R Maine, 1979-

1937 Linda Lavin, Portland Maine, actress, Alice, Barney Miller

1933 George J. Mitchell, born in Waterville, Maine, Senator-D-Maine 1980 - 1995 and Senate Whip 1989 - 1995

1929 Acadia National Park, Maine established

1928 1st internationsl dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Que

1925 -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Van Buren, Maine (state record)

1924 Robert A Rushworth, Madison Maine, test pilot, X-15

1921 Phyllis Thaxter, Portland Maine, actress, Nora, Ft. Worth

1921 Jeff Donnell, born in South Windham, Maine, actor, Gidget Goes to Rome

1919 Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine

1914 Edmund Muskie, born in Rumford, Maine, Governor of Maine 1955 - 1959, Senator-D-Maine 1959 - 1980, U.S. Secretary of State 1980 - 1981

1913 Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic)

1912 Reta Shaw, South Paris Maine, actress, Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1911 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record)

1905 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine

1904 Gladys George, Patten Maine, actress, Roaring Twenties

1899 Charles H Best, Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer, Insulin

1898 William O Douglas, Maine, 81st Supreme Court justice, 1939-75

1898 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die

1897 Margaret Chase Smith, born in Skowhegan, Maine, Representative-R-Maine 1940 - 1949 and Senator-R-Maine 1949 - 1973

1897 Louise Bogan, Maine, writer, Sleeping Fury

1895 Paul White, Bangor Maine, composer, Adante and Rondo for Cello

1895 John Ford, Maine, director, Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man

1894 Walter Hamor Piston, Rockland Maine, composer, Incredible Flutis

1888 Henry James Sumner Maine, English Historian

1887 Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs

1887 Ernest Holmes, born in Lincoln, Maine, author, teacher, spiritualist, founded Religious Science movement, considered 'Science of Mind', part of New Thought movement, wrote metaphysical books, including 'The Science of Mind', founded 'Science of Mind' magazine

1876 Sardines 1st canned by Julius Wolff-Eastport, Maine

1853 Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal

1851 1st U.S. alcohol prohibition law enacted, Maine

1849 Sarah Orne Jewett, born in Maine, author, Country of the Pointed Firs

1843 1st Catholic governor in U.S., Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office

1839 Aroostock War: Boundary dispute between Maine and New Brunswick

1839 John Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer

1837 Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Maine

1834 Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine

1822 Henry James Sumner Maine, English Historian

1820 Maine admitted as 23rd state

1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born in Portland, Maine, poet, Hiawatha

1805 30 women meet at Mrs. Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes

1775 Portland, Maine burned by British

1691 New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth

1677 Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000

1642 Georgeana (York) Maine became the 1st incorporated American city

1634 U.S. colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony

1622 County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges


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