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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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