2014 Event A court has ruled that Kaci Hickox, the Maine nurse who has fought against requirements to quarantine herself due to her contact in West Africa with Ebola patients, will not have to restrict her movements; Hickox has shown no signs of the virus 2013 Event A winter storm earlier in the week leaves thousands without power in Southern Ontario, Maine, Michigan and Vermont; below-freezing temperatures sent many to shelters for warmth 2012 Event The U.S. elections result in three states approving same-sex marriage: Maine, Maryland and Washington 2010 Event A U.S. federal investigation results in 47 foreign-born gang members arrested in New England, half are arrested in the state of Maine 2007 Death Dan Fogelberg, dies in Deer Isle, Maine, of prostate cancer, at 56 1992 Birthday Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks 1991 Event Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as RI beats Maine 52-30 (6 OTs) 1987 Event Heavy snow closes schools from Washington D.C. to Maine 1987 Event New Jersey Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY 1983 Event 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 Event 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for U.S.S.R. 1983 Event New Jersey Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team 1980 Birthday Crystal Carlson, Miss Maine Teen USA 1997 1976 Birthday Sarah Nadeau, Portland Maine, Miss America-Maine 1997 1975 Event James A. Healy, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine) 1974 Birthday Sharon Pelletier, Madawaska Maine, Miss America-Maine 1996 1972 Birthday Chris Imes, South Paris Maine, U.S. hockey defenseman 1994 Olympics 1972 Birthday Julann Vadnais, Miss Maine USA 1996 1969 Birthday Cecile Ulbrich Tucker, Warren, Maine, rower 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Mark Zollitsch, Orono Maine, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday Tammy Jacques, Auburn Maine, cyclist 1996 Olympics 1964 Birthday Ann Rowe, Auburn Maine, Miss Maine-America 1991 1960 Birthday Victoria Rowell, Portland, Maine, actress, Drucilla-Young and Restless 1957 Birthday Joan Benoit Samuelson, born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, marathoner, Gold Medal 1994 Olympics 1956 Birthday Tawny Elaine Godin Schneider, Maine, Miss Amer, 76, Eye on Hollywood 1956 Birthday Danny Wilde, born in Maine, United States, musician, rock, pop rock, alternative rock genres, founding member, The Rembrandts and power-pop band, The Quick 1955 Birthday Peter Boynton, Danaiscotta Maine, actor, Tonio-As the World Turns 1955 Birthday John Baldacci, born in Bangor, Maine, politician, Democratic party, 73rd Governor of Maine 1954 Event 20.4 cm rainfall at Brunswick, Maine (state record) 1952 Birthday Susan Collins, born in Caribou, Maine, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Maine, considered a bipartisan, moderate Republican 1948 Birthday John R. McKernan, Jr., born in Bangor, Maine, Representative-R-Maine 1983 - 1987, Governor-Maine 1987 - 1995 1947 Event Maine Turnpike opens to traffic 1947 Birthday Olympia J. Snowe, born in Augusta, Maine, Representative-R-Maine 1979 - 1995, Senator-R-Maine 1995 - 1946 Event Al Couture knockouts Ralph Walton in Lewiston Maine in 10 seconds 1941 Birthday Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger, Now That the Buffalo Are Gone 1940 Birthday William S Cohen, Sen-R Maine, 1979- 1937 Birthday Linda Lavin, Portland Maine, actress, Alice, Barney Miller 1933 Birthday George J. Mitchell, born in Waterville, Maine, Senator-D-Maine 1980 - 1995 and Senate Whip 1989 - 1995 1929 Event Acadia National Park, Maine established 1928 Event 1st internationsl dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Que 1925 Event -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Van Buren, Maine (state record) 1924 Birthday Robert A Rushworth, Madison Maine, test pilot, X-15 1921 Birthday Phyllis Thaxter, Portland Maine, actress, Nora, Ft. Worth 1921 Birthday Jeff Donnell, born in South Windham, Maine, actor, Gidget Goes to Rome 1919 Event Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine 1914 Birthday Edmund Muskie, born in Rumford, Maine, Governor of Maine 1955 - 1959, Senator-D-Maine 1959 - 1980, U.S. Secretary of State 1980 - 1981 1913 Event Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic) 1912 Birthday Reta Shaw, South Paris Maine, actress, Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1911 Event 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record) 1905 Event 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine 1904 Birthday Gladys George, Patten Maine, actress, Roaring Twenties 1899 Birthday Charles H Best, Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer, Insulin 1898 Birthday William O Douglas, Maine, 81st Supreme Court justice, 1939-75 1898 Event USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die 1897 Birthday Margaret Chase Smith, born in Skowhegan, Maine, Representative-R-Maine 1940 - 1949 and Senator-R-Maine 1949 - 1973 1897 Birthday Louise Bogan, Maine, writer, Sleeping Fury 1895 Birthday Paul White, Bangor Maine, composer, Adante and Rondo for Cello 1895 Birthday John Ford, Maine, director, Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man 1894 Birthday Walter Hamor Piston, Rockland Maine, composer, Incredible Flutis 1888 Death Henry James Sumner Maine, English Historian 1887 Event Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs 1887 Birthday 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 Event Sardines 1st canned by Julius Wolff-Eastport, Maine 1853 Event Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal 1851 Event 1st U.S. alcohol prohibition law enacted, Maine 1849 Birthday Sarah Orne Jewett, born in Maine, author, Country of the Pointed Firs 1843 Event 1st Catholic governor in U.S., Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office 1839 Event Aroostock War: Boundary dispute between Maine and New Brunswick 1839 Birthday John Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer 1837 Event Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Maine 1834 Event Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine 1822 Birthday Henry James Sumner Maine, English Historian 1820 Event Maine admitted as 23rd state 1807 Birthday Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born in Portland, Maine, poet, Hiawatha 1805 Event 30 women meet at Mrs. Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes 1775 Event Portland, Maine burned by British 1691 Event New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth 1677 Event Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000 1642 Event Georgeana (York) Maine became the 1st incorporated American city 1634 Event U.S. colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony 1622 Event County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges
