August 19
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1803 An armed force of 208 men leaves Fort Richmond in 17 whaleboats to attack the Indians at Norridgewock. 1917 Second Maine…
August 2
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1801 Birth date of Franklin Clark, member of the Maine State Senate, the Maine Executive Council, and the U.S. Congress 1811 Birth date…
August 20
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1849 Incorporation of the City of Augusta. 1850 Legislature authorizes first boys reformatory to be built in South Portland. 1863 Rockland-built vessel Anglo…
August 21
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1849 First publication of the newspaper the Freeman’s Friend in Saco by William Weeks. 1918 First publication of the newspaper the Lebanon Reporter…
August 22
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1849 Birth date in Waldoboro of Isaac Reed, who served as State Treasurer and as a member of the U.S. Congress 1864 John…
August 23
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1724 English colonials raid Norridgewock, kill Jesuit Father Rasle, decimate the Indian village there. 1775 Incorporation of the towns of Cape Elizabeth, Harpswell,…
August 24
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1874 Franklin Clark of Wiscasset and member of Congress, dies. 1903 Birth date of Republican Governor (1959), and President of Bangor Hydro Electric…
August 25
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1807 Edward Preble, who has been called the “Father of the American Navy,” and commanded U.S. naval forces during the Tripolitan War, dies…
August 26
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1902 The South Brewer Paper Makers’ Union , No. 82 is organized. 1970 Governor Kenneth Curtis nominate Armand Dufresne as Chief Justice of…
August 27
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1809 Birth date of Hannibal Hamlin, the only Maine person to be Vice-President of the U.S., was Congressman, Governor and U.S. Senator (1857-1861;1869-1881)…
August 28
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1937 Groundbreaking for Colby College’s Mayflower Hill campus in Waterville begins. 1940 Birth date in Bangor of U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator (1979-1997), and…
August 29
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1817 Birth date of Ephraim W. Farley, member of the Maine House of Representatives, and elected as a Whig to the U.S. Congress.…
August 3
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1801 Birth date of John Otis, member of the Maine House of Representatives and State Senate, he was also a member of the…
August 30
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1787 A meteor, about the size of “a nine pound cannon ball,” is seen at York, Portland, New Gloucester, and elsewhere in New…
August 31
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1846 Henry David Thoreau leaves Concord, Massachusetts for “Bangor and the backwoods.” 1954 Hurricane Carol produces flooding rainfall; winds of 69 mph in…
August 4
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1801 Samuel P. Morrill, a member of Congress born in Chesterville, dies in his hometown 1861 Stockton-built vessel Windward and Searsport-built Itaska are…
August 5
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1898 The fourth documented Maine meteorite lands at Andover. 1900 Bishop of Portland James Augustine Healy, America’s first Black Bishop, dies. 1970 The…
August 6
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1861 Eastport-built vessel Santa Clara is captured by Confederate raiders. 1877 Birth date in Lewiston of Republican U.S. Representative (1917-1931) and U.S. Senator…
August 7
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1607 Popham colonists arrive at Pemaquid for a brief visit with the natives before continuing to their destination on the Kennebec. 1726 Birth…
August 8
August 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1849 Incorporation of the Town of Yarmouth 1850 Incorporation of the Town of West Gardiner