October 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 1775 Benedict Arnold expedition to attack Quebec begins portage across the Great Carry from the Kennebec to the Dead River. 1819 Maine’s constitutional…
October 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 Birth date of Maine House member and U.S. Senator (1917-1941) Frederick Hale. 1918 Monsignor McDonough (MMc) warns “Although the Spanish Influenza has…
October 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 1691 First publication of the newspaper the Crusader, in Bangor, whose focus was on temperance and reform. 1924 Birth date in Madison of…
October 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 1789 Birth date in Massachusetts of John Ruggles, a Jacksonian U.S. Senator from Maine (1835-1841). After politics, he practiced law in Thomaston. 1829…
October 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 1691 Charter of William and Mary issued, outlining the governance of the Province of Maine and that area between the Kennebec and St.…
October 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 1869 Bangor Children’s Home is dedicated 1941 International Paper Company, an out of state corporation, files to do business in Maine.
October 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 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty settling the boundary dispute with England was ratified by Great Britain. 1870 Samuel Cony of Augusta, Maine Governor from 1864…
October 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 1918 With the number of cases of influenza in the Italian quarter of Portland, the Italian church at 235 Fore Street has opened…