1841 | First publication of the newspaper the Calais Advertiser, published by John Jackson. | ||
1866 | U.S. Navy Secretary orders steamer Winooski to Eastport, where it intercepted weapons that Fenians (Irish nationalists) planned to use to invade Canada. |
1939 |
Municipal “right-to-know” law strengthened, requiring “all town books to be open for public inspection,” and that copies of financial reports be made and distributed to voters before the annual town meeting. |
1964 |
Rachel Carson, former Maine resident and author of Silent Spring and other works that inspired the environmental movement of later years, dies. |