3rd Monday | Patriots Day in Maine and Massachusetts commemorates the battles of Lexington and Concord, fought near Boston in 1775. | ||
1844 | First publication of the newspaper Daily Mercury in Bangor, published by W. Bartlett. | ||
1943 |
Brunswick Naval Air Station commissioned |
1968 | Henry Beston, author and naturalist, dies |
2015 | Portland single-use bag fee and polystyrene ban begins; other municipalities eventually follow. |