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Chimney Pond, Baxter State Park (August 2001)
| 1676 | Death in battle of Native American King Philip, weakening King Philip’s warriors; war ends in 1678 |
| 1822 | Birth date in Gorham of Republican Governor (1883-1887) Frederick Robie, a physician, legislator, and businessman |
| 1850 |
Incorporation of the town of Kennebec, now Manchester | ||
| 1864 | Maine-built vessels Billow, Spokane, and Suliot are captured by Confederate raiders. |
| 1873 |
President Ulysses S. Grant arrives in Augusta by train for a 3-day visit with U.S. Speaker of the House, James G. Blaine. [see presidential visits] |
| 1962 |
President John F. Kennedy vacations in Maine, at the wheel of the US Coast Guard Yacht Manitou near Boothbay Harbor. |