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Chimney Pond, Baxter State Park (August 2001)
| 1761 | Birth date in Portland of Edward Preble, who has been called the “Father of the American Navy,” commanded U.S. naval forces during the Tripolitan War. |
| 1801 | Birth date of Supreme Court Justice and Governor (1856-1857) Samuel Wells, a Portland attorney born in New Hampshire. | ||
| 1864 | Boothbay-built vessel Restless is captured by Confederate raiders. |
| 1917 | Shipwreck of the two masted schooner Willis & Guy, built in 1873 in Belfast, on the ledges of Pemaquid Point in a dense fog. | ||
| 2020 |  Maine CDC reports 4,168 total cases confirmed or probable for COVID-19 (Coronavirus); 127 deaths to date; 3,624 have recovered leaving 414 active cases.. Each of the 16 counties have at least 11 confirmed cases. |