December 8
December 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 1787 Birth date in Dresden of David Kidder, a member of the U.S. Congress and an attorney who practiced in Skowhegan 1835 Benjamin…
December 7
December 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 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor, beginning active U.S. involvement in World War II. 1952 Birth date in Caribou of U. S. Senator Susan…
December 6
December 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 1915 Shipwreck of the three masted schooner William L. Elkins off Cape Elizabeth during a northeast gale. 1931 Kate Furbush, noted botanist and…
December 5
December 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 1891 First publication of the newspaper Deering News, published by the Deering News Company. 1933 Prohibition ends, a legacy of the first “Maine…
December 4
December 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 1876 Edwin Flye begins a short term in the U.S. Congress after being elected to fill the unexpired term of James G. Blaine,…
December 3
December 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 1861 Bath-built vessel Vigilant is captured by Confederate raiders. 1987 Republican Governor (1959), and president of Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, Robert N. Haskell of…
December 2
December 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 1816 Birth date of Frederick A. Pike of Calais, a member of the Maine House of Representatives and of the U.S. Congress 1822…
December 1
December 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 1977 First publication of the newspaper the Gazette in Dexter by Robert H. & Janice S. Shank. 2020 Maine CDC reports 12,208…
November 30
November 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 1785 Incorporation of the town of Standish 1842 Shipwreck of the barque Isidore at Cape Neddick with the loss of all hands.
November 29
November 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 1804 Birth date of Robert Hale, Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and member of the U.S. Congress 1902 The Gardiner Bricklayers, Masons…
November 28
November 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 1804 Birth date of Samuel Page Benson, a member of the Maine House of Representatives and the Maine Senate, Maine Secretary of State, and…
November 27
November 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 1827 Birth date of Republican Governor (1889-1893) Edwin C. Burleigh of Bangor.
November 26
November 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 1827 Birth date in Gorham of Ellen White, who guided the growth of the Seventh Day Adventist movement. 1861 Hampden-built vessel Arcade is captured…
November 25
November 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 1835 Birth date in Bath of Arthur Sewall, a shipbuilder whose company soon became one of the largest. He was also President of the…
November 24
November 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 1916 Machine gun inventor Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, of Sangerville, who also invented smokeless powder, a gas generator and other items, dies in London.
November 23
November 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 1804 Birth date in New Hampshire of President Franklin Pierce, Bowdoin College graduate and close friend of Nathaniel Hawthorn, a fellow Bowdoin graduate. 2000…
November 21
November 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 1885 Hammond Plantation in Aroostook County is formally organized. 1958 Maine School Boards Association is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation. 2021 Maine CDC reports…
November 20
November 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 1652 York County established; incorporation of the town of Kittery 1788 Incorporation of the town of Nobleborough, now Nobleboro 1862 James G. Blaine purchases…
November 19
November 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 1892 First publication of the newspaper Saturday Sun in Portland, published by Libby & Smith. 1897 First publication of the newspaper Daily News in…
November 18
November 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 1755 Earthquake hits Maine at 4:15 AM, possibly the strongest quake ever. 1805 30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee’s home in Wiscasset, organizes…