December 25
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 1862 Joshua Hall of Frankfort, legislator and Governor of Maine in 1830, elected by the Legislature after 49 ballots, dies. 1886 Shipwreck of…
December 26
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 1888 Central Maine General Hospital, now Central Maine Medical Center, is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation. 1902 Augusta Cab Drivers Union is organized
December 27
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 1845 Birth date in Thorndike of Alden J. Blethen, founder of the Seattle Times newspaper company, which now owns Blethen Maine Newspapers. 1933…
December 28
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 1788 Birth date in Massachusetts of Governor (1827-1829) Enoch Lincoln of Paris, a Democratic-Republican whose body is mysteriously missing from its tomb…
December 29
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 1837 A steam-powered threshing machine was patented in Winthrop 1863 John Goodwin of South Berwick, a U. S. Representative, appointed first Governor of…
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 30
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 1863 Birth date of Chansonetta Stanley Emmons, photographer 1894 Former Democratic Governor (1959) Clinton Clauson of Waterville dies in office.
December 31
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 1775 Benedict Arnold expedition collaborates in a two-pronged assault on the Quebec, which failed, seriously wounding Arnold. 1859 Joseph Hall, a Jacksonian member…
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 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 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 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 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 9
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 of Thomas Davee, member of the Maine House of Representatives, the Maine Senate and the U.S. Congress, and served as…
February 1
The month of February of each year is designated as American History Month and the Governor of the State of Maine shall annually issue a proclamation inviting and urging the people of the State of Maine to observe the month of February as such in schools and other suitable places with appropriate ceremony and activity.…
February 10
February 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 1796 Incorporation of the town of Castine 1823 Incorporation of the town of Richmond 1826 Incorporation of the towns of Howland…
February 11
February 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 1828 Incorporation of the town of Adams, now Crawford 1832 Incorporation of the towns of Hodgdon and Lagrange 1857 Incorporation of the town of Islandport,…
February 12
February 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 1798 Incorporation of the town of Wayne 1814 Incorporation of the town of South Berwick 1818 Incorporation of the towns of…
February 13
February 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 1760 Incorporation of the town of Pownalborough, now Wiscasset 1796 Incorporation of the towns of Dennysville and Northport 1818 Incorporation of the town of Mexico…
February 14
February 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 1789 Incorporation of the town of Freeport 1797 Incorporation of the town of Addison 1814 Incorporation of the town of Stroudwater,…