1868 | Birth date of Gail Laughlin, first woman lawyer elected to the Maine State Legislature. |
1821 | James Phinney Baxter, Portland businessman and father of Governor Percival Baxter, dies. |
1902 | Bangor Stove Mounters Union, No. 50, is organized | ||
1903 | Augusta Suspender Workers’ Union organized | ||
1980 |
Edmund S. Muskie is sworn in as Secretary of State, the highest ranking Maine Democrat in any President’s cabinet. |