1725 |
Birth date in Massachusetts of Ephraim Ballard, early settler and political leader in Hallowell, who was the husband of midwife Martha Ballard. |
1798 | Bowdoin College trustees vote to build it first building, Massachusetts Hall | ||
1969 | Folksinger Pete Seeger’s schooner Clearwater is launched in South Bristol. | ||
1980 |
Federal Judge George J. Mitchell is appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the seat vacated by Edmund Muskie’s appointment as Secretary of State. |