Veterans Day, once called Armistice Day commemorating the end of World War I, in which 35,061 Maine soldiers served and 1,026 died.
1811 | Birth date in Waterville of U.S. Senator (1848) Wyman B. S. Moor. |
1924 |
Governor Percival Baxter, in his address “World Peace and Good Will,” dedicates the sailors and soldiers memorial in Kittery. |
1946 |
Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby, first licensed Maine Guide and celebrated promoter of the outdoors, dies. |
2020 | Maine CDC reports 8,395 total cases confirmed or probable for COVID-19 (Coronavirus); 159 deaths to date; 6,292 have recovered. Each of the 16 counties have at least 19 confirmed cases. In the preceding five days an increase of about 800 new total cases were reported. |