1830 | Birth date in Leeds of Oliver Otis Howard, who was a Civil War general and, after the war, assisted in founding the predominantly Black Howard University. |
1888 |
First publication of the newspaper Sanford Siftings, published by James H. and F. A. Goodall. |
1907 |
First publication of the newspaper the Ossipee Valley Herald in Limerick, published by Libby & Smith. |
1999 |
Judge Brock Hornby upholds Maine’s “Clean Election Law,” passed in referendum to allow public funding of state candidate elections when candidates take no private funds and limit spending. | ||
2011 | Voters rejects a proposal that would require new voters to register at least two business days prior to an election, thus eliminating same-day voter registration, which had been in effect since 1973. |