1851 | Jonathan G. Hunton of Readfield, Governor of Maine 1830-1831, dies. | ||
1861 | Cape Elizabeth-built vessel Grenada is captured by Confederate raiders. |
1918 | Rumford uses McCarthy Hospital exclusively for influenza cases. An emergency hospital to care for additional influenza cases is being set up at the parochial building. The town will bear the expenses and be assisted by the Red Cross. The sisters in the convent are also working in the hospital. | ||
1937 |
Two members of the bank-robbing Brady Gang were shot and killed by federal agents in Bangor; a third member was captured. |