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Southbound Appalachian Trail at Moxie Pond (October 2007)
| 1789 | Birth date in Massachusetts of John Ruggles, a Jacksonian U.S. Senator from Maine (1835-1841). After politics, he practiced law in Thomaston. |
| 1829 |
Governor (1827-1829) Enoch Lincoln of Paris dies. He was a Democratic-Republican. Entombed in Capitol Park. His body is now mysteriously missing from its tomb! |
| 1918 | Governor Milliken requests that every precaution be taken to prevent further spread of the influenza epidemic and he suggested that all places of amusement be closed. “There is no occasion for panic among our citizens. Maine has, so far, been fortunate and the disease has not gained great headway except in a few localities.” | ||
| 1985 |
Bath Iron Works strike by 4,500 employees ends. It began on July 1, 1985 and was the longest strike in the company’s history. |