The New York Times prints an article headlined, “Named By the President: Stanford Newell of Minnesota Nominated for Minister to the Netherlands.” It goes on to report that “Mr. Newell, appointed Minister to the Netherlands, is one of the prominent Republicans of Minnesota. He has never held public office, but has been connected with the Republican State Committee, and during some of the most important campaigns was its Chairman. His appointment is due to the request of the Republicans of Minnesota, without regard to faction.”

The Anthony Wayne is the first steamboat to reach the Falls of St. Anthony, winning a prize of $200.

Encouraged by Bishop John Ireland and sponsored by John Sweetman, visionary leader of the Irish-American Colonization Company, a group of Irish farmers moves to Currie in Murray County.

Ice in Duluth's harbor traps thirteen ships, confining 400 individuals aboard.

The Flint Furniture factory in Faribault burns. Built in 1856, the factory was the first in the state to manufacture items for wholesale trade.

Daniel Berrigan is born in Virginia, Minnesota. An author and a radical Catholic priest, Berrigan wrote about social responsibility and played an active role in the antiwar movement during the Vietnam era; later, he protested nuclear armament. His brother Philip, also a radical priest, was born October 5, 1923.

The suit State of Minnesota et al. v. Philip Morris et al. is settled when the defendants—tobacco companies—agree to pay Minnesota and Blue Cross-Blue Shield $6.5 billion dollars in total. The settlement ended the companies’ chain of legal victories and turned the tide in anti-tobacco efforts throughout the nation.

Charles G. Maybury dominated architectural practice in Winona from 1865 to 1905, designing churches, schools, courthouses, commercial buildings, and residences in the city and throughout southeast Minnesota. He moved comfortably between styles, including Italianate, Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, and Gothic Revival. Many of his buildings have survived and are on the National Register of Historic Places.

The name of Dr. William Worrall Mayo is synonymous today with high-quality, compassionate health care. Dr. Mayo and his sons, William and Charles, helped put Minnesota on the map when they founded Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

Conservative lawyer John F. McGee was the dominant personality on the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety, the body that governed Minnesota during World War I. Under McGee’s leadership, the commission demanded unquestioning support for the war effort and suppressed possible German American dissent. After the war, McGee became a federal judge who was well known for the heavy sentences he imposed on bootleggers.

As a legislator, Helen E. McMillan served Mower County for twelve years. She was also involved in the Red Cross, the Women’s League of Voters, the Human Rights Commission, and the United Council for Church Women.