Minnesotan Charles A. Lindbergh, a native of Little Falls, lands his airplane The Spirit of St. Louis outside Paris, sealing his achievement as the first person to complete a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

Governor Jesse Ventura signs a bill to finance a new baseball stadium for the Minnesota Twins. The Twins had previously shared the Metrodome stadium with the Minnesota Vikings and the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team. The new ballpark would open in 2010.

Just before it closes its doors for good, the New Riverside Cafe in Minneapolis hosts a "wake" to celebrate its twenty-seven years as a Dinkytown staple. Episcopal priest Bill Teska had opened the cafe in 1970 to serve as a political organizing space. In the cafe's early days, many employees lived communally and based their service on the motto, "Eat what you need to eat and pay what you can afford to pay."

Governor Mark Dayton signs a bill allowing breweries to sell alcohol onsite. It leads to the creation of Surly Brewing Company's destination brewery in Minneapolis and soon spurs many new breweries to open across the state.

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 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.

Mayim Rabim, the only Reconstructionist synagogue in the Twin Cities, was founded in 1992. Its founders were former members of Adath Jeshurun in South Minneapolis. In 2014, the small congregation continues to worship at its original home, the Minneapolis Friends Meetinghouse.

Senator Eugene McCarthy challenged President Lyndon Johnson for the 1968 Democratic nomination, mobilizing a youth crusade against U.S. intervention in Vietnam and changing the course of politics in Minnesota and the nation.

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Fredrick McGhee was known as one of Minnesota's most prominent trial lawyers. In 1905, he was one of a group of thirty-two men, led by W. E. B. DuBois, who founded the Niagara Movement, which called for full civil liberties and an end to racial discrimination.

The Medtronic medical device company was founded in 1949 by Earl Bakken and Palmer Hermundslie. From its beginnings in a converted garage, it has grown into a multi-billion-dollar enterprise and one of Minnesota’s leading businesses.

Mennonites arrived at Mountain Lake in 1873. Mennonites are a Protestant Christian group with sixteenth century European origins. Their name refers to Menno Simons, who was a Dutch religious reformer. Simons preached a fundamentalist, more literal interpretation of the Bible. He also emphasized the importance of adult baptism. Along with these beliefs, Simons promoted a simple way of life similar to Jesus Christ and the apostles. As part of his creed, he stressed the importance of Christian brotherhood, pacifism, and the primacy of family in Christian life. The tenet of pacifism played a significant role throughout Mennonite history.