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August 7
| 1898 |
The Thirteenth Minnesota Volunteers arrive at Paranaque, Luzon, the Philippines, to fight in the Spanish-American War and, later, to combat Filipino patriots led by Emilio Aguinaldo. Upon their return home a year later, the regiment's casualties number forty-four killed and seventy-four wounded. |
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| 1915 |
Towed by the Ottumwa Belle, the last log raft passes Winona. The sawmills downstream soon cease operations as the lumbering era draws to a close. |
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| 1942 |
Humorist Garrison Keillor, creator of A Prairie Home Companion, is born in Anoka. |
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| 2015 |
After reaching the mandatory retirement age of seventy, former Minnesota Viking Alan Page retires from the Minnesota Supreme Court. Page served on the court for twenty-two years. |
 Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES) is the largest Latino-led nonprofit in Minnesota. It formed in 1981 in St. Paul in response to the need for language-appropriate, culturally competent mental health services for the Latino Spanish-speaking community. Throughout the history of CLUES, as the Latino community has grown, the agency’s leaders have identified new opportunities to support Latino children, families, and individuals. |
 The American Crystal Sugar Company evolved out of its predecessor, the American Beet Sugar Company, in 1934 to operate factories in Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado. After the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association bought it in 1973, American Crystal moved its headquarters to Moorhead, Minnesota, and became the first farmer-owned sugar beet cooperative in the United States. |
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