Bronislav "Bronko" Nagurski is born in Ontario. In 1929 he was named All-American as both defense tackle and offensive fullback for the Gophers, the only player to be named All-American for two positions in the same year. He later played for the Chicago Bears football team and performed as a professional wrestler. After his retirement from sports he operated a service station in his hometown, International Falls.

Ignatius Donnelly is born in Philadelphia. He arrived in Minnesota in 1857 and built a mansion at Nininger, near Hastings. He later served as first lieutenant governor of the state and as a representative in the legislature and Congress.

Sharon Sayles Belton is elected mayor of Minneapolis. She is the first African American and the first woman to hold the office. Having previously worked for the State Department of Corrections and as assistant director of the Minnesota Program for Victims of Sexual Assault, Belton would tout a family-centered platform and administer numerous successful community programs, including the annual youth-oriented event, "Dancin' in the Streets."

Aurelia Wheeldin, one of the earliest female African American boxers, is born in Minnesota. She studied music at Macalester College, earned recognition as a female world-champion bantamweight, and eventually moved to New York City and performed in musicals at the Apollo Theater.

Bishop Thomas L. Grace dedicates the Church of St. Michael in Stillwater, with Father John Ireland presiding. The press of the day acclaims it as the finest church in the state.

James Arness, a Minneapolis native famous for his role as marshal Matt Dillon in the western series Gunsmoke, appears on the cover of TV Guide.

Governor Clyde Elmer Anderson signs a bill establishing the red pine (Pinus resinosa), commonly known as the Norway pine, as the Minnesota state tree.

University of Minnesota president James L. Morrill announces that the university will expand westward across the Washington Avenue Bridge into a "blighted area" of Minneapolis. A key part of the plan is a new two-deck bridge.

Roseau County, named for the lake and river in its territory, is established by order of Governor Knute Nelson.

Legendary sports broadcaster Halsey Hall dies in his Minneapolis home at age seventy-nine. Known for his cigar-smoking, whiskey-drinking style, Hall was a broadcaster of Minnesota Twins games for many years and the first to use the phrase "holy cow" during a broadcast. He also coined the adjective "golden" to describe the University of Minnesota's sports teams.