William Mayo is born in England. He comes to the territory of Minnesota in 1855 and settles in Rochester. He founded the Mayo Clinic and was one of the first doctors to use the microscope in diagnosing patients.
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Archive for May, 2008
May 31, 1819
May 31, 2008May 30, 1871
May 30, 2008The steamer St. Paul carries the first shipment of grain from the port of Duluth.
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Mary Frisk’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
Julie Senden’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
Renee Boraas’s 4th grade media class, Victoria Elementary
Kathy Brown’s 4th grade East Union
Anna Edlund’s 4th grade Bluff Creek Elementary
Jen [...]
May 29, 1919
May 29, 2008Charles Strite of Stillwater applies for a patent for the first pop-up toaster. He will use it in his cafeteria.
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Mary Frisk’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
Julie Senden’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
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Kathy Brown’s 4th grade [...]
May 28, 1896
May 28, 2008Minneapolis celebrates John H. Stevens Day. Stevens had built the first house on the west side of the Mississippi River in 1849, and on this day schoolchildren pulled the house to a location in Minnehaha Park.
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Mary Frisk’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
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May 27, 1858
May 27, 2008In Eden Prairie, about 150 Ojibwe attack and defeat Shakopee’s band of Dakota in the Battle of Shakopee, the final major battle between these tribes in Minnesota.
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Mary Frisk’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
Julie Senden’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
Renee Boraas’s 4th grade media class, [...]
May 26, 1900
May 26, 2008Dr. Justus Ohage donates Harriet Island, named for schoolteacher Harriet Bishop, to the city of St. Paul.
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Mary Frisk’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
Julie Senden’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
Renee Boraas’s 4th grade media class, Victoria Elementary
Kathy Brown’s 4th grade East Union
Anna Edlund’s [...]
May 25, 1997
May 25, 2008MN Twins retired Kirby Puckett’s uniform number.
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Mary Frisk’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
Julie Senden’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
Renee Boraas’s 4th grade media class, Victoria Elementary
Kathy Brown’s 4th grade East Union
Anna Edlund’s 4th grade Bluff Creek Elementary
Jen Froisland’s 4th grade Chanhassen Elementary
Cassie [...]
May 24, 1941
May 24, 2008Singer and songwriter Bob Dylan was born in Duluth, MN.
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Mary Frisk’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
Julie Senden’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
Renee Boraas’s 4th grade media class, Victoria Elementary
Kathy Brown’s 4th grade East Union
Anna Edlund’s 4th grade Bluff Creek Elementary
Jen Froisland’s 4th [...]
May 23, 1994
May 23, 2008Tornadoes occur from Marshall, Minnesota, to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
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Mary Frisk’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
Julie Senden’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
Renee Boraas’s 4th grade media class, Victoria Elementary
Kathy Brown’s 4th grade East Union
Anna Edlund’s 4th grade Bluff Creek Elementary
Jen Froisland’s 4th [...]
On May 22, 1925
May 22, 2008A heat wave occurs at Tracy and New Ulm with temperatures of 100 degrees. Thirty-six hours later, on May 24, the temperature drops to 32 degrees.
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Mary Frisk’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
Julie Senden’s 4th grade, Chaska Elementary
Renee Boraas’s 4th grade media class, [...]
