January 31, 1883

The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts is incorporated. It would later found the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Minneapolis School of Art.

Thanks to Miss Gesme’s class at Cornelia Elementary in Edina for the research on January’s Day in History.

Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.

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January 30, 1958

Minnesota and North Dakota agree that if you work in one of the states and live in the other, you don’t have to pay taxes for both.

Thanks to Miss Gesme’s class at Cornelia Elementary in Edina for the research on January’s Day in History.

Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.

January 29, 1900

A fire destroys 20 buildings in the business section of Morristown.

Thanks to Miss Gesme’s class at Cornelia Elementary in Edina for the research on January’s Day in History.

Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.

January 28, 1891

When Ojibwe Indians assemble for a ghost dance a rumor spreads of an uprising at Lake of the Woods. Many white settlers flee the Roseau Valley.

Thanks to Miss Gesme’s class at Cornelia Elementary in Edina for the research on January’s Day in History.

Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.

January 27, 1960

Grand Portage National Monument is dedicated on this day.

Thanks to Miss Gesme’s class at Cornelia Elementary in Edina for the research on January’s Day in History.

January 26, 1949

3M announces the invention of a machine for the mass recording of tapes.

Thanks to Miss Gesme’s class at Cornelia Elementary in Edina for the research on January’s Day in History.

Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.

January 25, 1886

A six-day bike race starts at the Washington Avenue Rink in Minneapolis. The winner, Albert Schock, rode his high wheel bicycle for 923 miles.

Thanks to Miss Gesme’s class at Cornelia Elementary in Edina for the research on January’s Day in History.

Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.

January 24, 1848

The people of St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory object to the plan to include their county into the new state of Wisconsin. Their land became part of the Minnesota Territory a year later.

Thanks to Miss Gesme’s class at Cornelia Elementary in Edina for the research on January’s Day in History.

Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.

January 23, 1986

Northwest Airlines bought Republic Airlines and now is the third largest airline in the United States.

Thanks to Miss Gesme’s class at Cornelia Elementary in Edina for the research on January’s Day in History.

Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.

January 22, 1982

37.4 inches of snow fell in the Twin Cities from January 20 to 23.

Thanks to Miss Gesme’s class at Cornelia Elementary in Edina for the research on January’s Day in History.

Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.