At Brice’s Cross Roads in Mississippi, Confederate forces led by Nathan Bedford Forrest capture 233 soldiers from the Ninth Minnesota Regiment. The captives are sent to Andersonville prison in Georgia, where 119 of them died.
Thanks to FOCUS 10 Northfield High School and Clare Foley for the research on June’s Day in History.
Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.
Ira S. Field dies at age seventy-eight. He and his partner, John Wesley North, co-founded Northfield.
Thanks to FOCUS 10 Northfield High School and Clare Foley for the research on June’s Day in History.
Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.
Popular artist LeRoy Neiman, known for his wildly colored sports scenes, is born in St. Paul.
Thanks to FOCUS 10 Northfield High School and Clare Foley for the research on June’s Day in History.
Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.
Prince, [Rogers Nelson], is born in Minnesota. (Learn more)
Actor Walter Abel is born in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Learn more)
Bob Dylan graduates Hibbing HS in Minnesota (Learn more)
“Jim Ed Poole” (Tom Keith) and Dale Connelly celebrate their tenth year as hosts of The Morning Show on Minnesota Public Radio with a broadcast from the World Theater in St. Paul.
William “Bill” Carlucci, rower and winner of 1996 Olympics bronze, is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Learn more)
More than 200 people attended the ground-breaking ceremony for a $50 million expansion of Treasure Island Resort & Casino. (Learn more)
Looking for something to do this summer? We have it covered
Starting this summer the Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission will be sponsoring a Sesquicentennial Spotlight Tour of each of the Honorary Capital for a Day regions.
June – Tallgrass Aspen Parklands
July – Deciduous Forest/Prairie Grassland
August – Coniferous Forest
September – Driftless Area
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