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PublishedNovember 7, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 7
Nov. 7, 1837: Journalist and slavery opponent Elijah Parish Lovejoy, 34, an Albion native who graduated at the top of his class from what is now Colby College in Waterville, is shot to death in Alton, Illinois, by a mob that has come to destroy his printing press. Lovejoy started his career in education, becoming […]
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PublishedNovember 6, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 6
Nov. 6, 1860: Hannibal Hamlin, a Republican from Bangor, is elected U.S. vice president, serving with Republican President Abraham Lincoln. Hamlin (1809-1891), a former Democrat who bolted from the party over its pro-slavery stance, was selected for the Republican ticket to provide a regional and partisan balance with Lincoln, who is from Illinois. He serves […]
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PublishedNovember 5, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 5
Nov. 5, 1919: Maine becomes the 19th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which eventually gives women the right to vote. The decision reflects an about-face from the result of a statewide referendum only two years earlier, on Sept. 10, 1917, when Maine men voted by a 2-to-1 ratio to deny […]
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PublishedNovember 4, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 4
Nov. 4, 1884: Republican James G. Blaine (1830-1893), a former U.S. House speaker and former U.S. secretary of state from Augusta, loses the U.S. presidential election to the Democratic nominee, New York Gov. Grover Cleveland, after one of the dirtiest presidential campaigns in U.S. history. During the campaign, Cleveland, a bachelor, answered accusations that he […]
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PublishedNovember 3, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 3
Nov. 3, 2009: Maine voters overturn by referendum a law passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. John E. Baldacci that allows marriages of same-sex partners. The repeal question passes about 53 percent to 47 percent in an off-year election. Closer analysis reveals stark regional differences. A majority of voters in Cumberland, Hancock, Knox […]
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PublishedNovember 2, 2020
Father and 6-year-old son killed when car collides with bus in Thomaston
A woman was injured in the 4-vehicle accident Monday morning on Route 1.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 2
Nov. 2, 1789: President George Washington, on his only visit to Maine – which is then part of Massachusetts – fishes for cod off the coast at Kittery, catching two of them. He also visits the site of what will become the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Nov. 2, 1860: The town of Bristol, like most of […]
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PublishedNovember 1, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Nov. 1
Nov. 1, 1972: The Piscataqua River Bridge opens. The six-lane, 1,500-foot span becomes the third bridge linking Kittery, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. As a newly opened portion of Interstate 95, it also quickly becomes the most frequently used route into and out of Maine. The new bridge enables travelers to avoid the Portsmouth traffic […]
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PublishedOctober 31, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Oct. 31
Oct. 31, 1879: Prolific Maine author Jacob Abbott dies at 75 in Farmington, where he resided. Abbott produced 180 books, consisting of works of juvenile fiction, history, biography, religion and science. Many of them were translated into other languages. The Hallowell native, Bowdoin College graduate and ordained minister taught mathematics and natural philosophy for four […]
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PublishedOctober 30, 2020
On this date in Maine history: Oct. 30
Oct. 30, 1991: A hurricane later commemorated in Sebastian Junger’s best-selling book “The Perfect Storm” and a film of the same name reaches peak intensity off Canada’s Atlantic coast. The then-unnamed storm began to grow Oct. 28, when it sank the Gloucester, Massachusetts-based fishing boat Andrea Gail, killing its six crew members. Also known as […]
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