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1998 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minn
1993 Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minn, killing 18 1993 Minn Twins Dave Winfield, is 19th to get 3,000 hits 1991 Minn Twins beat Altanta Braves 1-0 in 10 to win World Series in 7 1990 Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0 1990 400 New Kids on the Block fans treated for heat exhaustion in Minn 1989 Minn Timberwolves' 1st NBA game, loses to Seattle, 106-94 1988 Minn Twins are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance 1988 Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson (Minn), 22, crowned 62nd Miss America 1989 1986 Mary Lund of Minn, is 1st female recipient of an artificial heart 1985 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minn 1984 New Jersey Devils 1st shutout, Glenn Resch makes 42 saves beat Minn, 2-0 1981 Last game at Minn's Metropolitan Stadium, lose to Kansas City 5-2 1980 Minn ends Philadelphia Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends 1977 Minn Twin Bert Blyleven no-hits California Angels, 9-0 1976 Dorothy Kathleen Benham (Minn), 20, crowned 49th Miss America 1977 1970 70th U.S. Golf Open: Tony Jacklin shoots a 281 at Hazeltine National Minn 1968 Minn Tommy Krammer passes for 6 touchdowns vs Green Bay (42-7) 1968 Verne Gagne beats Dick Beyers (Dr. X) in Minn, to become NWA champ 1968 Minn North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th) 1968 Bill Masterson, (Minn Northstars), checked into the boards and killed 1967 Minn Twin Dean Chance 2nd no-hitter of month beats Cleveland, 2-1 1965 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minn 1962 Minn Twins Jack Kralick no-hits Kansas City A's, 1-0 1962 Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ 1962 Minn Twins Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn and Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning 1962 Mister M (Dr. X) beats Verne Gagne in Minn, to become NWA champ 1961 Twins agree on $500,000 payment to AA for Minn/St. Paul territory 1960 Dino Ciccarelli, Ontario, NHL right wing, Minn North Stars, Washington Caps 1958 Minn announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium 1958 Calvin Griffith says Senators will prob accept offer to move to Minn 1943 Lance Rentzel, NFL receiver, Minn, LA, ex-husband of Joey Heatherton 1941 Bronko Nagurski beats Ray Steele in Minn, to become wrestling champ 1933 1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minn 1930 Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans 1922 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minn) 1920 1st commercial armored car introduced in St. Paul Minn 1916 22nd U.S. Golf Open: Chick Evans shoots a 286 at Minikahda Club MINN 1895 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3) 1870 Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn 1862 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato Minn, due to their uprising |
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