On This Date in Minnesota History: May 26

May 26, 1897 – “A terrible accident occurred [on this date] at Hermantown [Minn.], seven miles from Duluth. Frank Lucek, a farmer living there, was thawing some dynamite to be used in clearing his land of stumps. He was heating it over a fire when it exploded, tearing the house almost to pieces and killing Lucek and two young sons. His wife and another small son escaped alive but are badly hurt. What remained of the house caught fire and was destroyed.”
http://www3.gendisasters.com/minnesota/19662/hermantown-mn-dynamite-explosion-may-189

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 25

May 25, 1877 – “During the grasshopper plague, [Minnesota] declared a bounty of one dollar for each bushel of grasshopper eggs collected by this date.”
http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part1.pdf

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 24

May 24, 1941 – Singer and songwriter Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, Minn.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001168/

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 23

May 23, 1857 - Crow Wing County was established on this date “and organized March 3, 1879. It is named for the Crow Wing River which gets its name from an island in the river that is shaped like the wing of a crow.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crow_Wing_County,_Minnesota

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 22

May 22, 1888 – “Minneapolis architect LeRoy S. Buffington, the ‘Father of the Skyscraper,’ patents a construction method involving a steel skeleton that allowed structures to be built to any height.”
http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part1.pdf

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 21

May 21, 1882 – “Mark Twain visited St. Paul [on this date] while compiling research for his book Life on the Mississippi that was published the next year.”
http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part1.pdf

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 20

May 20, 2000 – Timberwolves guard Malik Sealy was killed in a head-on collision in St. Louis Park, Minn. “He was driving home from a birthday celebration for teammate and best friend Kevin Garnett in downtown Minneapolis when his sports utility vehicle was struck by a pickup truck traveling the wrong way down the highway. The truck was driven by 43-year-old Souksangouane  Phengsene, who survived the accident with head and chest injuries. Neither driver was wearing a seatbelt. Phengsene's airbag deployed, but Sealy's SUV did not have one.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik_Sealy