On This Date in Minnesota History: January 5

January 5, 1911 – Duluth Police Patrol Officer Harry A. “Chesmore was shot and killed while transporting two juvenile suspects back to Duluth from Superior, Wisconsin, on a train. He was sitting with the two suspects and, when he was distracted, one of the suspects shot him. The two fled but were apprehended again and sent to prison. One of the suspects died in prison of tuberculosis and the other died of the same disease shortly after being released to his parents.”
http://www.odmp.org/officer/3015-patrol-officer-harry-a-chesmore

On This Date in Minnesota History: January 4

January 4, 1970 - The Vikings defeated the Browns, 27-7, in the NFL Championship Game on [this date] at Metropolitan Stadium. Minnesota became the 1st modern NFL expansion team to win an NFL Championship Game. The Vikings dominated the game, leading 27-0 at one point.”http://www.vikings.com/team/history/timeline.html

http://schultzstake.blogspot.com/2011/08/touchdown-how-vikings-are-buying.html

On This Date in Minnesota History: January 3

January 3, 1983 – Rudy Perpich takes office as the 36^th Governor of the State of Minn.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Minnesota

Minn. Gov. Rudy Perpich

http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10522

On This Date in Minnesota History: January 2

January 2, 1860 – Alexander Ramsey takes office as the second Governor of the State of Minn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Minnesota

Gov. Alexander Ramseyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Ramsey,_Brady-Handy_bw_photo_portrait,_ca1865-1880.jpg

On This Date in Minnesota History: January 1

January 1, 1912¹ – Walter H. Deubner invented the shopping bag. “Deubner ran a small grocery store in St. Paul, and was looking for a way to give his business a boost.”² Observing his customers, he noticed they purchased only what they could carry. He came up with a way to help them buy more items: a paper bag with cord running through it for strength. “Deubner patented his product and within three years, by 1915, was selling over a million shopping bags a year.”^2
1http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/28952
²http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/shopbag.htm

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Jan. 1, 2013, 

as long as acknowledgement included.  

On This Date in Minnesota History: December 31

December 31, 1979 – The home of author Wanda Gag was placed on the Nation Register of Historic Homes on this date. It is located at 226 N. Washington Street in New Ulm, Minn. Tours are available.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Brown_County,_Minnesota

Author Wanda Gag's home, New Ulm, Minn.

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Dec. 31, 2012,
as long as acknowledgement included.  

On This Date in Minnesota History: December 30

December 30, 1995 – Anne Barber Dunlap went missing on this date after purportedly telling her husband Brad that she was going shopping at the Mall of America in Bloomington. Her body was found January 1, 1996, in the trunk of her car in the K-Mart parking lot on West Lake St. in Minneapolis. She had been stabbed repeatedly in the neck and the throat. Her murder has never been solved.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Anne_Barber_Dunlap

K-Mart parking lot on West Lake St., Minneapolis, Minn.
Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Dec. 30, 2012,
as long as acknowledgement included.