Saturday, March 19, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 19

March 19, 1924 – Minnesota aviator Charles Lindbergh enlisted in the Army on this date.




“On March 19, 1924, I enlisted in the Army. On that day, I became Cadet Lindbergh.”

By the summer of 1923, Lindbergh was beginning to have his doubts about the brainstorming life, with its underpowered war-surplus airplanes and constant scraping for dollars. Becoming an air cadet in the Army had its attraction.

“Think of zooming through the sky on the power of four hundred horses! Think of flying always on freshly covered wings with new and drum-tight fabric! An Army pilot…didn’t have to worry about the cost of repairs or gasoline. The government paid for that…Of course when you joined the Army you lost the independence of a barnstorming pilot…You might gain freedom from financial worries, but didn’t you have to follow orders all the time?”

The Spirit of St. Louis

Plaque located in Lindbergh Museum, Little Falls, Minn. 

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson

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Friday, March 18, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 18

March 18, 1926 – Peter Graves of Mission Impossible fame was born on this date as Peter Duesler Aurness in Minneapolis.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0336335/




Peter Graves

http://www.examiner.com/article/actor-peter-graves-brother-of-james-arness-death-reported-on-week-of-84th-birthday-quotes

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 17

March 17, 1960On this date, Northwest Orient Flight 710 left Minneapolis at 1251 and arrived at Midway Airport at 1355. After this 30 minute stop in Chicago, the flight continued on to Miami, Fla.

“At approximately 1640, reports were received by Northwest Airlines at Minneapolis that Flight 710 had crashed near Cannelton, Indiana. The time of the crash was established as approximately 1525.”1 All 57 passengers and six crew on board were killed.

“The plane lost its entire right wing and half the left wing after encountering severe clear-air turbulence. The fuselage remained intact and struck a soybean field at over 600 miles per hour.”2

“The crash was so severe that many of the bodies could not be identified. All of the remains were divided up and placed into 16 coffins that were buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Tell City, Ind., about 10 miles north of the crash site.”2

The Civil Aeronautics Board concluded “that flutter was induced by oscillations of the outboard nacelles and that this reached a magnitude sufficient to fail the right wing. Reduced stiffness of the structure and the entry of the aircraft into an area of severe clear air turbulence were contributing factors.”1 In English, this means “the probable cause for the accident was in-flight separation of the right wing while cruising at 18,000 ft (5,500 m) due to flutter caused by unexplained reduced stiffness of the engine mounts.”3

The citizens of Perry County and the Cannelton Kiwanis Club raised funds for a memorial and dedicated it in 1961 at the site of the 1960 crash. The names of all 63 victims are listed on on the memorial.

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1http://specialcollection.dotlibrary.dot.gov/Document?db=DOT-AIRPLANEACCIDENTS&query=(select+714)


2http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11121

3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Orient_Airlines_Flight_710               __________________________________________________________

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 16

March 16, 1915 – The Minneapolis Park Board made a ruling on bathing suits this afternoon for the upcoming summer season. Women must wear a two-piece skirted suit; one-piece bloomer suits or woven material, and knit suits with skirt, are the only types of bathing costumes that will be allowed on the beach.  Men’s suits should be provided with a skirt of proper length. All suits should be of a dark colored material and must meet with the approval of the management. White suits will positively not be allowed.

Bathing suits and the conduct of women at Calhoun Beach will be censored by a policeman of “proper intellectual attainments and force.” The policewoman will ban bathing suits that are too gaudy, too abbreviated, or too low-cut—also the white suit that is see-through when it is wet. The policewoman will be paid a salary of $75 a month and the Civil Service Dept. will have to find the type of woman that will fit the job. Superintendent Wirth said he thought she should be a good swimmer, so that she might be reasonable in her judgment of swimming suits that women who do not rent suits bring to the beach. A young and athletic type of woman will be sought for the job.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Bathing Suits to be Censored. Policewoman to Rule Costumes and Conduct at Calhoun. Park Board Makes Regulations.”; March 17, 1915; p. 1.



Fashionable Women's Swimwear - 1915

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 15

March 15, 1894 – This afternoon the daughter of C. M Houston, a wealthy farmer living four miles west of Winnebago City, Minn., was married.  This evening as they were enjoying their wedding supper, the family was disturbed by a crowd of boys who came prepared to give them an all-night entertainment. Mr. Houston stepped to the door and invited them in, when someone in the crowd fired a revolver in the air, and Mr. Houston dropped dead. He was troubled with heart disease, and the sudden scare killed him.

St. Paul Daily Globe; “Dropped Dead at a Wedding.”; March 16, 1894; p. 1.




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Monday, March 14, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 14

March 14, 1883 – This forenoon, Karl Winter shot a young woman named Louise Levi with a revolver at the Northwestern depot in Mankato. It was a case of disappointed love. Levi was visiting her sister in Mankato, and Winter had followed her there from St. Paul.

The girl’s father came on the scene. He and his daughter were just going to leave on this morning’s train when Winter followed them to the depot and fired on the girl. The ball went through her right arm and made a flesh wound across her back. Her injury is not serious.

Winter then shot himself and was more successful. The ball entered the region of the heart and made an “ugly hole.” At this time, he is still alive, but will die. He is said to have run a barber shop in St. Paul.

The girl’s father says that Winter has a wife in the old country, which is the reason he would not allow him in his daughter’s company.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Wanted Her Blood. A Love-Crazed Barber’s Bloody Work. He shoots His Former Mistress Because Her Father Forbade their marriage and Kills Himself—Her Wounds Slight.”; March 15, 1883; p. 1.




http://www.mankato-mn.gov/Community/Page.aspx
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Sunday, March 13, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 13

March 13, 1889 - Tower, St. Louis County, Minn., first occupied by white men and platted as a townsite in 1882, reached by the Duluth and Iron Range railroad in 1884, and incorporated as a city [on this date] was named in honor of Charlemagne Tower, Sr., of Philadelphia, Pa. He was connected with the Minnesota Iron Company and the Duluth and Iron Range railroad company, and was thus instrumental in opening in 1884 the great iron industry of Minnesota.

The name also honors Charlemagne Tower, Jr., who was president of the Duluth and Iron Range railroad company, and managing director of the Minnesota Iron Company.


http://genealogytrails.com/minn/stlouis/history.html



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