Saturday, February 23, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 23


February 23, 1999 – A guest on The Late Show with David Letterman this evening, Minn. Governor Jesse Ventura angered many St. Paulites by discussing the “idiosyncratic layout of the city of St. Paul.” He told the host, "Whoever designed the streets must have been drunk....I think it was those Irish guys." He later apologized.

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20128369,00.html



Jesse Ventura

http://www.peoplequiz.com/biographies-35432-Jesse_Ventura.html

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Friday, February 22, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 22

February 22, 1980 – The Miracle on Ice Olympic hockey game was played on this date at Lake Placid, NY. Team USA led by coach Herb Brooks won a 4-3 victory over the Russians, who were considered the best hockey team in the world at the time. Team USA was comprised of college hockey players brought together to play in the Olympics, a significant number of them from Minnesota. The Red Army Team of the Soviet Union had six players in their third Olympics, and the Russians had not been beaten in Olympic competition since they lost to Czechoslovakia in 1968. 

Minneapolis Tribune; “It was U-S-A day on the Olympic ice”; February 23, 1980; p. 1A.


Herb Brooks

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/large_
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Thursday, February 21, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 21


February 21, 1917 – By unanimous vote, the council committee on licenses today decided to recommend to the council the revocation of the permit of James McClanaghan, manager of the Regent Theater, 609 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, who, earlier in the day was arraigned before Judge Steel on the charge of exhibiting an obscene picture.

 Despite the action of the committee and the arrest of McClenaghan following his indictment by the grand jury, the police department permitted the exhibition of the film, “The Garden of Knowledge,” this evening. O. W. Wassing, secretary to the Mayor, said the Mayor had nothing to say regarding recent developments in this case. Miss Anna Marley, his stenographer, saw the film early in its “run” and reported she saw nothing objectionable to it.

McClenaghan pleaded not guilty on the charge of exhibiting an indecent picture when arraigned before Judge Steele today. He was released on $1,000 bail and the case continued until Monday.

 
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McClenaghan was indicted under the statute that provides for the punishment of those who exhibit indecent literature and postcards. The statute was passed before the day of motion picture theaters. The arrest of the theater manager is believed to mark the first time that the statute has been invoked against theater managers.

According to County Attorney Rees the state will depend upon the testimony of persons who witnessed exhibitions of the picture for a conviction. No search warrant was included in the warrant for McClenaghan’s arrest and the deputy sheriffs were unauthorized to seize the film itself. Indeed, according to Mr. Rees, it would have done little good to seize the picture since witnesses declared objectionable parts of the film, allowed for weeks by the police, were eliminated by the theater management after investigation was begun by private individuals.

The Northwest Motion Picture Exhibitors Corporation has expelled McClenaghan from its members. Officers said he had promised to withdraw the film after last Saturday and had failed to do so.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Manager Indicted, But Film Still Runs at Movie Theater. Council advised to Revoke License After Police Fail to Act. Mayor’s Stenographer Approved the Movie. Accused Official Pleads Not Guilty and Is Released on $1,000 Bail.”; Feb. 22, 1917; p. 12.



1The Tampa Tribune; March 24, 1917; p. 5.

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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 20


February 20, 1978 – Nine Minnesota women [were] among the 100 finalists competing [on this date] for $79,000 in prizes in the Pillsbury Bake-Off contest in New Orleans.

Minneapolis Tribune; “9 women from state finalists in Bake-Off”; February 20, 1978; p. 3B.



http://www.pillsbury.com/our-makers/bake-off-contest

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 19

February 19, 1895 – Fire broke out at 5 this afternoon in the ladies dressing room of the St. Cloud opera house, and completely destroyed the building. The flames soon got into the roof, where the firemen could not fight it. It burned with terrific rapidity, and in less than two hours there was nothing left but a pile of smoldering ruins. The north wall of the building fell on a two-story house that stood close by and badly damaged it, although the firemen prevented the destruction by fire. The Wilson Theater Company, which was playing St. Cloud this week, saved all its scenery. The loss was $10,000.

St. Paul Daily Globe; “Theater Burns Up. St. Cloud Opera House Completely Destroyed at 5 O’Clock Yesterday. Company Saves Scenery.”; Feb. 19, 1895; p. 1.



St. Cloud Opera House

http://sctimesapps.com/news/thennow/pages/operahouse.php

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Monday, February 18, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 18

February 18, 1908 – The mystery surrounding the disappearance of the box of $50,000 in stocks and bonds from the office of D. C. Hopkins in the Metropolitan Building was cleared this morning by the police.

In searching the trunk of W. F. Breitner brought to Minneapolis from Cincinnati Monday night on a charge of forgery and theft by Detective LeLaittre, a tin box was found. In it reposed a bunch of mysterious looking papers. No one knew the significance of the find for a while, but Chief Corriston recalled the stocks and bonds robbery, and realized what he was looking at.

Breitner admits stealing the stocks and bonds, saying he took them Sat. morning, Feb. 8.

“I was walking through the corridor on the fifth floor of the building,” he said in making his confession. “I noticed one of the safes open in the vault near the Hopkins Land Company’s office, and entered without being seen. I found the box and without opening it, hid it in my coat and walked down the stairs. I left that night for Cincinnati to join my wife in that city.”

Mr. Hopkins said he found all the papers intact.

“The finding of the box of securities relieves my mind of a great burden,” he said. “The sarcastic insinuations that have been made about its disappearance have been galling to me than the loss of the papers, for they represented no actual loss, of course, as I could easily have duplicated them. I am glad that the mystery has been cleared.”

The Minneapolis Tribune; “Mysterious Theft Finally Solved. Stocks and Bonds Stolen From D. C. Hopkins Are Found. W. F. Breitner Explains How he Secured Box of Securities.”; Feb. 19, 1908; p. 5.



The Metropolitan Building was built in 1890 and torn down in 1961 as part of a major urban renewal effort in downtown Minneapolis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Building_(Minneapolis)



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Sunday, February 17, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 17

February 17, 1991 – NWA “flight attendant Nancy Ludwig was bound, gagged, raped and her throat slashed in a room at the Hilton Airport Inn near Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, [Mich.].” Ludwig lived in Minnetonka, Minn., and “had worked for the airline since 1976.”1

Jeffrey Wayne Gorton was convicted in 2002 of Ludwig’s murder. “He later pled no contest to charges that he raped and murdered a professor and provost of the University of Michigan-Flint, Margarette Eby, on November 9, 1986.

Gorton was tracked down through the matching of a semen sample taken from the Ludwig crime scene with a semen sample taken from the Eby crime scene. Gorton had left latent fingerprints at the Eby crime scene, and these fingerprints eventually were matched with Gorton, which enabled the Michigan State Police to learn the killer's identity.”

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http://www.airlinecrew.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?163459-NANCY-LUDWIG-murder-quot-suspect-quot-ARRESTED!

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http://www.serialkillercalendar.com/Brief-Bio-of-JEFFREY-GORTON.html



Jeffrey Wayne Gorton

http://www.murderpedia.org/male.G/g/gorton-jeffrey.htm
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