On This Date in Minnesota History: November 7

 November 7, 1991 – Former Boston Celtic basketball player Kevin McHale, who grew up in Hibbing, Minn., appeared on Season 10, Episode 8 of Cheers. “The gang feels responsible when the Celtics' Kevin McHale goes into a slump after becoming obsessed with the number of bolts in the floor of Boston Garden.”

http://www.tv.com/shows/cheers/where-have-all-the-floorboards-gone-14301/

Kevin McHale

http://www.basketballphoto.com/NBA_Basketball_Photographs.htm

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On This Date in Minnesota History: November 6

November 6, 1962 – The 1962 Minn. state election was not only the first four-year- term election for Minnesota governor, it was also one of the closest statewide races in Minnesota history. The election was held on this date, but the results were not known until March 21, 1963. After recounts and court challenges, it was determined that then-Lieutenant Governor Karl Rolvaag-DFL, had defeated Governor Elmer L. Andersen-GOP by 91 votes out of nearly 1.3 million cast. Rolvaag collected 619,842 votes to Andersen's 619,751. At that time Minn. governors and Lt. governors were elected on separate ballots, which explains why the incumbent Governor was a Republican while the Lt. Governor was a Democrat. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_gubernatorial_election,_1962

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Minnesota.svg

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On This Date in Minnesota History: November 4

November 4, 1913 – Born Byron Elsworth Barr in St. Cloud, Minn., on this date, actor “Gig Young won an Academy Award for his performance as a slimy dance-marathon emcee in the 1969 film They Shoot Horses, Don't They?”¹  “He took the name ‘Gig Young’ from the character he played in ‘The Gay Sisters.’ His films include ‘Game of Death,’ ‘Young at Heart,’ ‘The Hindenburg,’ ‘The Elite Killer,’ and [‘The Desk Set’ with Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy]. His work on television includes ‘The Rogues.’ He shot and killed his fifth wife, German actress Kim Schmidt, after 3 weeks of marriage, then committed suicide.”<sup>2 

1</sup>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gig_Young

²http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6120

 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gig_Young_in_
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On This Date in Minnesota History: November 3

November 3, 1959 - The Wilson & Company packinghouse strike begins in Albert Lea, Minn. The conflict “between Wilson & Co. and the United Packinghouse Workers Local 6 began as a dispute about mandatory overtime hours scheduled by the company. It escalated after the workers’ contract expired between the two entities Sept. 1, 1959, and then on Nov. 3, 1959, the union officially called strike. The strike lasted through Feb. 23, 1960, when the two entities agreed to arbitration, though many workers were not called back for months.” 

http://www.albertleatribune.com/2010/02/24/the-big-strike-ends/

Strikers march down South Broadway in Albert Lea, MN (1960)

http://www.albertleasucks.com/2013/07/the-strike.html

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