On this date in 1992, the Mall of America opens in Bloomington. The Mall of America is located on the former site of Metropolitan Stadium, where both the Twins and Vikings played until 1982. When it opened, the Mall of America became the largest shopping mall in terms of both total area and total store […]
Architecture
1906-02-13
On this date in 1906, the last person executed in the state of Minnesota, William F. Williams, was hanged in the basement of the Ramsey County Jail. Williams had been sentenced to death for the murder of his friend, 16 year-old, Johnny Keller. Ten months earlier, on April 12, 1905, Williams and Keller had a […]
1881-03-01
On this date in 1881, Minnesota’s first state capitol building burns down destroying thousands of rare books, documents, art and other collections. Originally completed in late 1853, the Minnesota Territorial Legislature met in the building for the first time on January 4, 1854. The land on which the capitol was built, bounded by Tenth, Wabasha, […]
2000-02-12
On this date in 2002, cartoonist Charles M. Schulz dies in Santa Rosa, California. Schultz, who was born in Minneapolis in 1922 and raised in St. Paul, was the creator of the comic strip Peanuts which included characters such as Charlie Brown and Snoopy. Schulz attended Richards Gordon Elementary School in Saint Paul, where […]
1824-05-13
On this date in 1824, General Winfield Scott arrives to inspect Fort St. Anthony. Impressed with what he sees, he suggests that the fort be renamed for Colonel Josiah Snelling, supervisor of its construction. (MNopedia)
