On this date in 1967, the Minnesota Vikings win the first NFL playoff game played in Minnesota. Playing in Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, the Vikings came from behind to defeat the LA Rams, 23-20, in the Western Conference Championship Game. Minnesota overcame deficits of 17-7 at halftime and 20-14 in the 4th quarter for the […]
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1839-12-17
Newton H. Winchell is born in New York. As Minnesota’s state geologist, Winchell would publish twenty-four reports on the state’s geology and paleontology. His discoveries include the movement of St. Anthony Falls from its origins near Fort Snelling to its present location, an event requiring an estimated 8,000 years. He died in 1914. (MNopedia)
1864-12-15
On this date in 1864, the Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth Minnesota Infantry Regiments fight in the Battle of Nashville, ultimately defeating the Confederate Army of Tennessee during the Civil War.
1798-12-14
On this date in 1798, fur trader Alexis Bailly is born in St. Joseph, Canada. He would precede Henry H. Sibley as an agent for the American Fur Company in Mendota. Bailly was one of the first wheat growers in Minnesota and a member of the territorial legislature. He died in 1861 (MNopedia).
1878-12-10
On this date in 1878, Telegrapher Richard Henry Hankinson organizes the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co. of Minneapolis with authorized capital stock of $10,000. The company would begin its operations with 53 subscribers in February 1879, and a line was strung to St. Paul in April of that year.
