This Day in Maine History
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PublishedApril 1, 2020
On this date in Maine history: April 1
April 1, 1968: Dow Air Force Base in Bangor officially closes. The city of Bangor obtains the airfield and reopens it the following year as Bangor International Airport. Bangor had allocated $75,000 for development of the base in 1940. The Maine Military Defense Commission funded the purchase of the base’s land. With construction of what […]
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PublishedMarch 31, 2020
On this date in Maine history: March 31
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PublishedMarch 30, 2020
On this date in Maine history: March 30
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PublishedMarch 29, 2020
On this date in Maine history: March 29
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PublishedMarch 28, 2020
On this date in Maine history: March 28
March 28, 2006: Caspar Weinberger, U.S. secretary of defense for seven years under President Ronald Reagan, dies at age 88 at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor from pneumonia complications. In the Reagan administration, Weinberger took the lead in directing a rollback strategy against Soviet communism. He was indicted in the Iran-Contra scandal, involving a violation […]
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PublishedMarch 27, 2020
On this date in Maine history: March 27
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PublishedMarch 26, 2020
On this date in Maine history: March 26
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PublishedMarch 25, 2020
On this date in Maine history: March 25
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PublishedMarch 24, 2020
On this date in Maine history: March 24
March 24, 1958: Life magazine’s cover depicts sculptor Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) wearing a witch’s hat and crouching behind one of her creations. The magazine’s cover article reveals to the nation Nevelson’s “Moon Garden + One” exhibition at the Grand Central Moderns gallery in New York, which opened in January that year and elevates Nevelson, who grew […]
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PublishedMarch 23, 2020
On this date in Maine history: March 23
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