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1997 — 25 years ago
- More than 300 marched in Rochester during the Martin Luther King Jr. parade along Second Street. The theme for this year's march was “A Community Resolved for Nonviolence.”
- Rochester John Marshall’s Ben Baune scored three goals while leading the Rockets to an 8-1 Big Nine Conference boys hockey game against Mankato West.
1972 — 50 years ago
- Curtis Taylor, the Rochester Parks and Recreation superintendent, was elected to a term as president of the Gamehaven Council, Boys Scouts of America.
- The Minnesota Republican Party has announced that Gov. Ronald Reagan of California will be the key speaker at an upcoming state dinner at the St. Paul Auditorium.
1947 — 75 years ago
- Recent warm weather forced the cancellation of area outdoor hockey games the past couple of days.
- Women may soon be admitted into the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) for the first time. There is a recommendation that a congressional act include women in the organization. (It wasn’t until 1978 that the VFW began admitting women).
1922 — 100 years ago
- The modern young women of college today can be a little “alarming.” Despite her "frivolity and short skirts," the modern girl still has a great deal of wholesomeness. She is different from her mother and grandma.
- The Rev. C. C. Englebart of Rochester currently owns the book “True Christendom” by Johann Arndts, a German Lutheran theologian. The book, written in German, was printed in 1766.
