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1997 – 25 years ago
- Former Zumbrota-Mazeppa standout and starting linebacker for the Minnesota Gophers, Parc Williams, has been named the recipient of the inaugural Bernie Bierman Endowed Scholarship.
- Kathleen Blatz has been named the first female Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
1972 – 50 years ago
- President Nixon has been endorsed for re-election by 548 daily newspapers, while 38 have endorsed Sen. George McGovern.
- A low-cost computer in the new IBM line – the System 370, Model 125 – was announced. The purchase price of the 125 will range from $377,815 to $602,621.
1947 – 75 years ago
- The city of Rochester was presented with a $150,000 check to aid in the construction and to equip a public health center.
- A private plane flew a two-and-a-half-year-old girl from Rapid City, S.D., to Rochester for admission to a Rochester hospital in hopes that the Mayo Clinic can perform an emergency operation on one of her lungs.
1922 – 100 years ago
- About 30 persons in and around Plainview have fallen victim to a typhoid fever epidemic. Health officials are trying to track down the cause.
- National Guard troops, assigned to northern Minnesota to help with the fires, will head home as most of the blazes are finally under control.
- Edith Hanson was the winner of a Studebaker Sedan in The Rochester Daily Post and Record Salesmanship Club campaign.
