1989 – 25 years ago
• The Red Wing training school is marking its centennial this year. More than 50,000 Minnesotans have spent parts of their youth inside its walls. In August 1889, ground was broken and the cornerstone laid the following year. By 1894, the residents numbered 333, including several dozen girls.
• A permanent memorial has been built in Kasson and will be dedicated on this date. Kasson residents and veterans Gary Gullickson and Rebel Temple both financed the $1,000 project.
1964 – 50 years ago
• Construction for the new $14 million Methodist Hospital is on schedule. The new 500-bed, two-block-long hospital is slated for opening in December 1966. The facility will be nine stories high and have 28 operating rooms.
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• A 500-pupil secondary school building constructed on the 38-acre site owned by the Independent District 857 just east of the village of Lewiston was recommended by the Bureau of Field Studies and Surveys.
• The weekly grand prize offered to youngsters whose questions will be used in the Junior Editors feature that appears daily in the Post-Bulletin will be a complete set of the 15-volume Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia.
1939 – 75 years ago
• Rochester and southern Minnesota today were busy with preparations for the July 4 observance when thousands will flock to celebrations here and at surrounding points while others seek recreation at lakes and streams. Mayor Grassle issued a proclamation calling upon Rochester citizens to ban noise in their celebration. He also urged attendance at the fireworks display.
• A burglar who bored his way into the George Speten pool hall in Stewartville escaped in a hail of bullets after being discovered by the village marshal. The burglar left a suit coat, a brace and a bit in his haste to escape. He did get away with some cigarettes and $20 in nickels.
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Ten years ago: U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan won a promise from Sudan's government to send troops to stop militia violence in the Darfur region. Maria Sharapova won her first Grand Slam title by beating Serena Williams 6-1, 6-4 at Wimbledon. Former Soviet cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev died in Cheboksary, Chuvash Autonomous Republic, at age 74.
Five years ago: In a surprise announcement, Sarah Palin said she would resign as Alaska governor, effective July 26, 2009. Vice President Joe Biden visited Baghdad, where he pressed Iraqi leaders to do more to foster national reconciliation and offered U.S. assistance in achieving that goal. Businessman John S. Barry, who turned rust-fighter WD-40 into a household brand, died in La Jolla, Calif., at age 84.
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One year ago: Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, was overthrown by the military after just one year by the same kind of Arab Spring uprising that had brought the Islamist leader to power.
Today's birthdays: Actor Tim O'Connor is 87. Jazz musician Pete Fountain is 84. Playwright Tom Stoppard is 77. Writer-producer Jay Tarses is 75. Attorney Gloria Allred is 73. Folk singer Judith Durham (The Seekers) is 71. Actor Kurtwood Smith is 71. Actor Michael Cole (TV: "The Mod Squad") is 69. Country singer Johnny Lee is 68. Humorist Dave Barry is 67. Actress Betty Buckley is 67. Rock singer-musician Paul Barrere (Little Feat) is 66. Actress Jan Smithers is 65. Actor Bruce Altman is 59. Former Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier (doo-VAHL'-yay) is 63. Talk show host Montel Williams is 58. Country singer Aaron Tippin is 56. Rock musician Vince Clarke (Erasure) is 54. Actor Tom Cruise is 52. Actor Thomas Gibson is 52. Actress Hunter Tylo is 52. Actress Connie Nielsen is 50. Actress Yeardley Smith is 50. Singer Ishmael Butler is 45. Rock musician Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies) is 45. Actress-singer Shawnee Smith is 45. Actress-singer Audra McDonald is 44. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is 43. Actor Patrick Wilson is 41. Country singer Trent Tomlinson is 39. Actress Andrea Barber is 38. Singer Shane Lynch (Boyzone) is 38. Actor Ian Anthony Dale is 36. Actress Elizabeth Hendrickson is 35. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tonia Tash (Divine) is 35. Country singer-songwriter Sarah Buxton is 34. Actress Olivia Munn is 34. Actress Shoshannah Stern is 34. Actor Grant Rosenmeyer is 23. Actress Kelsey Batelaan is 19.
