Historical place archive

Minnesota in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Minnesota in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records4 event labels4 people1940–1999

Historical events in Minnesota

1940

February 1940
Uranium-235 Separation
Alfred Nier · Physics

Separates uranium-235 for early fission measurements.

1959

5 June 1959
Education
Robert Allen Zimmerman · Popular Music

Bob Dylan graduates Hibbing HS in Minnesota

1998

5 February 1998
Purchase of Minnesota Vikings
Tom Clancy · NFL

Tom Clancy signs agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million

1999

5 January 1999
Governor
Jesse Ventura · Government of USA

Sworn in as Governor of Minnesota

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Minnesota. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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