MN History for April 8th
Its been a busy month so far, today is no shortage
1897-The Red River crests in Moorhead
1905-The Battleship Minnesota is launched at Newport News, Virginia
1911-Melvin Calvin is born in St. Paul. Calvin discovered the details of the photosysthesis and would be awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1961
1953-The first ever sit-down strike happens at the Minnesota State Prison in Stillwater