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This Day in Minnesota History

January 19, 1902

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Two masked men rob Anoka's Monte Carlo casino. An article in the Anoka Herald reports that "the whole thing was carried out with good humor," although it was likely not humorous for the attendant who was shot twice by the robbers when he tried to escape.

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