Author Bayard Taylor lectures in Minneapolis. A portion of the proceeds from his talk funds the Young Men's Literary Association, which would buy the books that form the original collection of the Minneapolis Public Library.

Minneapolis celebrates John H. Stevens Day. Stevens had built a house on the west side of the Mississippi River in 1849, and on this day schoolchildren pull the house to a location in Minnehaha Park.

The Twin Cities fete General William T. Sherman, who is on a tour of army forts in Minnesota and the Dakotas as commander of the Division of the Mississippi.

A patent is issued to 3M for its transparent cellophane tape, which becomes known as Scotch Tape. Richard G. Drew of St. Paul had developed the product from his earlier invention, a pressure-sensitive masking tape used as a border when repainting cars.

A train derailment in Superior, Wisconsin, sends a tanker car of benzene into the Nemadji River. The resulting cloud of possibly toxic smoke leads to the evacuation of 50,000 residents of Superior and Duluth.

Alexander McDougall launches the first whaleback freighter onto Lake Superior.

Minnesota's first real-estate advertisement for a "land salesman" appears in the Minnesota Pioneer.

Reflecting nationwide attitudes about prohibition, Duluth adopts a ban on alcohol sales within the city.

St. Paul mayor John Prince joins the crowd on the first train trip from the capital to Minneapolis. This railroad, the St. Paul and Pacific, later became part of the Great Northern Railway.

Amherst Willoughby begins stagecoach service between St. Paul and St. Anthony.