Paper milling in International Falls begins as eighteen tons of newsprint are manufactured. Paper production remains a major business of the city today.

In a horrifying multiple-murder, Robert Doan of Mahtowa clubs to death his wife and three of his four children. He also sets fire to the house, killing the remaining child. Doan had "lost his temper" after being fired from his job as a bulldozer operator at the Duluth Williamson-Johnson Municipal Airport and then getting into an argument with his wife. His first trial closes with a 9-3 deadlock because, according to the defense, Doan had signed a confession under extreme duress and he later denied the murders during the trial.

Stanford Newel is born to Stanford and Abby Lee Penniman Newel in Providence, Rhode Island. After moving to St. Paul he became an integral part of the city's development, serving on the St. Paul Parks Board, founding the Minnesota Club, and leading the Pioneer Press Company. He is best known, however, for his diplomatic work as the United States Minister to the Netherlands, 1897–1905.

The steamer Hadley rams the whaleback freighter Thomas Wilson near the entry to the Duluth harbor. The Wilson sinks quickly, and nine crewmembers drown.

Musician Prince Nelson is born in Minneapolis. He is perhaps best known for the album and movie Purple Rain. Nelson first took "Prince" as his stage name but for a time used an unpronounceable symbol, leading people to refer to him as "the artist formerly known as Prince."

The US government moves a group of Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) people from their reservation in Iowa to one in present-day Minnesota, on land that had been purchased from the Ojibwe.

The flour of the Washburn-Crosby Company wins a gold medal at an exhibition in Cincinnati, launching the Gold Medal brand. Washburn-Crosby eventually became General Mills.

C. C. Beck is born in Zumbrota. As an adult, he excelled as a cartoonist and drew Captain Marvel.

A court orders an injunction against construction of the Duluth Ship Canal, which Duluth was building in order to divert traffic from Superior, Wisconsin, which has the natural mouth of the harbor. Duluth mayor J. B. Culver orders the excavation into high speed, completing the work on June 13, just before the formal court order is delivered. Duluth's reply to Superior is "You can stop the water if you can. We can't." The Aerial Lift Bridge now crosses the canal.

The steamer North West, built in Cleveland for James J. Hill's Northern Steamship Company, arrives in Duluth, completing its maiden voyage.

Governor Albert Quie calls out the National Guard to protect truck drivers who continue to work during a nationwide strike.