This Day in Minnesota History

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Today's Date: April 2

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1849

Alexander Ramsey is appointed the first governor of Minnesota Territory. The third choice of President Zachary Taylor, Ramsey is selected after the first, Edward W. McGaughey, is rejected by the Senate, and the second, William S. Pennington, declines the post. Appointed while Congress is out of session, Ramsey is already in Minnesota before the Senate approves his nomination in January 1850.
1982

The last edition of the Minneapolis Star is printed, ending sixty-two years of publication. The following day marks the first publication of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, which later became the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
2002

Nellie Stone Johnson dies in Minneapolis at the age of ninety-six. Johnson was an African American civil rights activist and union leader who was influential in Minnesota politics from the 1930s through the twentieth century.