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This Day in Minnesota History

November 9, 1940

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Two members of Alcoholics Anonymous visit Minnesota to watch a football game and to contact people who have asked for help with their drinking problems. They connect with one, B. Patrick Cronin, who later dated his sobriety to November 11, 1940, and helped start more than 450 AA groups in the Midwest.

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