1887: Rumors of war circulated through the state, as residents of St. John, Rolette county, sent out for military protection, fearing an attack from local American Indians. The Governor, labeling it as just a scare, refused to send troops, until actual evidence was shown that troops were needed.

1894: Harshman, a brakeman for the Northern Pacific who had lost his toes in the Valley City yard a year before, won $2,000 in damages against the railroad.

1918: In a letter to the editor, C.R. Wells, referencing the German school in Zap, N.D., called for the government to stop the teaching of German, as well as stopping the publication of every German paper in the country. The goal of Wells was to wipe out every vestige of Germanism in the country.

1935: Governor Walter Welford signed a bill legalizing the sale of liquor by municipally owned stored. The signing the bill would allow liquor, beginning July 1, to be sold legally for the first time since the stated entered the union in 1889.

1951: Towns throughout North Dakota became isolated as blowing, drifting snow filled in roads as quickly as plows could clear them. The temperature in Bismarck dropped to negative 23 degrees, adding to the harsh conditions.