100 years ago: 1919
Members of Burnside Relief Corps, Auburn, will meet Monday afternoon at 2:15 for sewing and later whist. Those in charge of the whist are Mrs. Edna Emery and Mrs. Mary Howard. Supper will be in charge of Ruth Jones, Susan Sleeper, Emily Nash and Mary Libby. At the evening meeting, exercises will be held in memory of the birthdays of Washington and Lincoln.
50 years ago: 1969
About 7,500 attended yesterday’s activities at the Second Annual Maine Snowmobile Rally at the Lewiston Fairgrounds.
25 years ago: 1994
Nancy Kerrigan was outdone in the Olympic figure skating competition, not by Tonya Harding, but by an 16-year-old orphan from Ukraine. Kerrigan, who missed the U.S. national championships when she was clubbed by a man hired by Tonya Harding’s ex-husband, wasn’t complaining. The silver medal added to the bronze she won two years ago. “I think I skated great,” Kerrigan said. “I was smiling, I was happy, I was enjoying myself. I mean, how can I complain?” The Olympic gold medal went to Oxsana Bauil, and Harding, still under investigation back home in the Kerrigan assault, finished eighth.
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