WISCONSIN HISTORY DAY BY DAY



Index to Resources

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Aaron, Henry: July 20, September 23

Abbot, Edwin Hale: May 31

Abrahamson, Shirley: September 7

Accidents: Feb. 4, August 27, November 1, December 10

African Americans: Feb. 12, March 1, March 9, March 11, September 17

Agriculture: July 19, August 22, September 2, October 13, October 17, October 21

Alexian Brothers Novitiate: January 18, November 13

Allouez, Claude Jean: April 20, May 20, December 2

Alpine Valley Music Theatre: August 27

American Fur Company: September 10

American Hotel: Feb. 26

Anderson, John: August 25

Anderson, Rasmus B.: March 2

Appleton: August 20

Arndt, C.C.P: Feb. 11

Astor, John Jacob: June 11, December 31

Austin, Samuel D.: August 13

Auto Racing: July 16, September 11

Aviation: June 29, December 7, December 29

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Babcock, Stephen: March 27, October 22

Badger Army Ammunition Plant: March 13

Bank of Milwaukee: November 30

Baraboo: March 13, May 19, July 1

Barneveld: June 8

Barstow, William: January 26 , September 13

Baseball: March 18, April 1, June 3 , July 20

Bashford, Coles: January 26 , April 25

Basketball: March 29

Battle of Fallen Timbers: August 20

Bayview Riots: May 1

Beaumont, Dr. William: December 6

Beaver Dam: August 30

Belmont: October 25, December 8

Berger, Victor: November 8

Black Hawk and War: June 16, August 2, September 14, October 3

Blaine, John J.: May 4, July 11

Blue Mounds: September 14

Bong, Richard: December 7, December 20

Booth, Sherman Miller: August 10

Bovay, Alvan: Feb. 28

Boxing: May 9

Brewing Industry: Jan. 6, Jan. 16, May 15

Brigham, Ebenezer: September 14

Brockway College: Jan. 29

Brown County: October 26

Brown, Mrs. Ray A.: April 3

C

Calumet Club of Milwaukee: November 23

Cameron Dam: May 21

Camp Randall: April 2, June 19

Capital Punishment: July 12

The Capital Times: December 18

Capitol: Feb. 27, June 10, October 11, November 28, December 12

Carhart, John: June 26

"Carl D. Bradley": November 18

Carroll College: Jan. 31

Cassville: Jan. 2, April 10

Castle, Frederick Walter: December 20

Census: April 23, May 16, May 22, June 29, July 7, September 19, December 25, December 28

Center, Alexander: July 14

Chase, Warren: May 27

Chrysler Corp.: Jan. 27

Cigrand, Bernard J.: June 14

Circus: May 19, July 1

Circus World Museum: July 1

Civil War: April 2, April 13, April 16, April 19, May 10, May 28, June 19, July 2, September 20, September 21, October 1, October 27, November 10, November 25, December 4

Cleveland, Grover: March 6

Constitution: Feb. 1, April 6, October 15, December 15

Coon, S. Park: June 19

Corliss: August 13

Cornish: April 23

Crabb, Barbara: March 19, November 27

Crawford County: May 12, October 26

Cuban Refugees: June 25

Cushing, W. B.: October 27

D

Dablon, Claude: May 20

Dahmer, Jeffrey: July 23

Daily Journal: November 16

Dairy Farming: Jan. 23, Feb. 15, March 27, May 24, October 21, October 22

Danbury: Jan. 24

Dane County: September 14

Davidson, James: Feb. 10

Davis, Jefferson: May 10

Deane, John: October 6

Derleth, August: Feb. 24

Dewey, Nelson: Jan. 2, Feb. 8, June 5, December 19

Dietz, John: May 21

Dinsmore, James: June 23

Dodge, Henry: Jan. 12, June 16, June 22, November 3 , November 12

Doty, James: March 20, June 9, July 14, October 4

Dousman, Hercules: August 13

Draft: April 13, June 6 , November 10

Drake, George: July 2

Dreyfus, Lee: May 22, June 20

Dubuque, Julien: September 22

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Earl, Anthony: April 12

Earth Day: April 22

Earthquakes: May 6

"Edmund Fitzgerald": November 9

Elections/Voting: March 9, June 22, November 4, November 8

Electric Lights: August 20

Elvehjem, Conrad: July 27

Ely, Richard: September 18

Esterly, George: October 17

Exxon Corp.: August 7

F

Fairchild, Lucius: December 27

Fallen Timbers (Battle of): August 20

Farwell, Leonard: April 11 , July 12

Ferber, Edna: August 15

Fires: Jan. 2, Jan. 10, Feb. 27, April 28, June 27, July 26, July 31, October 8, October 28, December 12

Fishman, Marvin: January 22

Flag: March 17, April 26, June 2, June 14, September 4

Floods: April 10

Forest Products Laboratory: Jan. 11

Fort Crawford: July 5, July 6, July 14, December 6

Fort Edward Agustus: October 12

Fort Howard: July 14

Fort LaBaye: October 12

Fort McCoy: June 25

Fort McKay: July 17

Fort Shelby: July 17, September 5

Fort Winnebago: July 14

Forts: June 2, June 21, June 25, July 5, July 14, July 17, October 12, December 24

Frank, Michael: June 30

French and Indian War: June 21, July 9, August 3

French in Wisconsin: Jan. 8, Jan. 28, Feb. 6, April 20, May 8, May 17, May 20, June 7, June 17, July 9, August 28, September 8, December 2

Fugitive Slave Act: March 11, August 10

Fur trade: Feb. 6, May 2, May 26, June 11, September 10, December 31

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Gale, Zona: August 26

Garland, Hamlin: September 16

Gautier, Charles: May 13

German Reform Churches: October 20

Germans: June 15, October 20

Glover, Joshua: March 11, August 10

Goodland, Walter: December 22

Green Bay: May 8, June 21, July 16, August 5, August 14, August 21, October 4, October 6, October 12, December 2, December 11

Green Bay Intelligencer" December 11

Green Bay Packers: Jan. 14, Jan. 28

Gresham: Jan. 18, November 13

Groppi, Father James: September 29

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Harnack, Mildred Fish: Feb. 16

Harnden, Lt. Col.: May 10

Harvey, Cordelia: September 21

Harvey, Louis Powell: April 19, July 22, September 21

Hazel Green: March 10

Heg, Hans Christian: September 20

Heiden, Eric: February 23

Heil, Julius Peter: July 24

Heileman, Gottlieb: January 6

Herman, Woody: May 16

Hoard, W.D: January 23, February 15, October 10

Hoard's Dairyman: January 23

Horlick Malted Milk Co.: July 6

Hortonville: March 15

Hoxie, Vinnie Ream: September 25

Hudson Bay Company: May 2

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Ice Storm: February 22, March 4

Illinois Territory: December 3

Immigrants: April 23, June 15, July 7

Indiana Territory: May 7

Interstate Highway: November 24

Inventions: June 23, October 17, October 22

Iron Brigade: October 1

Iron Mining: February 9

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Jackson, Henry 'Scoop': March 30

Janesville: October 2

Jefferson County Union: January 23

Johnson, Burdette and Caleb: April 24

Jolliet, Louis: May 17, June 7, June 17

Jones Richard Lloyd: July 28

Juneau, Solomon: March 16, August 9

K

Kenosha: January 27, June 30

Kilbourn, Byron: December 16

King, Rufus: April 14, October 1

Knowles, Warren: May 24, August 19

Kohl, Herb: January 22

Kohler Company: March 3

Kohler, Walter, Jr.: April 4

Kohler, Walter, Sr.: March 3, October 9

Korean War: March 26

Kotz, Johnny: March 29

Ku Klux Klan: October 5

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La Crosse: April 10

La Follette, Belle: April 21

La Follette, Phillip: August 18

La Follette, Robert: January 7, January 9, November 4, November 6, November 29, December 18

Lady Elgin: September 9

Lake Delton: August 21

Lake Michigan: February 13, August 5, September 9, October 29, November 7, November 18

Lake Superior: November 7, November 9

Lakeland College: October 20

Landis, K.M.: December 23

Langlade, Augustin de: August 21

Langlade, Charles de: July 9, August 21

Lapham, Increase: Sept. 15

Lawyers: March 8, December 8

Lead Mining: January 8, April 18, April 23, September 22

Leahy, William: December 20

Legislature: February 26, March 1, March 8, April 16, April 26, June 5, September 29, October 25, November 12, November 28, November 30

Leif Erikson Day: October 9

Leopold, Aldo: January 11, May 11

Lewis, James T.: August 4

Libraries: June 1

Lincoln, Abraham: September 21, September 25, September 30

Lockwood, James: October 6

Lombardi, Vince: January 28

Loomis, Orland: November 2

Lucey, Patrick: March 21, August 25

Ludington & Garland: August 12

Ludington, Harrison: July 30

Lumbering: March 14, May 30

M

MacArthur, Douglas: November 25, December 7, December 20

MacMurray, Fred: August 30

Madison: February 3, April 3, May 23, June 1, July 16, July 18, September 24, October 5, October 15, November 28, December 26

Madison Teachers, Inc.: January 4

Mail: November 17

Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co.: April 30

Margarine: May 24

Marquette, Jacques: May 17, June 7, June 17

Marquette University: March 22

Marshfield: June 27

McArthur, Arthur Jr.: November 25

McArthur, Arthur Sr.: January 26

McCarthy, Joseph: February 20, December 1

McFarland: July 27

McGovern, Francis: January 21

McKay, William: July 17

Mears, Helen Farnsworth: December 21

Medal of Honor: March 26, November 25, December 7, December 20

Menard, Rene': August 28

Menominee County: April 29

Menominee Warrior Society: January 18, November 13

Michigan Territory: January 1, March 20, July 4, December 3

Michilimackinac Company: December 31

Michilimackinac County: October 26

Military: January 17, March 26, April 27, April 30, May 28, June 2, June 6, June 19, June 21, June 24, June 25, July 2, July 17, September 5

Military Road: July 14

Milton Academy: March 31

Milwaukee: January 5, January 10, January 15, January 31, February 4, February 21, February 25, March 11, March 16, April 5, April 14, April 24, May 1, May 15, May 16, June 24, July 19, August 12, August 23, September 9, October 14, October 24, October 28, November 8, November 30, December 9, December 16

Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad: February 25

Milwaukee & Rock River Canal Co.: January 5,December 16

Milwaukee Braves: March 18, September 23

Milwaukee Brewers: April 1

Milwaukee Bucks: January 22

Milwaukee County: September 6

Milwaukee Journal: November 16

Milwaukee Mile: September 11

Milwaukee Sentinel" December 9

Mining: April 18, April 23, August 7, September 22, November 6

Mississippi River: April 10

Mitchell, Billy: December 29

Mohr, Charles: May 9

Monona, Wis.: July 31

Monona Terrace: July 18

Morse, Jedediah: July 15

Muir, John: May 5

Murphy, William Parry: February 6

Music: January 20, May 16

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Native Americans: January 18, March 19, March 26, April 29, May 13, May 20, May 26, June 7, June 11, June 16, July 9, July 15, July 29, August 1, August 2, August 3, August 20, August 29, August 31, September 22, October 3, October 18, December 2, December 4

Nelson, Gaylord: April 22, June 4

New Glarus: August 16

New Richmond: June 12

Newhall House: January 10

Newspapers: July 28, November 16, December 9, December 11, December 18

Nicolet, Jean: August 14

Noonan, Josiah: March 16

Northwestern Iron Co.: February 9

Northwest Territory: August 20

Norwegians: March 2, September 20

O

O'Keefe, Georgia: November 15

Oliver, Joe: September 17

Olympics: February 23

Oshkosh: April 28, August 29

P

Paper mills: August 12

Passenger Pigeon: May 11

Pavalon, Wesley: January 22

Peck, George: September 28

Peck, Rosaline and Eben: September 24, December 26

Perrot, Nicolas: May 8, November 6

Peshtigo: October 8

Peto (submarine): April 30

Phillipp, Emanuel: March 25

Phillips, Wis.: July 26

Pike, Zebulon M.: September 4

Plank Road: February 2

Platteville: March 24

Police: July 25 , August 21

Polish: September 19

Polk, President James: May 29

Pors, William: November 10

Port Washington: November 10

Portage: August 8, August 26, October 23, November 14

Post Office: March 16, October 6

Potter Law: March 12

Prairie du Chein: April 10, April 15, April 29, May 12, May 13, June 2, July 5, July 29, August 13, September 4, September 5, October 6

Prairie du Sac: February 24

Progressive Magazine: January 9

Progressive Era: January 21, January 25, September 1, November 6, November 29

Prohibition: January 16, February 8, September 27, December 5, December 23

Q-R

The Quebec Act: Oct. 7

Racine: July 6

Radio: January 3

Railroad: February 25, March 12, April 15, May 23, May 31, September 12, November 1

Randall, Alexander: June 19, October 31

Red Cloud, Mitchell: March 26

Redding, Otis: December 10

Rennebohm, Oscar: May 25

Republican Party: February 28

Revolutionary War: May 13, May 26, September 3, October 12

Reynolds, John: December 13

Richland Center: April 9

Ringling Brothers: May 19, July 1

Ripon: February 28, May 27

Ripon College: January 29

Robert, Henry M.: February 19

Robert's Rules of Order: February 19

Roi, Joseph: August 21

Roosevelt, Teddy: October 14

Rose Bowl: November 22

Rountree, John: March 24

Rusk, Gov. Jeremiah: May 1, November21

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St. Martin, Alexis: December 6

Salomon, Edward: August 11, November 10

Sauk City: February 24

Schlitz, Joseph: May 15

Schmedeman, Albert: November 26

Schools: January 13, March 7, March 15, April 14, June 30, September 11, October 20

Schrank, John: October 14

Schreiber, Martin: April 8

Scofield, Edward: March 28

Selig, Bud: January 22

Settlement: May 22

Seventh Day Baptists: March 31

Shaw, John: May 30

Ship accidents: September 9, October 29, November 7, November 9, November 11, November 18

Sholes, Christopher L.: June 23

Slavery: March 1, March 11

Smith, William: June 18

Spanish-American War: April 27

Sports: January 14, March 18 , March 29 , April 1, May 9, June 3 , July 20, September 11, September 23, November 22, November 23, December 30

State Fair: September 30, October 2

State Patrol: July 25

Statehood: April 7, May 29, June 5

Sterling Hall: August 24

Stony Hill School: June 14

Stoughton: February 6

Street Cars: February 4

Strikes/Riots: January 4, February 12, March 15, May 1, June 24, July 3, July 6, July 21, August 23, August 24, September 2, September 29, October 21, November 10

Strong, Moses: January 8

Submarines: April 30

Sun Prairie: November 15

Super Bowl: January 14, January 26

Swine Flu: December 17

Swiss: August 16

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Taylor, Gov. William Robert: March 12, July 10

Taylor, Zachary: July 5 , July 14, September 5

Telegram: January 15

Thompson, Tommy: November 19

Thomson, Vernon: November 5

Tom Thumb: January 10

Tonyawatha Spring Hotel: July 31

Tornadoes: March 10, June 8, June 12 , June 28 , August 8

Town Government: February 18, March 7

Transportation: April 15,May 22, May 23, July 14, August 5, November 24

Treaty of Ghent: December 24

Treaty of Paris: September 3

Turner, Frederic Jackson: November 14

Typewriter: June 23

U-V

Unemployment Compensation: August 17

University of Wisconsin: January 3, January 19, February 5, February 12, March 2, March 29, May 9, June 3, July 27, August 24, September 18, November 22, November 23

Upham, William H.: May 3

USS Wisconsin: January 25, December 14

Van Buren, Martin: June 22

Vandenberg, Hoyt: December 20

Vaughan, Stevie Ray: August 27

Vilas, Jack: June 29

Vilas, William: March 6

Villa Louis: August 13

Vineyard, J.R.: February 11

Viroqua: June 28

W

Walworth County: October 16

War of 1812: July 17, September 5, December 24

Washburn, Cadwallader: May 14

Watertown: February 2, February 15

Waubeka: June 14

Waukesha: January 31, February 25

Waupun: July 21

Wausau: May 18

Weather: January 24, February 13, February 22, March 4, March 10, June 8, June 12, June 28, July 13, August 8, November 7, November 11, November 18

Wells, Oliver: September 18

West Salem: September 16

Westport: October 30

WHA: January 3

Wheat: July 19, August 22, October 13

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler: October 30

Wilder, Laura Ingalls: February 7

Wilder, Thorton: April 17

Willard, Frances: September 27, December 21

Winning, Nathan: December 20

"Wisconsin": October 29

Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters: February 17

Wisconsin Dairyman's Association: February 15

Wisconsin Dells: July 13, December 16

Wisconsin Farm Holiday Association: September 2, October 21

Wisconsin Historical Society: October 19

Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association: December 30

Wisconsin Phalanx: May 27

Wisconsin River: June 17

Wisconsin State Employees Union: July 3

Wisconsin State Grange: October 23

Wisconsin State Journal: July 28

Wisconsin Supreme Court: September 7, December 8

Wisconsin Territory: January 12, January 17, January 19, January 22, January 30, February 26, April 6 , May 16, May 30, June 9, June 13, July 4, August 6, October 25, November 12, December 12

Women: March 8, July 11, November 27, December 21

Women's Rights Bill: July 11

Worker's Compensation: September 1

World War I: June 6, December 29

World War II:Feb. 16, April 30, December 7, December 14, December 20

Wright, Frank Lloyd: April 9

Wyalusing State Park: May 11

XYZ

Yawkey, Cyrus: May 18

Zimmerman, Fred: November 20

Zinc Mining: April 18