May 9

1918

Orville Freeman is born in Minneapolis. He would serve as the state's governor from 1955 to 1961 and later as U.S. secretary of agriculture. While governor, he would respond to the 1959 strike at the Wilson & Company packinghouse in Albert Lea by declaring martial law and closing the plant. Related events also occurred on November 3, 1959.

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