| 1811 |
| Birth
date of Democratic Governor (1844) David Dunn of Poland. |
| 1889 |
| First publication of the newspaper
Deer Isle Gazette, published by H. H. Pressey. |
| 2002 | | Two
fires, one on the 17th and one on the 20th, destroy one-quarter of the town of
Lincoln's main street. |
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