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    1848

    Henry H. Sibley is chosen to represent the as-yet unrecognized Minnesota Territory in the US Congress. He travels to Washington, DC, and persuades the committee on elections to allow him to sit with Congress. The territory would be formally created on March 3, 1849.

    1924

    In a rare instance of a tong war in Minnesota, Wong Si Wing, a laundryman, is shot in Minneapolis. Tongs, or merchant organizations, were initially formed to protect members from encroachment by rival Chinese businessmen but now are usually social groups.