>> CATHY: MARK DAYTON WOULD BECOME MINNESOTA'S 40TH GOVERNOR AND SERVE TWO TERMS AFTER A DECEMBER RECOUNT UPHELD THE CLOSE MARGIN OF VICTORY.

IF YOU'RE KEEPING SCORE AT HOME, HIS OPPONENT IN THAT FIRST RACE WAS TOM EMMER, WHO IS NOW THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY WHIP IN THE U.S.

HOUSE.

TIME TO MOVE ON TO HISTORY OF ANOTHER KIND.

IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO LET'S REMIND OURSELVES OF THE TASK.

WE ASK YOU A MINNESOTA HISTORY QUESTION, AND YOU CALL OR WRITE IN WITH YOUR ANSWERS.

IF YOU GET IT RIGHT OR HAVE A CLEVER WRONG ANSWER, YOU MIGHT HEAR YOUR VOICE ON THE SHOW NEXT WEEK.

HERE GOES.

LET'S TRAVEL BACK IN TIME.

IT IS JUNE OF 1978.

OUR MYSTERY MINNESOTAN IS TAPPED FOR HIS OR HER DREAM JOB.

THEY WILL GO ON TO ACCEPT AN OFFER IN THE SAME PROFESSION IN 1979 BUT NEVER RISE TO THE HIGH LEVEL OF FAME AS THE YOUNGER SIBLING WHO GREW UP IN THEIR SHADOW.

WHO IS THIS MYSTERY MINNESOTAN?

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU ARE CALLING FROM SINCLAIR LEWIS PARK, HEMINGWAY PARK, OR TENNYSON LAKE.

651-229-1430 IS THE NUMBER TO CALL WITH ALL OF YOUR GUESSES.

YOU CAN DROP US A NOTE ONLINE TOO.

ALMANAC@TPT.ORG IS OUR ELECTRONIC INBOX.

CLEVER ANSWERS, RIGHT OR WRONG, ARE GIVEN TOP BILLING ON NEXT WEEK'S SHOW.

WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME LEFT FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC.

TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, OUR VERY OWN ERIC ESKOLA JOINED RICK SHEFCIK AND JOHNNY HAGEN TO PERFORM "COLDER BY THE LAKE," A SONG THEY WROTE 50 YEARS AGO IN DULUTH.

WHEN THEY WERE JUST KIDS.

THEY HADN'T PLAYED IT IN YEARS.

I THINK THEY SOUND PRETTY GOOD FOR 15 MINUTES OF REHEARSING.

IF YOU WANT THE FUN BACKSTORY, HEAD TO TPT.ORG/ALMANAC AND SEARCH FOR "COLDER BY THE LAKE."

TAKE A LISTEN.

WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK.

>> ♪ IT'S 80 IN VIRGINIA, ♪ ♪ AND IT'S 85 IN HIBBING ♪ ♪ AND IT'S 90 ♪ ♪ IN DOWNTOWN FLOODWOOD ♪ ♪ THEY'RE SWIMMING IN BEMIDJI ♪ ♪ AND THEY'RE BOATING ♪ ♪ IN PINE CITY ♪ ♪ AND THE HEAT WAVE'S ♪ ♪ NOT ABOUT TO BREAK ♪ ♪ THEY'RE SURFING ♪ ♪ DOWN IN ASHLAND ♪ ♪ AND THEY'RE ROASTING ♪ ♪ UP IN ELY ♪ ♪ AND IT'S 43 AND FOG ♪ ♪ BY THE LAKE ♪ ♪ COLDER BY THE LAKE ♪ ♪ I WAS PARKING WITH MY BABY ♪ ♪ AT A SCENIC LAKESIDE STOP ♪ ♪ WHEN I REALIZED I'D MADE ♪ ♪ A MISTAKE ♪ ♪ SHE SAID, "I CAN'T CONTROL ♪ ♪ MYSELF ON SKYLINE DRIVE ♪ ♪ BUT I'M ALWAYS ♪ ♪ COLDER BY THE LAKE" ♪ >> SING IT, JOHNNY.

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