* 1999 – Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.

* 1999 – Calvin Griffith, Former owner of Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins ( b. 1911 )

* November 15 – Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry ( better known today as The Grange ).

File: Harold Stassen. jpg | Former Governor of Minnesota Harold Stassen

File: EugeneMcCarthy. jpg | Former Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota

* Former Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota

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File: HaroldStassenOfficialOil. jpg | Former Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota

* Former Governor of Minnesota and noted conspiracy theorist Jesse Ventura questioned whether the government is using the site to manipulate the weather or to bombard people with mind-controlling radio waves.

Former NSIC members Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota State, Mankato, and St.

Former College Basketball player and assistant coach for the Kentucky Wildcats, and former Minnesota Timberwolves head coach

Category: Former municipalities in Minnesota

* David Minge ( 1942 –), Former 2nd District congressman ( 1993 – 2001 ) and current judge on the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

* Joey Browner, Minnesota Vikings ( Former resident )

Category: Former municipalities in Minnesota

* Chris Heintz, Former MLB player and current manager of Minnesota Twins minor league affiliate

* Robert Smith, Former NFL Football Player ( Minnesota Vikings )

Former Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson, a Republican, criticized Pawlenty's budget strategy: he borrowed more than $ 1 billion from the tobacco settlement ( money set aside for heath care ), borrowed more than $ 1. 4 billion from K-12 education funding, borrowed more than $ 400 from the Health Care Access Fund for low-income families, among other short-term shifts in accounting.

* Former Minnesota state Senator Leo Foley

* Former Minnesota state Representative Char Samuelson

* Former Minnesota Viking & NFL Hall of Famer Carl Eller

* Elmer's Tour: A Former Governor's Loving Look at the Minnesota State Capitol.

Former Milwaukee Road depot in Austin, Minnesota | Austin, Minnesota

Former Timberwolves coach Dwane Casey said he had not talked to Griffin in five or six months, but he knew that Griffin was spending the summer trying to get back in shape to play in Europe the next season.

* Flip Saunders (’ 83 BSB ) – Head Coach, Detroit Pistons, National Basketball Association ; Former Head Coach, Minnesota Timberwolves, National Basketball Association

* Kurt Rambis – Former NBA basketball player, former assistant head coach L. A. Lakers, former head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves

Former Vice-President Richard M. Nixon in Detroit called for a firmer and tougher policy toward the Soviet Union.

* Steve Mariucci, Former head coach of Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, and University of California

* Charlie Maxwell Former MLB player for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox.

Former Detroit Tigers reliever Eddie Bonine also throws a knuckleball, though he does so infrequently as compared to pitchers who use it as a primary pitch.

* Rod Marinelli – Former Head Coach of the Detroit Lions, 2006 – 2008

* Don Leshnock, Former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers

* Dalton Jones, Former MLB player ( Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers )

Former Arena Football League team the Detroit Drive also had success during their time at the arena, playing in six consecutive ArenaBowls from 1988 to 1993 and winning four of them.

* Former Teams: Detroit Rockers ( NPSL ) 1996 – 01, Detroit Pistons ( NBA ) for one playoff game in 1984 because of venue unavailability, and 15 games in 1985 after the roof collapsed at the Pontiac Silverdome, Detroit Compuware Ambassadors ( OHL ) 1991 – 92, Detroit Junior Red Wings ( OHL ) 1992 – 95, Detroit Drive ( AFL ) 1988 – 93, Detroit Turbos ( MILL ) 1989 – 94, Detroit Shock, ( WNBA ) for playoff games in 2004 and the 2006 WNBA Finals Game 5 when The Palace of Auburn Hills was unavailable because of a concert.

Former Detroit News logo

* Former Detroit Tigers announcer Ernie Harwell ( when WJR was the Tigers ' flagship station ).

* Former Detroit Red Wings announcer Bruce Martyn

* Former Detroit Lions announcer Bob Reynolds

Former WJFK-FM production director, Chris Madzik, was featured frequently before he left in 1996 for Detroit.

* Larry Sheets ' 87 – Former major league baseball player for Baltimore, Detroit, Seattle.

Former Detroit Pistons head coach Flip Saunders frequently called into the show, with the moniker of " Phil from Minneapolis ".

* Dave Bergman, Former MLB player ( New York Yankees, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers )

* Bob Reynolds, Former MLB player ( Montreal Expos, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers )

Former Parke-Davis Research Laboratory on the Detroit River ( now in use by Omni Hotels as a hotel )