Minneapolis Aquatennial: Newspapers

Newspapers:
Minneapolis: Minneapolis Star Tribune (link will only work on library computers)
Minneapolis: Minneapolis Star
Minneapolis: Minneapolis Tribune
Minneapolis: Minneapolis Star Journal
St. Paul: St. Paul Pioneer Press
St. Paul: St. Paul Dispatch

Dates:
The Minneapolis Aquatennial is traditionally held for 10 days centered on the third full week of July.

July 1940: Inaugural Aquatennial is held.
July 1956: Minneapolis celebrates its centennial in conjunction with the Aquatennial.
July 1964: Last Aqua Follies held at Theodore Wirth Park.
July 1971: New Aquatennial events include the Milk Carton Boat Race and the Sandcastle Sand Sculpture Competition.
July 2003: Rights to the Aquatennial are sold to the Minneapolis Downtown Council and it becomes the city's official civic celebration.  
July 18-27, 2008: Minneapolis celebrates its sesquicentennial and Minnesota celebrates 150 years of statehood, both in conjunction with the Aquatennial.
July 18-26, 2014: 75th anniversary of the Aquatennial.