1. On February 3, 1813, the Great Fire of Portland broke out. It destroyed over 400 buildings and left more than 10,000 people homeless.

2. In 1959, Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith declared her candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, becoming the first woman to do so in American history.

3. February 3, 1952, saw one of the most severe blizzards in Maine history. The storm, which lasted for two days, dumped over 30 inches of snow on the state and caused widespread power outages.

4. In 1996, the Maine State House in Augusta was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The building, which was completed in 1832, is the oldest State House in continuous use in the United States.

5. On February 3, 2004, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that same-sex couples were entitled to the same legal rights and protections as heterosexual couples under the state's constitution. This decision made Maine one of the first states in the country to recognize same-sex marriage.