2004 Clinton Library opens in Little Rock Arkansas, containing 2 million photographs and 80 million documents
1995 Carquest Bowl 6: North Carolina beats Arkansas, 20-10
1995 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78
1994 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72
1989 Winds gust to 85 MPH at Fort Smith Arkansas
1987 In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 2, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover Ark
1982 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record)
1982 Terri Lea Utley, 20, (Arkansas), crowned 31st Miss USA
1982 Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
1981 Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas), 20, crowned 54th Miss America 1982
1980 Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship
1978 Brandi Watkins, Miss Arkansas Teen USA 1997
1978 Aimee Delatte, Miss Arkansas Teen USA 1996
1977 Arkansas' Steve Little kicks a record tying 67 yard field goal
1975 Kalin Olson, Hot Springs, Arkansas, playmate, Aug 1997
1975 Tiffany Parks, Miss Arkansas USA 1996
1975 John Hargis, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, 100m butterfly 1996 Olympics
1974 Paula Gaye Montgomery, Cabot, Arkansas, Miss America, Arkansas-3rd-1996
1973 Melonie McGarrah, Rogers Arkansas, Miss America-Arkansas 1997
1973 Winthrop Rockefeller, U.S. governor (Arkansas), dies at 60
1971 Becky Sunshine, [Rebekah Jayne Hunter], Arkansas, Miss Nude California 1993
1968 Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional
1968 A tornado strikes Jonesboro Arkansas at 10 PM, killing 36
1966 Karissa Rushing, Benton Arkansas, Miss Arkansas-America 1991
1965 Fire in Titan II silo in Searcy Arkansas, 53 die
1961 Scott E Parazynski, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, MD/astronaut, STS 66, 86, sk:95
1958 U.S. Supreme Court orders Little Rock Arkansas high school to integrate
1957 White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw
1957 Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school
1956 Patty Berg wins LPGA Arkansas Golf Open
1956 Susie Diane Owens, Arkansas City Kansas, playmate, March, 1988
1955 Rebecca Balding, Little Rock, Arkansas, actress, Carla-Lou Grant, Soap
1954 James Henderson, country singer, Black Oak Arkansas
1953 Mary Steenburgen, Newport, Arkansas, actress, Parenthood, Time After Time
1952 Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths
1951 Roosevel Ferguson, born in Arkansas, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List
1950 Thomas Aldrich, country drummer, Black Oak Arkansas
1950 David Lynn Jones, Bexar, Arkansas, country singer, Bonnie Jean
1948 Ricki Lee Reynolds, country singer, Black Oak Arkansas
1947 Pat "Dirty" Daugherty, rocker, Black Oak Arkansas
1946 James R Hines, Dumas, Arkansas, 4X100m relayer, 1968 Olympics gold
1946 Al Green, Forest City Arkansas, singer, Lets Stay Together
1946 Rick Allen, Arkansas, rock bassist, Box Tops-Letter
1945 Daniel Davis, Gurdun, Arkansas, actor, Niles-Nanny
1944 Charles Edward Greene, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 4x100m runner, 1968 Olympics gold
1943 Joan Van, born in Arkansas, New York City, actress, Valene-Dallas, Knots Landing
1943 Gil Gerard, Little Rock, Arkansas, actor, Buck Rogers in 25th Century
1942 Earl Cate, Arkansas, country singers, Cate Bros-Fire on the Tracks
1942 Ernie Cate, Arkansas, country singers, Cate Bros-Fire on the Tracks
1942 Beth Brickell, Camden Arkansas, actress, Gentle Ben
1941 Jim Barnes, Tuckerton, Arkansas, basketball player 1964 Olympic gold
1941 Ben Murphy, born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, actor, Name of the Game, Winds of War
1941 John Hancock, born in Hazen, Arkansas, actor, Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights
1939 Melinda Dillon, Hope, Arkansas, actress, Close Encounters, Slap Shot
1939 Roy Buchanan, Ozark, Arkansas, rocker
1939 Luther Allison, Mayflower, Arkansas, rock guitarist, Bad News is Coming
1938 Dee Clark, Arkansas, singer, Hambone, Nobody But You
1936 120 degrees F (49 degrees C) at Ozark, Arkansas (state record)
1935 Ronnie Hawkins, Arkansas, rocker, The Band-Who Do You Love?
1934 Laurence Luckinbill, Ft. Smith, Arkansas, actor, Delphi Bureau, Ike
1934 David H Pryor, Sen-D Arkansas, 1979-
1934 Ben Piazza, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, actor, Blues Brothers, Ben Casey, Dallas
1934 Jim "Ed" Brown, born in Sparkman, Arkansas, country singer, Nashville on the Road
1933 Jesse Belvin, Texarkana Arkansas, rock vocalist, Mr Easy
1932 Charlie "Silver Fox" Rich, Colt, Arkansas, vocalist, Behind Closed Doors
1932 Johnny Cash, born in Kingsland, Arkansas, country singer, I Hear the Train Coming
1931 Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia"
1930 Charlie Jones, Ft. Smith, Arkansas, sportscaster, Almost Anything Goes
1930 William S Sessions, Arkansas, director of FBI
1927 John Carter, Center Ridge, Arkansas, actor, Max-Falcon Crest
1927 Anne Gillis, Little Rock, Arkansas, actress, Adv of Tom Sawyer, Little Men
1925 Gail Davis, Little Rock, Arkansas, actress, Annie Oakley
1925 Dale L Bumpers, Sen-D Arkansas, 1975-
1923 Clifton Williams, born in Traskwood, Arkansas, band master, Sinfonians
1921 Hot Springs National Park created in Arkansas
1921 Junior Parker, born in Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter, Mystery Train
1919 Race riot at Elaine Arkansas
1917 Elton Britt, Marshall, Arkansas, country singer, Sat Night Jamboree
1915 Allan Jackson, Hot Springs, Arkansas, newscaster, Youth Takes a Stand
1914 Daisy Bates, publisher/head, Arkansas NAACP
1914 Jimmy Wakely, Mineola, Arkansas, country vocalist, 5 Star Jubilee
1912 Conlon Nancarrow, Texarkana Arkansas, composer, Soundings 4
1908 Louis Jordan, born in Arkansas, alto saxman, Caldonia
1907 Pinky Tomlin, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, singer and actor, Tip-Waterfront
1905 -29 degrees F (-34 degrees C) Pond, Arkansas (state record)
1904 Dick Powell, Mt View, Arkansas, actor, Cry Danger, Dick Powell Theater
1902 Morgan Beatty, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, news anchor, Du Mont Evening News
1898 Jay C. Flippen, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, actor, Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay
1886 John G Fletcher, U.S., poet, Epic of Arkansas
1880 Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine
1880 Douglas MacArthur, Little Rock, Arkansas, general, WW II, he did return!
1876 Frank L Gillespie, Arkansas, founded Supreme Life Insurance Company
1869 A J Hayne, black captain of Arkansas militia, assassinated
1869 Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law
1868 Arkansas re-enters U.S.
1868 Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock
1866 President Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia
1864 Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W R Scurry is killed
1864 Skirmish at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas
1864 Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
1864 General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas
1864 Skirmish at Elkin's Ford Little Missouri River, Arkansas
1864 Skirmish at Okolona, Arkansas
1864 Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine, Arkansas
1864 Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas
1864 Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia Arkansas
1863 Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas
1863 Federal troops reconquer Fort Smith Arkansas
1863 Failed Confederate assault on Helena Arkansas (640 casualties)
1863 Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Ft. Hindman, Arkansas
1862 Battle at Cane Hill, Arkansas (475 casualties)
1862 Confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack
1862 CSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet and Queen of the West engage at Yazoo R
1862 Federal troops occupy Helena, Arkansas
1862 Skirmish at Devall's Bluff Arkansas (106 casualties)
1861 Arkansas and Tennessee becomes 9th and 10th state to secede from US
1861 Arkansas troops seize Ft. Smith
1861 State troops seize U.S. munitions in Napoleon, Arkansas
1859 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery
1836 Arkansas becomes 25th state
1831 Louisiana and Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday
1819 Territory of Arkansas organized
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