2013 Event In Colorado, thousands are evacuated due to heavy floods in Boulder County; four people are reported dead and 80 missing 2010 Event At least 54 homes are destroyed and 8 people are missing after wildfires hit Boulder County, Colorado 2010 Event Wildfire concerns cause over 3,500 people to evacuate Boulder County, Colorado 1975 Birthday Aron Ralston, born in America, mountain climber, motivational speaker, forced to amputate his right arm to free and save himself, when trapped by a boulder in Utah 1967 Death Henry J Kaiser, industrialist (Boulder Dam, Liberty ship), dies at 85 1967 Birthday Sheryl Lee, born in Boulder, Colorado, actress, Twin Peaks, Love Lies and Murder 1966 Event Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Md to Boulder, Colorado 1964 Death Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93 1958 Birthday Jello Biafra, born in Boulder, Colorado, born Eric Reed Boucher, musician, politician, anarchist, leading figure of the Green Party, wrote music for 'Dead Kennedy's' 1955 Birthday Lorraine Moller, born in Boulder, Colorado, New Zealand athelete 1996 Olympics 1947 Event Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover 1937 Death Ross Alexander, actor (Captain Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29 1936 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam 1936 Event Boulder Dam, now Hoover Dam, begins operation 1935 Event Boulder Dam completed 1934 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) 1933 Birthday George Tibbits, born in Boulder, Australia, composer, architect, works include, Otway Ranges Symphony, Battue 1930 Event Construction begins on Boulder Dam 1929 Event President Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam, Hoover Dam 1925 Birthday Malcolm Scott Carpenter, born in Boulder, Colorado, astronaut, Mercury 7-Aurora 7 1909 Birthday Jean Berger, born in Hamm, Germany, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, studied with Paris' Louis Aubert, taught at Middlebury College, University of Colorado at Boulder, among others 1907 Birthday Ross Alexander, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Boulder Dam, Captain Blood 1901 Birthday Arleigh Burke, born in Boulder, Colorado, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War 1899 Birthday Harl McDonald, near Boulder Colorado, composer, Santa Fe Trail 1882 Birthday Henry J Kaiser, builder, Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam 1880 Birthday Eugene O'Brien, Boulder, Ohio, actor, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
