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1967 Henry J Kaiser, industrialist (Boulder Dam, Liberty ship), dies at 85

1967 Sheryl Lee, born in Boulder, Colorado, actress, Twin Peaks, Love Lies and Murder

1966 Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Md to Boulder, Colorado

1964 Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93

1955 Lorraine Moller, born in Boulder, Colorado, New Zealand athelete 1996 Olympics

1947 Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover

1937 Ross Alexander, actor (Captain Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29

1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam

1936 Boulder Dam, now Hoover Dam, begins operation

1935 Boulder Dam completed

1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)

1933 George Tibbits, born in Boulder, Australia, composer, architect, works include, Otway Ranges Symphony, Battue

1930 Construction begins on Boulder Dam

1929 President Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam, Hoover Dam

1925 Malcolm Scott Carpenter, born in Boulder, Colorado, astronaut, Mercury 7-Aurora 7

1909 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 Ross Alexander, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Boulder Dam, Captain Blood

1901 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 Harl McDonald, near Boulder Colorado, composer, Santa Fe Trail

1882 Henry J Kaiser, builder, Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam

1880 Eugene O'Brien, Boulder, Ohio, actor, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm


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