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1995 -26 degrees F (-32.2 degrees C) in Bismarck, North Dakota
1994 Dakota Fanning, born in Conyers, Georgia, American Actress 1993 George Mickelson, Governor of South Dakota, and 7 others, die in a plane crash 1992 Quentin N. Burdick, Senator-D-North Dakota 1960 - 1992, dies at 84 1989 -18 degrees F in Denver, -23 degrees F in Kansas City, Missouri, -42 degrees F in Scottsbluff Nebraska -47 degrees F in Hardin Mont and -60 degrees F in Black Hills South Dakota 1989 Dakota Johnson, son of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson 1985 Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67 1981 Jonny Lang, born in Fargo, North Dakota, born Jon Gordon Langseth, Jr., singer, songwriter, guitarist, rock, gospel, blues musician, plays Benedict guitars, Fender Telecaster Thinline, voice sounds like veteran blues singer, toured with Sting, performed for President Bill Clinton 1980 Tatewin Means, Miss South Dakota Teen USA 1996 1979 Sioux nation receives $100 million in compensation for Black Hills, South Dakota 1979 Juli Keech, Miss South Dakota Teen USA, 1997 1979 Julie Nagle, Miss North Dakota Teen USA 1997 1977 Katrina Bergstrom, Miss North Dakota Teen USA 1996 1975 Mayim Winkelman Bialik, South Dakota, actress, Blossom, Beaches 1975 Stephanie Camp, Rapid City, South Dakota, Miss America-SD 1997 1975 Juliette Spier, Miss North Dakota USA 1996 1975 8.10" (20.57 cm) of rainfall, Litchville No Dakota (state 24-hour rec) 1975 Caresa Winters, Miss South Dakota USA 1996 1974 Orlando Fuentes, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, half-lightweight judoka 1996 Olympics 1973 American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota 1972 Kimberlee Ann McKay, Belle Fourche, South Dakota, Miss America-SD 1996 1972 14" of rain in 6 hours burst Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 237 1971 Lauri Marie Gapp, Miss USA-North Dakota 1997 1971 Jamie Marie Swenson, Miss USA-South Dakota 1997 1969 Patrick Alfred Bates, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1994 NIKE Dakota Open 1969 Melissa Gurney, born in California, tennis player, Virginia Slims of, South Dakota, 1986 1968 Jennifer Palmquest, Wilmot, South Dakota, Miss SD-America 1991 1966 Rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62 1965 Linda Darnell, U.S. actress (Dakota Incident), dies at 43 1963 Mary Ann Fischer, Aberdeen, South Dakota, gave birth to America's 1st surviving quintuplets, 4 girls and a boy 1962 Rick Todd, Toronto, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Ben Hogan Dakota 1961 Persijn "Dakota" Joling, Dutch rock guitarist/singer, Pilgrims-Red 1960 Tom Byrum, Onida, South Dakota, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Panama City Beach-4th 1958 Curt Allen Byrum, Onida, South Dakota, PGA golfer, 1989 Hardee's Golf Classic 1957 Jeff Woodland, Papua New Guinea, Nike golfer, 1991 Dakota Dunes Open 1955 Charles D "Sam" Gemar, Yankton, South Dakota, army/astronaut, STS-38, 48, 62 1952 Earl Pomeroy, born in Valley City, North Dakota, Representative-D-North Dakota 1993 - 1952 Soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8 1951 Mary Hart, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, TV hostess, Entertainment Tonight 1951 Cheryl Ladd, born in Huron, South Dakota, actress, Charlie's Angels, Purple Hearts 1948 Kent Conrad, Sen-D North Dakota 1947 Dutch Dakota explodes near Coopenhagen, 16 die 1947 KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die 1946 Dutch Dakota flight to Schiphol crashes, kills 11 1946 Jim Ramstad, born in Jamestown, North Dakota, Representative-R-Minnesota 1991 - 2009 1945 Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st U.S. ship to bombard Japan 1945 20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record) 1945 James F. Buchli, born in New Rockford, North Dakota, USMC/astr, STS-51C, 61A, 29, 48 1944 Collin Peterson, born in Fargo, North Dakota, Representative-D-Minnesota 1991 - 1943 Bobby Vee, born in Fargo, North Dakota, Devil or Angel, Night has a Thousand Eyes 1943 Lead, South Dakota, temp is 52 degrees F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16 degrees F 1942 Byron Dorgan, born in Dickinson, North Dakota, Representative-D-North Dakota 1981 - 1992, Senator-D-North Dakota 1992 - 1942 Larry Pressler, born in Humboldt, South Dakota, Senator-R-South Dakota 1979 - 1997 1941 Blizzard hits North Dakota and Minnesota killing 60 1941 Blizzard in North Dakota kills 151 1940 Dick Armey, born in Cando, North Dakota, Representative-R-Texas 1985 - 2003 1940 Tom Brokaw, born in Yankton, South Dakota, news anchor, NBC Nightly News 1982- 1938 [David] Deacon Jones, NFL defensive end, LA, South Dakota, Washington 1938 Toby Roth, born in Strasburg, North Dakota, Representative-R-Wisconsin 1979 - 1997 1938 Billy Mills, born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, 10k, Olympics gold 64 1938 Martin Olav Sabo, born in Crosby, North Dakota, Representative-D-Minnesota 1979 - 2007 1937 Paul Bailey, born in England, novelist, George Orewell prize-winner, lecturer at North Dakota State University, writer in residence, Kingston University, wrote At The Jerusalem, radio and television plays, and non-fiction books 1937 Dorothy Provine, Deadwood, South Dakota, actress, Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat 1936 121 degrees F (49 degrees C), Steele, North Dakota (state record) 1936 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record) 1936 Gary Owens, Mitchell, South Dakota, disc jockey/TV host, Laugh, Indiana, Gong Show 1936 -58 degrees F (-50 degrees C), McIntosh, South Dakota (state record) 1936 -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Parshall, North Dakota (state record) 1934 David Warrilow, actor, Simon, Radio Days, Dakota Road, Barton Fink 1934 George "Sparky" Anderson, South Dakota, baseball manager, Reds, Tigers 1934 Marlene Bauer Hagge, Eureka, South Dakota, LPGA golfer, 1950 Woman Athlete 1932 Dakota Staton, Rabia Aliyah, U.S. jazz singer, In the Night 1930 Barbara Lawrence, Carnegie, Oklahoma, actress, Joe Dakota 1930 Arlan Stangeland, born in Fargo, North Dakota, Representative-R-Minnesota 1977 - 1977 1927 James H. Weaver, born in Brookings, South Dakota, Representative-D-Oregon 1975 - 1987 1927 U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota closes 1923 Harry Reasoner, Dakota City Iowa, newscaster, 60 Minutes, ABC, CBS 1923 James Abdnor, born in Kennebec, South Dakota, Senator-R-South Dakota 1981 - 1987, Representative-D-South Dakota 1973 - 1981 1922 George McGovern, born in Avon, South Dakota, Representative-D-South Dakota 1957 - 1961, Senator-D-South Dakota 1963 - 1981, Democratic President candidate 1972 1921 J. James Exon, born in Geddes, South Dakota, Senator-D-Nebraska 1979 - 1997 1919 Myron Floren, Webster, South Dakota, accordionist, Lawrence Welk Show 1919 Vera Hruba Ralston, born in Czechoslovakia, actress, Dakota, Accused of Murder 1916 Disastrous fire in Ellendale, North Dakota 1913 Judith Evelyn, born in Seneca, South Dakota, actress, 13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window 1911 Hubert Humphrey, born in Wallace, South Dakota, Senator-D-Minnesota 1949 - 1964 and 1971 - 1978, 38th Vice President 1965 - 1969 1911 North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law 1910 Edith S. Green, born in Trent, South Dakota, Representative-D-Oregon 1955 - 1974 1908 Quentin N. Burdick, born in Munich, North Dakota, Senator-D-North Dakota 1960 - 1992 1908 Lawrence Welk, born in Strasburg, North Dakota, orchestra leader, Lawrence Welk Show 1907 Richard Harkness, Artesian, South Dakota, newscaster, Story of the Week, NBC 1906 Era Bell Thompson, Dakota Dick, U.S. actress, Ebony 1903 Gene Roth, born in South Dakota, actor, 'She Demons', 'Spider' 1901 Ernest Lawrence, born in Canton, South Dakota, inventor of the cyclotron, Nobel Prize in Physics 1939 1900 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record) 1898 U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens 1896 U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized 1893 John Miljan, Lead City, South Dakota, actor, Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox 1890 U.S. 7th Cavalry massacre about 300 captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota 1889 North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes 40th state 1889 North and South Dakota entered the union as the 39th and 40th states 1884 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota 1868 U.S. Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah and Idaho) 1861 U.S. creates Dakota and Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska and Utah territories |
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