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2000 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport
1999 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Lindsay Davenport beat Steffi Graf 1999 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu beat Mariaan de Swardt and Elena Tatarkova 1998 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Martina Hingis and Jana Novotna beat Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport, Iowa on KORB 93.5 FM 1986 Cary Grant, actor, 'Charade', 'Awful Truth', dies in Davenport, Iowa at 82 1977 Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81 1976 Lindsay Davenport, born in Palos Verdes, California, tennis star, 1996 Olympics gold 1973 Jack Davenport, British Actor 1972 Natasha Ann Courter, Davenport Iowa, Miss America-Iowa 1997 1970 Lara Flynn Boyle, born in Davenport, Iowa, actress, Donna Hayward-Twin Peaks 1960 Matthew Ashford, Davenport, Iowa, actor, Jack Devaraux-Days of Our Lives 1958 Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress, Night of Demons, Virgin High 1950 Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia) 1949 WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast 1949 Harry Davenport, actor (Cowboy and Lady, Enchanted Forest), dies at 83 1946 Sue Lyon, born in Davenport, Iowa, actress, Lolita, Night of the Iguana 1944 Charles Davenport, American Scientist 1942 Jim Leach, born in Davenport, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa 1977 - 2007 1942 Willie D. Davenport, born in Troy, Alabama, 110m hurdler, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1940 Stuart Margolin, Davenport Iowa, actor, Love American Style 1934 WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa splits from WHO-WOC and becomes KICK-AM 1932 WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC 1928 Nigel Davenport, Cambridge England, actor, Without a Clue, Masada 1925 Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77 1922 WOC-AM in Davenport, Iowa begins radio transmissions 1921 Mildred Davenport, Wyoming, actress, Tarzan and Leopard Woman 1915 St. Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0 1903 Marcia Davenport, American Author 1895 D D Palmer of Davenport, Iowa, becomes 1st chiropractor 1895 Nat Pendleton, Davenport, Iowa, Olympic wrestler/actor, Reckless 1871 Carousel patents by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa 1866 Charles Davenport, American Scientist 1866 Harry Davenport, New York City, actor and director, Her Unborn Child, My Sin 1863 Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa 1863 1st bank chartered in U.S., National Bank of Davenport, Iowa 1855 1st train crosses Mississippi River's 1st bridge, Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport Iowa 1847 Francis William Davenport, composer 1846 William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes 1841 William H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium 1837 1st U.S. electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport 1822 Birkett Davenport Fry, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1802 Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor 1794 1st U.S. textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia |
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