2000 Event Wimbledon Women's Finals, Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport 1999 Event Wimbledon Women's Finals, Lindsay Davenport beat Steffi Graf 1999 Event Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu beat Mariaan de Swardt and Elena Tatarkova 1998 Event Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Martina Hingis and Jana Novotna beat Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva 1997 Event Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport, Iowa on KORB 93.5 FM 1986 Death Cary Grant, actor, 'Charade', 'Awful Truth', dies in Davenport, Iowa at 82 1977 Death Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81 1976 Birthday Lindsay Davenport, born in Palos Verdes, California, tennis star, 1996 Olympics gold 1973 Birthday Jack Davenport, British Actor 1972 Birthday Natasha Ann Courter, Davenport Iowa, Miss America-Iowa 1997 1970 Birthday Lara Flynn Boyle, born in Davenport, Iowa, actress, Donna Hayward-Twin Peaks 1965 Birthday Mike Butcher, born in Davenport, Iowa, relief pitcher, professional baseball player, pitching coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1960 Birthday Matthew Ashford, Davenport, Iowa, actor, Jack Devaraux-Days of Our Lives 1958 Birthday Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress, Night of Demons, Virgin High 1950 Event Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia) 1949 Event WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast 1949 Death Harry Davenport, actor (Cowboy and Lady, Enchanted Forest), dies at 83 1946 Birthday Sue Lyon, born in Davenport, Iowa, actress, Lolita, Night of the Iguana 1944 Death Charles Davenport, American Scientist 1942 Birthday Jim Leach, born in Davenport, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa 1977 - 2007 1942 Birthday Willie D. Davenport, born in Troy, Alabama, 110m hurdler, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1940 Birthday Stuart Margolin, Davenport Iowa, actor, Love American Style 1934 Event WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa splits from WHO-WOC and becomes KICK-AM 1932 Event WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC 1928 Birthday Nigel Davenport, Cambridge England, actor, Without a Clue, Masada 1925 Death Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77 1922 Event WOC-AM in Davenport, Iowa begins radio transmissions 1921 Birthday Mildred Davenport, Wyoming, actress, Tarzan and Leopard Woman 1915 Event St. Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0 1903 Birthday Marcia Davenport, American Author 1895 Event D D Palmer of Davenport, Iowa, becomes 1st chiropractor 1895 Birthday Nat Pendleton, Davenport, Iowa, Olympic wrestler/actor, Reckless 1871 Event Carousel patents by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa 1866 Birthday Charles Davenport, American Scientist 1866 Birthday Harry Davenport, New York City, actor and director, Her Unborn Child, My Sin 1863 Event Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa 1863 Event 1st bank chartered in U.S., National Bank of Davenport, Iowa 1855 Event 1st train crosses Mississippi River's 1st bridge, Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport Iowa 1847 Birthday Francis William Davenport, composer 1846 Birthday William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes 1841 Birthday William H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium 1837 Event 1st U.S. electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport 1822 Birthday Birkett Davenport Fry, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1802 Birthday Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor 1794 Event 1st U.S. textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia
