2013 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration identified cyclospora in salads made by Taylor Farms; the parasite caused illness in over 223 diners in Nebraska and Iowa 2012 Event U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney wins the 2012 Iowa Caucus by 8 votes over Rick Santorum 2012 Event Iowa voters attend electoral caucuses; Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum lead Republican contenders as nominees for President of the United States 2011 Event Iowa's Monona County, located in the midwestern United States, is hit by a tornado 1999 Event 20th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: at Des Moines GC, W Des Moines, Iowa 1997 Event Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport, Iowa on KORB 93.5 FM 1996 Event Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama) 1995 Event Mason City Iowa's TV news personality Jodi Huisentruit disappears 1992 Event Jamie Solinger, of Iowa, crowned 10th Miss Teen USA 1989 Event KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa changes call letters to KGGO 1989 Event United Airlines DC-10 crashes at Sioux City Iowa, kills 112 1989 Event Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors 1986 Death Cary Grant, actor, 'Charade', 'Awful Truth', dies in Davenport, Iowa at 82 1986 Event Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game at the Rose Bowl 1981 Birthday Elijah Wood, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, actor, Radio Flyer, Good Son 1979 Event 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period 1978 Birthday Tracie Spencer, born in Waterloo, Iowa, singer, songwriter, actress, model, performed pop, rhythm and blues, dance pop, quiet music genres, 'This House' reached Billboard Hot 100, guest on ABC sitcom Family Matters, sang background vocals for Eve, Kanye West, 50 Cent 1978 Birthday Allison Dickey, Miss Iowa Teen USA 1996 1978 Birthday Ashton Kutcher, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, actor, fashion model, played role of Michael Kelso in 'That '70s Show', produced 'Punk'd', appeared in 'Dude, Where's My Car?' 1975 Birthday Eric Den Besten, Bettendorf Iowa, rower 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Jennifer Montica Curry, born in Muscatine, Iowa, Miss America-Iowa 1996 1974 Birthday A. J. Hinch, Wavely, Iowa, baseball catcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1973 Birthday Brian Smith, Cedar Rapids Iowa, speed skater 1994 Olympics 1972 Birthday Natasha Ann Courter, Davenport Iowa, Miss America-Iowa 1997 1972 Birthday Matt Wagner, born in Cedar falls, Iowa, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners 1971 Birthday Jill Simon, Miss Iowa USA 1996 1971 Birthday Jim Butler, born in Iowa City, Iowa, table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Luke Bodensteiner, Iowa City Iowa, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1970 Birthday Lance Ringnald, born in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. gymnast 1992 Olympics 1970 Birthday Jon Lieber, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates 1970 Birthday Lara Flynn Boyle, born in Davenport, Iowa, actress, Donna Hayward-Twin Peaks 1970 Birthday Lisa Eagen, Harlan Iowa, team handball wing/back court 1996 Olympics 1970 Event KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast 1970 Birthday Jason Allyn Scott, Iowa City Iowa, rower 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Don Wengert, Sioux City, Iowa, pitcher for the Oakland A's 1969 Birthday John Oostendorp, born in Iowa City, Iowa, 220 lbs greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Laura Leighton, born in Iowa City, Iowa, actress, Sydney-Melrose Place 1967 Birthday Cal Eldred, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, professional baseball player, pitcher, played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Sox 1967 Birthday Natasha Elaine Kaiser-Brown, Des Moines Iowa, 400m runner 1967 Birthday Cara Coughenour, born in Sioux City, Iowa, female pitcher, Colorado Silver Bullets 1965 Birthday Mike Butcher, born in Davenport, Iowa, relief pitcher, professional baseball player, pitching coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1964 Birthday Joe Magrane, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph David Magrane, baseball player, pitcher, MLB Network broadcaster, played for Major League Baseball teams, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, NBC sports analyst at 2008 Summer Olympics 1964 Birthday James M. Kelly, Burlington Iowa, Captain USAF/astronaut 1964 Birthday Kevin Tapani, Des Moines, Iowa, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins 1963 Birthday Kerri Lynne Rosenberg, Burlington, Iowa, Miss Iowa-America, 1991-top 10 1963 Birthday Kent Ferguson, born in Cedar Rapids Iowa, diver, 1992 and 1996 Olympics 1962 Birthday Nancy Hogshead, born in Iowa City, swimmer 1984 Olympics gold model, jockey 1962 Birthday Cammy Ciarelli, Iowa City, WPVA volleyballer, Best of Beach-2nd-1995 1961 Birthday Greg Petersen, born in Iowa City, Iowa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Klondike-6th 1961 Birthday Laurel B. Clark, born in Ames Iowa, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1961 Birthday Barb Thomas Whitehead, Sibley, Iowa, LPGA golfer, 1995 Hawaiian Open 1961 Birthday Curt Bader, born in Bloomfield, Iowa, sprint kayak 1996 Olympics 1960 Event 1st photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1960 Birthday Jim Nussle, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa 1991 - 2003 and 2003 - 2007 1960 Birthday Peggy A. Whitson, Mount Ayr Iowa, PhD/astronaut 1960 Birthday Matthew Ashford, Davenport, Iowa, actor, Jack Devaraux-Days of Our Lives 1959 Event 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record) 1959 Birthday Tom Arnold, born in Iowa, actor, Tom, True Lies 1958 Birthday Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress, Night of Demons, Virgin High 1958 Birthday Dave Rummells, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Nike golfer, 1993 Buick-2nd 1957 Birthday Gary Kroeger, born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, comedian, SNL, Return of Shaggy Dog 1956 Event 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats Iowa 83-71 1955 Birthday Kate Mulgrew, born in Dubuque, Iowa, actress, Captain Janeway-Star Trek Voyager 1955 Birthday Michael Talbott, Waverly Iowa, actor, Stan-Miami Vice 1952 Birthday Ketih Knudsen, Ames, Iowa, rocker, Doobie Brothers 1951 Birthday Thomas Warren Purtzer, Des Moines, Iowa, PGA golfer, 1977 Glen Campbell 1951 Birthday Randi Oakes, Randalia Iowa, actress, Officer Bonnie Clark-CHiPs 1950 Birthday Tom Tauke, born in Dubuque, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa 1979 - 1991 1950 Birthday George D. Nelson, born in Iowa, PhD/astronaut, STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26 1950 Birthday Randolph Powell, born in Iowa City, Iowa, actor, Alan-Dallas, Logan's Run 1950 Birthday Mark Pinter, born in Decorah, Iowa, actor, Behind the Screen, Another World 1950 Birthday David Carl Hilmers, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, STS-51-J, 26, 36, 42 1949 Birthday Douglas Barr, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor, Howie-Fall Guy 1948 Birthday Dan Gable, born in Waterloo, Iowa, 68kg freestyle wrestler, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1948 Birthday Fred Grandy, born in Sioux City, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa, 1986-, actor, Love Boat 1948 Birthday Jerry Mathers, Sioux City Iowa, actor, Beaver-Leave It To Beaver 1947 Birthday Stephen Collins, born in Des Moines, Iowa, actor, Star Trek I, Tattingers 1946 Birthday Mary Beth Hurt, Mary Supinger, Iowa, actress, Garp, Interiors 1946 Birthday Sue Lyon, born in Davenport, Iowa, actress, Lolita, Night of the Iguana 1946 Event 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire, Dubuque, Iowa 1944 Birthday Loren J. Shriver, Iowa, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-C, STS-31, STS-46 1942 Birthday Marcia Wallace, Creston Iowa, actress, Carol-Bob Newhart Show 1942 Birthday Jim Leach, born in Davenport, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa 1977 - 2007 1942 Birthday Charles Dodge, born in Ames, Iowa, composer, electronic music, computer music genres, studied with Gunther Schuller, Darius Milhaud 1940 Birthday David Rabe, born in Dubuque Iowa, playwright, Streamers 1940 Birthday Stuart Margolin, Davenport Iowa, actor, Love American Style 1939 Event 5th Heisman Trophy Award: Nile Kinnick, Iowa (HB) 1939 Birthday Thomas Harkin, born in Cumming, Iowa, Senator-D-Iowa 1985 - 1939 Birthday Jim Ross Lightfoot, born in Sioux City, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa 1985 - 1997 1939 Birthday Richard Beymer, Avoca, Iowa, actor, West Side Story, Diary of Anne Frank 1938 Birthday Jean Seberg, Marshaltown Iowa, actress, Breathless, Paint Your Wagon 1938 Birthday Harvey Sollberger, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, flutist/composer, 2 Oboes Troping 1938 Birthday Simon Estes, born in Centerville, Iowa, bass/baritone, Wonton, Don Carlos 1937 Birthday Olly Wilson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, double bassist, musicologist, contemporary classical music, preeminent African American composer, studied with Robert Wykes, earned PhD from University of Iowa 1936 Event 106.5 degrees F-Hottest afternoon ever in Iowa 1936 Birthday Jerry Lacy, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actor, Play it Again Sam 1936 Birthday Daniel Schaefer, born in Guttenberg, Iowa, Representative-R-Colorado 1983 - 1999 1935 Event KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa call sign is given to KWCR 1934 Birthday Jim Inhofe, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Representative-R-Oklahoma 1987 - 1994, Senator-R-Oklahoma 1994 - 1934 Event WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa splits from WHO-WOC and becomes KICK-AM 1934 Event 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record) 1934 Event Oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st U.S. city to fingerprint its citizens 1933 Birthday Chuck Grassley, born in New Hartford, Iowa, Senator-R-Iowa 1981 - 1932 Event WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC 1932 Birthday Ronnie Walter Cunningham, born in Creston, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, Apollo 7 1931 Event Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebr and SD destroyed thousands of acres of crops 1930 Birthday Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer, Moon River, Andy Williams Show 1929 Birthday Sada Thompson, Des Moines, Iowa, actress, Family, Pursuit of Happiness 1927 Birthday Bill Daily, Des Moines Iowa, actor, 'I Dream of Jeannie', 'The Bob Newhard Show' 1926 Birthday Julie Adams, Waterloo Iowa, actress, Yancy Derringer, Code Red 1926 Birthday Georgiann Johnson, Decorah Iowa, actress, Marge-Mr Peepers 1926 Birthday Dick Williams, born in Wall Lake, Iowa, choral director, Andy Williams Show 1926 Birthday Cloris Leachman, born in Des Moines, Iowa, actress, Last Picture Show, Phyllis 1926 Birthday Cloris Leachman, born in Des Moines, Iowa, actress, Phyllis, High Anxiety 1925 Birthday Johnny Carson, born in Corning, Iowa, comedian, Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust 1924 Birthday John Melcher, Sioux City, Iowa, Representative-D-Montana 1969 - 1977, Senator-D-Montana 1977 - 1989 1924 Birthday T. Cooper Evans, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa, 1981 - 1987 1924 Event WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions 1923 Birthday Mary Jane Odell, Iowa, Secretary of State 1923 Birthday Paul F Conrad, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, cartoonist, Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84 1923 Birthday Harry Reasoner, Dakota City Iowa, newscaster, 60 Minutes, ABC, CBS 1922 Birthday Frances Rafferty, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actress, December Bride 1922 Event WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station 1922 Event WOC-AM in Davenport, Iowa begins radio transmissions 1922 Birthday Neva Patterson, Iowa, actress, Governor and JJ, Doc Elliot, Nichols 1922 Event Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo) 1922 Birthday Constance Moore, Sioux City Iowa, actress, Window on Main Street 1921 Event Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax 1921 Birthday Berkley Bedell, born in Spirit Lake, Iowa, Representative-D-Iowa 1975 - 1987 1921 Birthday Donna Reed, born in Denison, Iowa, From Here to Eternity, Wonderful Life 1920 Birthday Amy Clampitt, born in New Providence, Iowa, poet, author, professor at Amherst College, College of William and Mary, Smith College, received Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship 1920 Birthday Neal Edward Smith, born in Hedrick, Iowa, Representative-D-Iowa 1959 - 1995 1918 Birthday Corita Kent, born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash 1918 Birthday Paul Dixon, Earling Iowa, Ohio talk show host, Paul Dixon Show 1918 Birthday Abigail Van Buren, Mrs Morton Phillips, Sioux City Iowa, columnist 1918 Birthday Ann Landers, born in Sioux City, Iowa, twin sister/advice columnist 1917 Birthday Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor, George-Hazel, Ozzie and Harriet 1917 Birthday Virginia Christine, born in Stanton, Iowa, actress, Tales of Wells Fargo 1916 Birthday John Clark, born in Hampton, Iowa, actor, Graveyard of Horror 1915 Event 1st national horseshoe throwing championship (Kellerton, Iowa) 1915 Birthday Iris Meredith, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actress, Son of Davy Crockett 1915 Birthday Scott McKay, Pleasantville Iowa, actor, Stage Door 1914 Birthday Norman Borlaug, born in Cresco, Iowa, humanitarian, agronomist, discoveries saved one billion lives worldwide, winner, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing contributions to world peace for methods to increase food supply, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom 1913 Birthday Rosemary Lane, born in Indianola, Iowa, actress, 4 Mothers, Harvest Melody 1913 Birthday MacDonald Carey, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actor, One Life to Live, Dream Girl 1912 Birthday Russ Case, born in Hamburg, Iowa, orchestra leader, Julius La Rosa Show 1912 Event -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Washta, Iowa (state record) 1911 Birthday Virginia Smith, born in Randolph, Iowa, Representative-R-Nebraska 1975 - 1991 1911 Birthday Gordon Jones, born in Alden, Iowa, actor, Mike the Cop-Abbott and Costello 1910 Birthday Margaret Lindsay, Dubuque Iowa, actress, Take a Guess 1909 Birthday George Ball, Iowa, lawyer/undersecretary of state 1908 Birthday Dennis O'Keefe, born in Fort Madison, Iowa, actor/dir, T-Men, Fighting Seabees 1907 Birthday Fran Allison, LaPorte City Iowa, actress, Kukla, Fran and Ollie 1907 Birthday Jack Bailey, Hampton Iowa, TV host, Queen for a Day 1907 Birthday John Wayne, Winterset, Iowa, actor, Green Berets, True Grit 1907 Birthday Nathan M. Pusey, born in Iowa, educator, National Association for Social Sciences-1963 1906 Birthday Kent Taylor, Louis Weiss, Iowa, actor, Boston Blackie, Rough Riders 1905 Birthday Wade Crosby, Iowa, actor, Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood 1904 Birthday Lyle Latell, born in Iowa, actor, Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon 1904 Birthday MacKinlay Kantor, Webster City Iowa, novelist, Andersonville 1903 Birthday Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, Iowa, jazz cornetist 'In a Mist' 1903 Birthday Gardner Cowles, Iowa, publisher/founder, Look Magazine 1902 Birthday Frank Jenks, Des Moines, Iowa, actor, Zombies on Broadway 1902 Birthday [Robert] Meredith Willson, Mason City Iowa, composer, Music Man 1901 Birthday George Gallup, Jefferson Iowa, public opinion pollster, Gallup Poll 1901 Event 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa 1897 Birthday Hope Emerson, Hawarden Iowa, actress, I Married Joan, Peter Gunn 1896 Birthday Hal Walker, Ottumwa, Iowa, director, I Married Joan 1896 Birthday Conrad Nagel, born in Keokuk Iowa, actor, Celebrity Time 1895 Event D D Palmer of Davenport, Iowa, becomes 1st chiropractor 1895 Birthday Nat Pendleton, Davenport, Iowa, Olympic wrestler/actor, Reckless 1895 Birthday Juanita Hansen, born in Iowa, actress in Fast Company, Broadway Love 1893 Birthday William Frawley, Iowa, actor, Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons 1891 Birthday Donald Kerr, born in Eagle Grove, Iowa, actor, Carnival Lady, Devil Bat 1891 Birthday Belle Bennett, born in Milcoon Rapids, Iowa, actress, Stella Dallas, Iron Mask 1888 Birthday Selmer Jackson, Iowa, actor, Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 1888 Birthday Chester Conklin, Oskaloosa, Iowa, actor, Every Day's a Holiday, Greed 1887 Birthday Raymond Hatton, born in Red Oak, Iowa, actor, Girls in Prison, Lady Killer 1887 Birthday Charles D. Brown, born in Iowa, actor, Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor 1887 Event American Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton Iowa 1885 Birthday Harry Hershfield, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist, Can You Top This? 1885 Event Dr. W W Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22) 1884 Birthday Harry Langdon, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, comic/director, Strong Man 1883 Birthday Elsa Maxwell, born in Keokuk, Iowa, writer, Jack Paar Show 1882 Event Tornado kills 130 in Iowa 1882 Event 17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa 1882 Event 6" of snow falls in eastern Iowa 1879 Birthday Neal Dodd, born in Iowa, actor, 'You Belong to Me' 1879 Event Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa 1875 Birthday William Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star admiral/chief of staff, 1949 1874 Birthday Herbert Clark Hoover, West Branch Iowa, R, 31st President, 1929-1933 1873 Event Jesse James and James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) 1871 Event Carousel patents by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa 1871 Event Jesse James robs bank in Corydon, Iowa ($45,000) 1871 Event Jesse James and his gang robs Obocock Bank (Corydon Iowa), of $15,000 1868 Death Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar (Iowa), dies at 62 1863 Event Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa 1863 Event 1st bank chartered in U.S., National Bank of Davenport, Iowa 1862 Birthday Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Benton County, Iowa, actress, Son of Dracula 1860 Event Comanche, Iowa completely destroyed by 1 of a series of tornadoes 1855 Event 1st train crosses Mississippi River's 1st bridge, Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport Iowa 1847 Event State University of Iowa is approved 1846 Event Iowa becomes 29th state 1846 Birthday William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes 1838 Event Iowa Territory forms 1838 Event Iowa Territory is organized 1832 Event Black Hawk defeated in Iowa 1830 Event 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk and Fox, signs a treaty giving the U.S. most of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri 1813 Birthday Samuel J. Kirkwood, Iowa Governor, U.S. Secretary of Interior 1881 - 1882 1805 Birthday Henry P. Scholte, Dutch / U.S. vicar and founder, Pella colony in Iowa
