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1999 20th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: at Des Moines GC, W Des Moines, Iowa

1997 Alexis May McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets, 2

1997 Brandon James McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets, 5

1997 Joel Steven McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets, 7

1997 Kelsey Ann McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets, 4

1997 Kenneth Robert McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets, 1

1997 Natalie Sue McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets, 3

1997 Nathaniel Roy McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets, 6

1996 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama)

1995 Mason City Iowa's TV news personality Jodi Huisentruit disappears

1992 Jamie Solinger, of Iowa, crowned 10th Miss Teen USA

1989 KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa changes call letters to KGGO

1989 United Airlines DC-10 crashes at Sioux City Iowa, kills 112

1989 Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors

1986 Cary Grant, actor (Charades), dies in Davenport Iowa at 82

1986 Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game-the Rose Bowl

1981 Elijah Wood, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, actor, Radio Flyer, Good Son

1980 Sarah Sucher, Miss Iowa Teen USA 1997

1979 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period

1978 Allison Dickey, Miss Iowa Teen USA 1996

1975 Eric Den Besten, Bettendorf Iowa, rower 1996 Olympics

1974 Jennifer Montica Curry, born in Muscatine, Iowa, Miss America-Iowa 1996

1974 A. J. Hinch, Wavely, Iowa, baseball catcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1973 Brian Smith, Cedar Rapids Iowa, speed skater 1994 Olympics

1972 Natasha Ann Courter, Davenport Iowa, Miss America-Iowa 1997

1972 Matt Wagner, born in Cedar falls, Iowa, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners

1971 Jill Simon, Miss Iowa USA 1996

1971 Jim Butler, Iowa City Iowa, table tennis player, Olympics-92, 96

1970 Luke Bodensteiner, Iowa City Iowa, cross country skier 1994 Olympics

1970 Lance Ringnald, born in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. gymnist 1992 Olympics

1970 Jon Lieber, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates

1970 Lara Flynn Boyle, born in Davenport, Iowa, actress, Donna Hayward-Twin Peaks

1970 Lisa Eagen, Harlan Iowa, team handball wing/back court 1996 Olympics

1970 KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast

1970 Jason Allyn Scott, Iowa City Iowa, rower 1996 Olympics

1969 Don Wengert, Sioux City, Iowa, pitcher for the Oakland A's

1969 John Oostendorp, born in Iowa City, Iowa, 220 lbs greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics

1968 Laura Leighton, born in Iowa City, Iowa, actress, Sydney-Melrose Place

1967 Natasha Elaine Kaiser-Brown, Des Moines Iowa, 400m runner

1967 Cara Coughenour, Sioux City, Iowa, female pitcher, Colo Silver Bullets

1964 James M. Kelly, Burlington Iowa, Capt USAF/astronaut

1964 Kevin Tapani, Des Moines, Iowa, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins

1963 Kerri Lynne Rosenberg, Burlington, Iowa, Miss Iowa-America, 1991-top 10

1963 Kent Ferguson, born in Cedar Rapids Iowa, diver, 1992 and 1996 Olympics

1962 Nancy Hogshead, born in Iowa City, swimmer 1984 Olympics gold /model, jockey

1962 Cammy Ciarelli, Iowa City, WPVA volleyballer, Best of Beach-2nd-1995

1961 Greg Petersen, born in Iowa City, Iowa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Klondike-6th

1961 Laurel B. Clark, born in Ames Iowa, Lt cmdr USN/astronaut

1961 Barb Thomas Whitehead, Sibley, Iowa, LPGA golfer, 1995 Hawaiian Open

1961 Curt Bader, born in Bloomfield, Iowa, sprint kayak 1996 Olympics

1960 1st photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

1960 Peggy A. Whitson, Mt Ayr Iowa, PhD/astronaut

1960 Matthew Ashford, Davenport, Iowa, actor, Jack Devaraux-Days of Our Lives

1959 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record)

1959 Tom Arnold, born in Iowa, actor, Tom, True Lies

1958 Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress, Night of Demons, Virgin High

1958 Dave Rummells, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Nike golfer, 1993 Buick-2nd

1957 Gary Kroeger, born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, comedian, SNL, Return of Shaggy Dog

1956 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats Iowa 83-71

1955 Kate Mulgrew, born in Dubuque, Iowa, actress, Capt Janeway-Star Trek Voyager

1955 Michael Talbott, Waverly Iowa, actor, Stan-Miami Vice

1952 Ketih Knudsen, Ames, Iowa, rocker, Doobie Brothers

1951 Thomas Warren Purtzer, Des Moines, Iowa, PGA golfer, 1977 Glen Campbell

1951 Randi Oakes, Randalia Iowa, actress, Officer Bonnie Clark-CHiPs

1950 George D. Nelson, born in Iowa, PhD/astro, STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26

1950 Randolph Powell, born in Iowa City, Iowa, actor, Alan-Dallas, Logan's Run

1950 Mark Pinter, born in Decorah, Iowa, actor, Behind the Screen, Another World

1950 David Carl Hilmers, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, STS 51-J, 26, 36, 42

1949 Douglas Barr, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor, Howie-Fall Guy

1948 Dan Gable, Waterloo, Iowa, 68kg freestyle wrestler, Oly-gold-72

1948 Fred Grandy, born in Sioux City, Iowa, Rep-R-Iowa, 1986-, /actor, Love Boat

1948 Jerry Mathers, Sioux City Iowa, actor, Beaver-Leave It To Beaver

1947 Stephen Collins, born in Des Moines, Iowa, actor, Star Trek I, Tattingers

1946 Mary Beth Hurt, [Mary Supinger], Iowa, actress, Garp, Interiors

1946 Sue Lyon, born in Davenport, Iowa, actress, Lolita, Night of the Iguana

1946 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire, Dubuque, Iowa

1944 Loren J Shriver, Iowa, Col USAF/astronaut, STS 51-C, STS 31, STS 46

1942 Marcia Wallace, Creston Iowa, actress, Carol-Bob Newhart Show

1940 David Rabe, born in Dubuque Iowa, playwright, Streamers

1940 Stuart Margolin, Davenport Iowa, actor, Love American Style

1939 5th Heisman Trophy Award: Nile Kinnick, Iowa (HB)

1939 Richard Beymer, Avoca, Iowa, actor, West Side Story, Diary of Anne Frank

1938 Jean Seberg, Marshaltown Iowa, actress, Breathless, Paint Your Wagon

1938 Harvey Sollberger, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, flutist/composer, 2 Oboes Troping

1938 Simon Estes, born in Centerville, Iowa, bass/baritone, Wonton, Don Carlos

1936 106.5 degrees F-Hottest afternoon ever in Iowa

1936 Jerry Lacy, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actor, Play it Again Sam

1935 KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa call sign is given to KWCR

1934 WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa splits from WHO-WOC and becomes KICK-AM

1934 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record)

1934 Oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st U.S. city to fingerprint its citizens

1932 WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC

1932 Ronnie Walter Cunningham, born in Creston, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, Apollo 7

1931 Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebr and SD destroyed thousands of acres of crops

1930 Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer, Moon River, Andy Williams Show

1929 Sada Thompson, Des Moines, Iowa, actress, Family, Pursuit of Happiness

1928 Bill Daily, Des Moines Iowa, actor, I Dream of Jeannie, Newhart

1926 Julie Adams, Waterloo Iowa, actress, Yancy Derringer, Code Red

1926 Georgiann Johnson, Decorah Iowa, actress, Marge-Mr Peepers

1926 Dick Williams, born in Wall Lake, Iowa, choral director, Andy Williams Show

1926 Cloris Leachman, born in Des Moines, Iowa, actress, Last Picture Show, Phyllis

1926 Cloris Leachman, born in Des Moines, Iowa, actress, Phyllis, High Anxiety

1925 Johnny Carson, born in Corning, Iowa, comedian, Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust

1924 WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions

1923 Mary Jane Odell, Iowa, Secretary of State

1923 Paul F Conrad, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, cartoonist, Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84

1923 Harry Reasoner, Dakota City Iowa, newscaster, 60 Minutes, ABC, CBS

1922 Frances Rafferty, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actress, December Bride

1922 WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station

1922 WOC-AM in Davenport, Iowa begins radio transmissions

1922 Neva Patterson, Iowa, actress, Governor and JJ, Doc Elliot, Nichols

1922 Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo)

1922 Constance Moore, Sioux City Iowa, actress, Window on Main Street

1921 Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax

1921 Donna Reed, born in Denison, Iowa, From Here to Eternity, Wonderful Life

1918 Paul Dixon, Earling Iowa, Ohio talk show host, Paul Dixon Show

1918 Abigail Van Buren, [Mrs Morton Phillips], Sioux City Iowa, columnist

1918 Ann Landers, born in Sioux City, Iowa, twin sister/advice columnist

1917 Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor, George-Hazel, Ozzie and Harriet

1917 Virginia Christine, born in Stanton, Iowa, actress, Tales of Wells Fargo

1916 John Clark, born in Hampton, Iowa, actor, Graveyard of Horror

1915 1st national horseshoe throwing championship (Kellerton, Iowa)

1915 Iris Meredith, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actress, Son of Davy Crockett

1915 Scott McKay, Pleasantville Iowa, actor, Stage Door

1913 Rosemary Lane, born in Indianola, Iowa, actress, 4 Mothers, Harvest Melody

1913 MacDonald Carey, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actor, One Life to Live, Dream Girl

1912 Russ Case, born in Hamburg, Iowa, orch leader, Julius La Rosa Show

1912 -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Washta, Iowa (state record)

1911 Gordon Jones, born in Alden, Iowa, actor, Mike the Cop-Abbott and Costello

1910 Margaret Lindsay, Dubuque Iowa, actress, Take a Guess

1909 George Ball, Iowa, lawyer/undersecretary of state

1908 Dennis O'Keefe, born in Fort Madison, Iowa, actor/dir, T-Men, Fighting Seabees

1907 Fran Allison, LaPorte City Iowa, actress, Kukla, Fran and Ollie

1907 Jack Bailey, Hampton Iowa, TV host, Queen for a Day

1907 John Wayne, Winterset, Iowa, actor, Green Berets, True Grit

1907 Nathan M. Pusey, born in Iowa, educator, Natl Ass for Social Sciences-1963

1906 Kent Taylor, [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor, Boston Blackie, Rough Riders

1905 Wade Crosby, Iowa, actor, Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood

1904 Lyle Latell, born in Iowa, actor, Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon

1904 MacKinlay Kantor, Webster City Iowa, novelist, Andersonville

1903 Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, Iowa, jazz cornetist, In a Mist

1903 Gardner Cowles, Iowa, publisher/founder, Look Magazine

1902 Frank Jenks, Des Moines, Iowa, actor, Zombies on Broadway

1902 [Robert] Meredith Willson, Mason City Iowa, composer, Music Man

1901 George Gallup, Jefferson Iowa, public opinion pollster, Gallup Poll

1901 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa

1897 Hope Emerson, Hawarden Iowa, actress, I Married Joan, Peter Gunn

1896 Hal Walker, Ottumwa, Iowa, director, I Married Joan

1896 Conrad Nagel, born in Keokuk Iowa, actor, Celebrity Time

1895 D D Palmer of Davenport, Iowa, becomes 1st chiropractor

1895 Nat Pendleton, Davenport, Iowa, Olympic wrestler/actor, Reckless

1895 Juanita Hansen, born in Iowa, actress in Fast Company, Broadway Love

1893 William Frawley, Iowa, actor, Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons

1891 Donald Kerr, born in Eagle Grove, Iowa, actor, Carnival Lady, Devil Bat

1891 Belle Bennett, born in Milcoon Rapids, Iowa, actress, Stella Dallas, Iron Mask

1888 Selmer Jackson, Iowa, actor, Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1888 Chester Conklin, Oskaloosa, Iowa, actor, Every Day's a Holiday, Greed

1887 Raymond Hatton, born in Red Oak, Iowa, actor, Girls in Prison, Lady Killer

1887 Charles D. Brown, born in Iowa, actor, Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor

1887 American Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton Iowa

1885 Harry Hershfield, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist, Can You Top This?

1885 Dr. W W Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22)

1884 Harry Langdon, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, comic/director, Strong Man

1883 Elsa Maxwell, born in Keokuk, Iowa, writer, Jack Paar Show

1882 Tornado kills 130 in Iowa

1882 17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa

1882 6" of snow falls in eastern Iowa

1879 Neal Rev Dodd, born in Iowa, actor, You Belong to Me

1879 Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa

1875 William Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star admiral/chief of staff, 1949

1874 Herbert Clark Hoover, West Branch Iowa, R, 31st President, 1929-1933

1873 Jesse James and James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa)

1871 Carousel patents by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa

1871 Jesse James robs bank in Corydon, Iowa ($45,000)

1871 Jesse James and his gang robs Obocock Bank (Corydon Iowa), of $15,000

1868 Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar (Iowa), dies at 62

1863 Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa

1863 1st bank chartered in U.S., National Bank of Davenport, Iowa

1862 Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Benton County, Iowa, actress, Son of Dracula

1860 Comanche, Iowa completely destroyed by 1 of a series of tornadoes

1855 1st train crosses Mississippi River's 1st bridge, Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport Iowa

1847 State University of Iowa is approved

1846 Iowa becomes 29th state

1846 William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes

1838 Iowa Territory forms

1838 Iowa Territory is organized

1832 Black Hawk defeated in Iowa

1830 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk and Fox, signs a treaty giving the U.S. most of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri

1805 Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar/founder, Pella colony in Iowa



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