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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