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1999 20th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: at Des Moines GC, W Des Moines, Iowa
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport, Iowa on KORB 93.5 FM 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, 'Charade', 'Awful Truth', dies in Davenport, Iowa at 82 1986 Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game at the Rose Bowl 1981 Elijah Wood, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, actor, Radio Flyer, Good Son 1979 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period 1978 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 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, born in Iowa City, Iowa, table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1970 Luke Bodensteiner, Iowa City Iowa, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1970 Lance Ringnald, born in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. gymnast 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, born in Sioux City, Iowa, female pitcher, Colorado Silver Bullets 1964 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 James M. Kelly, Burlington Iowa, Captain 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, Lieutenant Commander 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 Jim Nussle, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa 1991 - 2003 and 2003 - 2007 1960 Peggy A. Whitson, Mount 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, Captain 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 Tom Tauke, born in Dubuque, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa 1979 - 1991 1950 George D. Nelson, born in Iowa, PhD/astronaut, 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, born in Waterloo, Iowa, 68kg freestyle wrestler, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1948 Fred Grandy, born in Sioux City, Iowa, Representative-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 1942 Jim Leach, born in Davenport, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa 1977 - 2007 1942 Charles Dodge, born in Ames, Iowa, composer, electronic music, computer music genres, studied with Gunther Schuller, Darius Milhaud 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 Thomas Harkin, born in Cumming, Iowa, Senator-D-Iowa 1985 - 1939 Jim Ross Lightfoot, born in Sioux City, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa 1985 - 1997 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 1937 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 106.5 degrees F-Hottest afternoon ever in Iowa 1936 Jerry Lacy, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actor, Play it Again Sam 1936 Daniel Schaefer, born in Guttenberg, Iowa, Representative-R-Colorado 1983 - 1999 1935 KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa call sign is given to KWCR 1934 Jim Inhofe, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Representative-R-Oklahoma 1987 - 1994, Senator-R-Oklahoma 1994 - 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 1933 Chuck Grassley, born in New Hartford, Iowa, Senator-R-Iowa 1981 - 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 John Melcher, Sioux City, Iowa, Representative-D-Montana 1969 - 1977, Senator-D-Montana 1977 - 1989 1924 T. Cooper Evans, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa, 1981 - 1987 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 Berkley Bedell, born in Spirit Lake, Iowa, Representative-D-Iowa 1975 - 1987 1921 Donna Reed, born in Denison, Iowa, From Here to Eternity, Wonderful Life 1920 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 Neal Edward Smith, born in Hedrick, Iowa, Representative-D-Iowa 1959 - 1995 1918 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 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 1914 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 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, orchestra leader, Julius La Rosa Show 1912 -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Washta, Iowa (state record) 1911 Virginia Smith, born in Randolph, Iowa, Representative-R-Nebraska 1975 - 1991 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, National Association 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 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 / U.S. vicar and founder, Pella colony in Iowa |
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