1992 Event Washington Post reports Ore Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 10 women 1980 Birthday Serena Phillips, Corvallis Ore, figure skater, 1997 Pruetten champ 1975 Event Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior 1970 Birthday River Phoenix, Madras Ore, actor, Little Nikta, Stand By Me 1965 Birthday Steve Vancil, Oregon City Ore, golfer, 1989 City of Portland 1964 Birthday Bryan Tooley, Eugene Ore, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics 1961 Birthday Todd Nelson, Dalles Ore, tennis star 1959 Event Israel begins exporting copper ore 1957 Birthday Jon Lindstrom, Medford Ore, actor, Kevin Collins-General Hospital 1949 Birthday Susan Ruttan, born in Oregon City Ore, actress, Roxanne Melman-LA Law 1947 Event 7th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 11-1 at Portland CC Ore 1857 Event Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn 1847 Event Indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore 1844 Event Iron ore discovered in Minnesota's Mesabi Mountains
