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1993 Event - New York Newsday reports Oregon Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women

1992 Event - Colorado Rockies 1st minor league team's (Bend Oregon in Class A) game

1990 Event - Bridgette LeAnn Wilson, 17, of Oregon, 8th crowned Miss Teen USA

1990 Event - Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die

1990 Death - Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62

1990 Event - It becomes illegal in Salem Oregon to be within 2' of nude dancers

1989 Event - Oregon begins taking bids on NBA games

1988 Event - Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon

1988 Event - Mindy Duncan, 16, of Oregon, crowned 6th Miss Teen USA

1981 Birthday - Stevie Ficker, Miss Oregon Teen USA 1997

1979 Birthday - James Allen, born in Portland, Oregon, James Deshaune Allen, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League, attended Oregon State University, chosen 82nd overall in 2002 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints, now a free agent

1979 Event - Peter Jenkins finishes "A Walk Across America," Florence Oregon

1978 Birthday - Heather Noelle Jones, Miss Oregon Teen USA 1996

1977 Event - N.Y. Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship

1977 Birthday - Monique de Bruin, Porland, Oregon, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Emily John Orton, Creswell Oregon, Miss America, Oregon-2nd-1996

1974 Birthday - Jill Chartier, Miss Oregon USA 1996

1974 Event - L A Landslide kills 9, Canyonville, Oregon

1973 Birthday - Bridgette LeAnn Wilson, Gold Beach Oregon, Miss Teen USA 1990

1973 Birthday - Les Gutches, Medford Oregon, 180 lbs freestyle wrestler, 1996 Olympics

1972 Birthday - Tiffeny Milbrett, born in Portland, Oregon, soccer forward 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Brian Hunter, born in Portland, Oregon, outfielder, for the Houston Astros

1970 Birthday - Tonya Harding, born in Portland, Oregon, figure skater, 1994 Olympics/U.S. Champ 1994

1969 Birthday - Brittany Gae Thompson, born in Portland, Oregon, Miss Oregon-America 1991

1968 Birthday - Jennifer Devine, born in Portland, Oregon, rower 1996 Olympics

1968 Birthday - Kent Bottenfield, born in Portland, Oregon, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs

1968 Event - Bob Packwood is elected senator of Oregon

1968 Birthday - Craig Kanada, born in Portland, Oregon, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE South Carolina Classic-3rd

1968 Event - Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democrate primary in Oregon

1967 Birthday - Katy Steding, Lake Oswego Oregon, basketball forward, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics

1967 Birthday - Rebecca Schaeffer, Eugene Oregon, actress, Patti-My Sister Sam

1967 Birthday - Tawni Cable, Salem, Oregon, playmate, June 1989

1967 Birthday - Monique Noel, born in Salem, Oregon, playmate, May, 1989

1967 Birthday - Melissa Allen, born in Portland, Oregon, WPVA volleyballer, Reebok National-13th-1994

1966 Birthday - Dan[iel Dion] O'Brien, born in Portland, Oregon, decathelete, Olympics gold 96

1966 Birthday - John Jaha, born in Portland, Oregon, infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers

1966 Birthday - Eric Gunderson, born in Portland, Oregon, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1965 Birthday - Brent Jasmer, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Sly-Bold and Beautiful

1965 Birthday - Adam Johnson, Portland, Oregon, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics

1965 Birthday - Steve Vancil, Oregon City Ore, golfer, 1989 City of Portland

1964 Death - Lumsden Hare, actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox), dies at 89

1963 Event - Oregon State's Terry Baker becomes 1st and only Heisman Trophy winner

1962 Event - 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (quarterback)

1962 Birthday - Gerry Norquist, born in Portland, Oregon, Nike golfer, 1990 Boise Open-5th

1962 Birthday - Kory Tarpenning, born in Portland, Oregon, pole vaulter

1960 Birthday - Harold Reynolds, born in Eugene, Oregon, professional baseball player, second baseman, played for the Baltimore Orioles, California Angels

1960 Birthday - Julianne Phillips, Lake Oswego, Oregon, actress, Frankie Reed-Sisters

1960 Birthday - Donna Smith, born in Portland Oregon, playmate, March, 1985

1959 Birthday - David Delong, born in Portland, Oregon, Canadian Tour golfer, 1988 BC Open

1958 Birthday - Michael Marx, born in Portland, Oregon, U.S. fencer-epee, Olympic-84, 88, 92, 96

1958 Birthday - Ren Woods, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Fanta-Roots

1956 Birthday - Dale Murphy, born in Portland, Oregon, slugger, Atlanta Braves, 2 time NL MVP

1956 Birthday - Fred Quillan, born in Portland, Oregon, WLAF offensive coach for the Frankfurt Galaxy

1955 Birthday - Donald R. Pettit, born in Silverton, Oregon, PhD/astronaut

1955 Birthday - Margaux Hemingway, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Lipstick, They Call Me Bruce

1954 Birthday - Craig Wasson, born in Oregon, actor, Body Double, 4 Friends, Men's Club

1954 Birthday - Peter Erling Jacobsen, born in Portland, Oregon, PGA golfer, 1990 Bob Hope

1953 Birthday - Chuck Orton, U.S. sysop, Emerald BBS, Oregon

1953 Birthday - Brett Hudson, born in Portland, Oregon, comedian, Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show

1952 Birthday - Gordon Smith, born in Pendleton, Oregon, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Oregon 1997 - 2009, President of the Oregon State Senate 1995 - 1997

1951 Birthday - Mark Hudson, Portland, Oregon, comedian, Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show

1951 Birthday - Diana Dennis, born in Portland, Oregon, body builder, Women Physique World

1951 Birthday - Rindy Ross, born in Portland, Oregon, rock vocalist/saxophonist, Quarterflash

1951 Birthday - Steve Prefontaine, Coos Bay Oregon, 5K, Olympics-4th-1972

1949 Birthday - Michael J. Kopetski,born in Pendleton, Oregon, Representative-D-Oregon 1991 - 1995

1949 Birthday - Bill Hudson, Portland, Oregon, comedian, Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show

1949 Birthday - Susan Ruttan, born in Oregon City Ore, actress, Roxanne Melman-LA Law

1947 Birthday - Sally Struther, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Gloria-All in the Family

1947 Birthday - Dick Fosbury, born in Portland, Oregon, high jumper, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics

1947 Birthday - Dick Fosbury, born in Portland Oregon, high jumper, won Olympic gold in 1968

1946 Event - 28th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Portland Golf Club Portland, Oregon

1945 Birthday - Jo Collins, born in Oregon, Playboy playmate, Dec, 1964

1944 Birthday - Stephen Scott, born in Corvallis, Oregon, composer, developed bowed piano, founder, Bowed Piano Ensemble, 1977

1943 Birthday - Larry Mahan, Oregon, rodeo champ, 1967-70

1943 Birthday - Burt Rutan, born in Estacada, Oregon, Elbert Leander Burt Rutan, inventor, aerospace engineer, created the Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, and SpaceShipOne, which entered space two times in fourteen days

1942 Birthday - Les AuCoin, born in Portland, Oregon, Representative-D-Oregon 1975 - 1993

1942 Event - Japanese planes drop incendiary bombs on Oregon

1942 Birthday - Rod Chandler, born in La Grande, Oregon, Representative-R-Washington 1983 - 1993

1942 Event - Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon

1942 Birthday - Mark Lindsay, born in Eugene, Oregon, rock vocalist/sax, Paul Revers and Raiders

1942 Event - Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat, Oregon - 20, Duke - 16

1941 Birthday - Tim Hardin, Oregon, singer, If I Were a Carpenter, Bird on a Wire

1941 Birthday - Glenn Moore, born in Portland, Oregon, rocker, jazz bassist, played with saxophonist Jim Pepper, recorded 'This is It' with Nick Brignola, 'Bird on Wire' with Tim Hardin

1940 Birthday - Patricia Schroeder, born in Portland, Oregon, Representative-D-Colorado 1973 - 1997

1940 Birthday - Ralph Towner, rocker, Oregon

1939 Birthday - Stanley David Griggs, born in Portland, Oregon, astronaut, STS-51-D, STS-33

1939 Event - 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Oregon beats OH State 46-33

1938 Event - 119 degrees F (48 degrees C), Pendleton, Oregon (state record)

1938 Birthday - Douglas Leedy, born in Portland, Oregon, pseudonym, Bhishma Xenotechnites, composer, music scholar, performer, works include 'Trio'

1938 Birthday - Denny Smith, born in Ontario, Oregon, Representative-R-Oregon 1981 - 1983

1937 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon)

1935 Birthday - Donald P Hodel, Portland, Oregon, U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1985 - 1989

1933 Event - 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire

1933 Event - -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Seneca, Oregon (state record)

1932 Birthday - Bob Packwood, born in Portland, Oregon, Senator-R-Oregon 1969 - 1995

1931 Birthday - Robert Freeman Smith, born in Portland, Oregon, Representative-R-Oregon 1983 - 1995 and 1997 - 1999

1929 Birthday - Rachel Ames, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Line Up, Audrey-General Hospital

1929 Event - Salem, Oregon airport dedicated

1928 Birthday - Paul M. Simon, born in Eugene, Oregon, Senator-D-Illinois 1985 - 1997

1928 Birthday - Jane Powell, born in Portland Oregon, singer and actress, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers

1927 Birthday - Gordon Scott, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Tarzan and the Trappers

1925 Birthday - Betty Evans Grayson, born in Portland, Oregon, softball pitcher, Hall of Fame 1959

1924 Event - 108 degrees F (42 degrees C) in Blitzen Oregon

1923 Birthday - Dika Newlin, born in Portland, Oregon, composer, child prodigy, began composing music at age 7, completed high school at 12, studied with Schoenberg at University of California at Los Angeles

1922 Birthday - Jeff Richards, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Don't Go Near the Water

1922 Birthday - Mark O. Hatfield, Sen-R Oregon, 1967-

1921 Event - Hurricane hits Washington and Oregon

1920 Birthday - Robert Mann, born in Portland, Oregon, composer/violinist, String Quartet 1952

1919 Birthday - Jacob Avshalomov, born in Tsingtao, China, composer, Sinfonietta, The Oregon

1919 Event - Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon)

1918 Birthday - Margaret Osborne DuPont, born in Joseph, Oregon, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1948-50

1917 Birthday - Lou Harrison, born in Portland, Oregon, composer, Rapunzel

1917 Birthday - Robert Cornthwaite, born in St. Helen, Oregon, actor, Thing, War of the Worlds

1915 Event - 10.17" (25.83 cm) of rainfall, Glenora, Oregon (state record)

1913 Event - 1st minimum wage law in U.S. takes effect in Oregon

1906 Birthday - Bob Steele, Pendleton Oregon, actor, Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep

1905 Event - Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon

1902 Event - 2nd statewide initiative and referendum law adopted, in Oregon

1901 Birthday - Donald Cook, Portland, Oregon, actor, Too Young To Go Steady

1895 Birthday - Jack Pennick, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Lady From Louisiana

1887 Event - Oregon becomes 1st U.S. state to make Labor Day a holiday

1875 Birthday - Lumsden Hare, Ireland, actor, Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess

1873 Death - Kintpuash, Captain Jack, fought Modoc indians, Oregon, dies

1859 Event - Oregon admitted as 33rd state

1853 Event - Territory of Washington organized after separating from Oregon Territory

1850 Event - Gold discovered in Oregon, Rogue River

1848 Event - Oregon Territory created

1846 Event - Oregon country divided between U.S. and Britain at 49th parallel

1846 Event - Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49 degrees N

1846 Event - "Oregon Spectator" is 1st newspaper to be published on the West Coast

1845 Event - George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country

1843 Event - Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil government in Oregon Country

1843 Event - 1st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon

1843 Event - U.S. and British settlers in Oregon Country choose government committee

1834 Event - Provisional government forms in Oregon Country

1823 Birthday - Francis Parkman, American historian/author, Oregon Trail

1819 Event - Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-Onis Treaty)

1818 Event - U.S. and Britain agree to joint control of Oregon country

1810 Event - John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon)

1806 Event - Lewis and Clark find skeleton of 105' blue whale in Oregon

1802 Birthday - Marcus Whitman, missionary, led to U.S. securing Oregon

1784 Birthday - John McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Co pioneer in Oregon Country

1778 Event - Captain James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay

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