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
