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2007 Event - Gerald Ford is buried in Grand Rapids, Michigan

1996 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids, Michigan on WKLQ 94.5 FM

1981 Birthday - Katie Teft, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, gymnast 1996 Olympics

1981 Birthday - Elijah Wood, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, actor, Radio Flyer, Good Son

1978 Birthday - Ashton Kutcher, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, actor, fashion model, played role of Michael Kelso in 'That '70s Show', produced 'Punk'd', appeared in 'Dude, Where's My Car?'

1977 Birthday - Floyd Mayweather, Grand Rapids, Michigan, featherweight boxer, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics

1975 Birthday - Robyn Hancock, Grand Rapids Ohio, Miss America-Ohio 1997

1973 Birthday - Brandon Paulsen, Coon Rapids, Minnesota, greco-roman wrestler, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Brian Smith, Cedar Rapids Iowa, speed skater 1994 Olympics

1973 Birthday - Todd Sweeris, Grand Rapids, Michigan, table tennis player 1996 Olympics

1972 Event - WGVC (now WUCX) TV channel 35 in Grand Rapids, MI (PBS) 1st broadcast

1969 Birthday - Ken Gernander, born in Grand Rapids, NHL center for the New York Rangers

1967 Birthday - Cal Eldred, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, professional baseball player, pitcher, played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Sox

1966 Birthday - John VanderWal, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, outfielder for the Colorado Rockies

1966 Birthday - Barry Klein, Grand Rapids, Michigan, rower 1996 Olympics

1965 Birthday - Mark Dewey, Grand Rapids, Michigan, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants

1964 Birthday - Lisa Ann Poggi, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, actress, Jolie-Loving

1963 Birthday - Terry Farrell, Cedar Rapids, actress, Paper Dolls, Jadzia Dax-STDS9

1963 Birthday - Kent Ferguson, born in Cedar Rapids Iowa, diver, 1992 and 1996 Olympics

1962 Event - WZZM TV channel 13 in Grand Rapids, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting

1962 Birthday - James Debarge, Grand Rapids, Michigan, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Debarge

1961 Birthday - Brian Lee Diemer, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, steeplechase, Bronze Medal 1984 Olympics

1961 Birthday - El Debarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rocker, Debarge-All this Love

1960 Event - 1st photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

1959 Birthday - Mark DeBarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rock vocalist, DeBarge-Who's Johnny

1958 Birthday - Randy DeBarge, Grand Rapids, Michigan, rock vocalist/bassist, Debarge

1958 Birthday - Dave Rummells, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Nike golfer, 1993 Buick-2nd

1955 Birthday - Bunny DeBarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rocker, Debarge

1950 Birthday - Clarence Ellis, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, football player, safety, played with National Football League's Atlanta Falcons, drafted in first round of 1972 NFL Draft

1949 Event - WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting

1949 Birthday - Douglas Barr, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor, Howie-Fall Guy

1945 Event - Grand Rapids, Michigan becomes 1st U.S. city to fluoridate its water

1938 Birthday - Harvey Sollberger, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, flutist/composer, 2 Oboes Troping

1936 Birthday - Jack R Lousma, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Col USMC/astronaut, Skylab 3, STS-3

1936 Birthday - John Paul Cain, Sweetwater, Texas, PGA golfer, 1989 Greater Grand Rapids

1935 Birthday - Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut

1928 Event - WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions

1926 Birthday - Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life'

1925 Birthday - Elizabeth Wilson, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, actor, Doc, East Side/West Side

1924 Birthday - T. Cooper Evans, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa, 1981 - 1987

1923 Birthday - Paul F Conrad, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, cartoonist, Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84

1922 Birthday - Judy Garland, born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, actress and singer, Wizard of Oz

1917 Birthday - Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor, George-Hazel, Ozzie and Harriet

1913 Birthday - Thor Johnson, Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor, Cincinnati Symphony 1958

1902 Birthday - Ray Teal, Grand Rapids, Michigan, actor, Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza

1900 Event - 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids)

1895 Birthday - Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids, Michigan, composer, Pulitzer 1946

1891 Birthday - Belle Bennett, born in Milcoon Rapids, Iowa, actress, Stella Dallas, Iron Mask

1885 Birthday - Harry Hershfield, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist, Can You Top This?

1880 Event - 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Michigan

1876 Event - 1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Michigan)

1864 Event - Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana

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