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2007 Gerald Ford is buried in Grand Rapids, Michigan

1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids MI on WKLQ 94.5 FM

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

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

1977 Floyd Mayweather, Grand Rapids, Michigan, featherweight boxer, Oly-br-96

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

1973 Brandon Paulsen, Coon Rapids, Minnesota, greco-roman wrestler, Oly-silv-96

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1961 Brian Lee Diemer, Grand Rapids, Michigan, steeplechase, Olymp-bronze-1984

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1935 Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut

1928 WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions

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

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

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

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

1913 Thor Johnson, Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor, Cin Symph 1958

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

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

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

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

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

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

1876 1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Mich)

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



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