2003 In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush stated that Saddam Hussein had tried to acquire 'significant quantities of uranium from Africa' (a claim substantiated only by forged documents)
2003 Rose Bowl, Oklahoma Sooners beat Washington State Cougars 34-14
2002 In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush likens Iraq, Iran and North Korea to an 'axis of evil'
2000 19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Corel State Spectrum
1998 State Farm Rail Golf Classic
1998 Matt Beck, an angry lottery accountant kills 4 at Connecticut state lottery
1998 Rose Bowl, Michigan Wolverines beat Washington State Cougars 21-16
1997 Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo
1997 Cindy Figg-Currier wins LPGA State Farm Rail Classic
1997 Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit
1997 Ali Abu Kamal opens fire in Empire State Building and kills 1
1997 Secretary of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish
1997 Rose Bowl, Ohio State Buckeyes beat Arizona State Sun Devils 10-17
1996 Lew Ayres, screen actor (Salem's Lot, State Fair), dies at 88
1996 Nebraska and Penn State are 5th and 6th major colleges to win 700
1996 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama)
1996 Michelle McGann wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
1996 Kim LaPlante of Washington state crowned Mrs. United States
1996 "State Fair," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 118 performances
1996 Janaki Ramachandran, Prime Minister of Indian state of Tamil Nadu (1988), dies
1996 Hiteshwar Saikia, Prime Minister of Indian state of Assam (1991-96), dies
1996 "State Fair," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 118 performances
1995 61st Heisman Trophy Award: Eddie George, Ohio State (RB)
1995 Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
1995 New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty
1995 10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo
1994 John Keith Wright, English Assistant Secretary of State (1971-84), dies at 66
1994 Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State, dies at 85
1994 Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State (1961-69), dies at 85
1994 Barb Mucha wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
1994 Kalman Kahana, Polish co-founder of state Israel, dies at 81
1994 Jordan and Israeli end 46 year state of war (Washington D.C.)
1994 Ad Gang, Dutch Liberal Party asst sec of state, dies at 67
1994 Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at 48
1994 -36 degrees F (-38 degrees C) in New Whiteland, Indiana (state record)
1993 59th Heisman Trophy Award: Charlie Ward, Florida State (QB)
1993 "Cinderella" closes at New York State Theater New York City after 14 performances
1993 Puerto Rico votes against becoming the 51st U.S. state
1993 "Cinderella" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 14 performances
1993 Boris Yeltsin declares state of emergency in Moscow
1993 PLO recognizes state of Israel
1993 Helen Dobson wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
1993 California state senator Tom Hayden (54) weds actress Barbara Williams (40)
1993 Jim Valvano, basketball coach (North Carolina State), dies of cancer at 47
1993 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82
1993 Blockbuster Bowl 3: Stanford beats Penn State, 24-3
1992 Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74
1992 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week
1991 San Diego State's Marshall Faulk is 1st freshman to capture national rushing and scoring titles
1991 "Brigadoon" closes at New York State Theater New York City after 12 performances
1991 Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party-asst sec of state
1991 Ad Kosto, Dutch state secretary (PvdA), assassinated by bomb
1991 "Brigadoon" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 12 performances
1991 Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35-pt deficit in the 3rd quarter and rallying to beat Weber State 55-49
1991 "Most Happy Fella" closes at New York State Theater New York City
1991 Fresno State ties NCAA record with 49 points in a quarter, as they route New Mexico 94-17
1991 JA Mommersteeg, Dutch state sect of Defense (KVP), dies
1991 SD State freshman Marshall Faulk sets NCAA rushing record of 386 yds
1991 Freshman Marshall Faulk of San Diego State rushed for NCAA record
1991 "Most Happy Fella" opens at New York State Theater New York City
1991 "Little Night Music" closes at New York State New York City after 7 performances
1991 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Bay State Golf Classic
1991 "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 7 performances
1991 College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3
1991 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $280 per week
1991 North Carolina State Chris Corchiani becomes 1st NCAAer to get 1,000 assists
1991 Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117
1990 Blockbuster Bowl 1: Florida State beats Penn State, 24-17
1990 "Little Night Music" closes at New York State New York City after 11 performances
1990 Secretary of State James Baker visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia
1990 "Street Scene" closes at New York State Theater New York City after 6 performances
1990 U.S. Secretary of State James Baker meets with Vietnam's foreign minister
1990 "Street Scene" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 6 performances
1990 "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 11 performances
1990 New York City's Empire State Building catches fire - no fatalities
1990 South Africa President F W de Klerk lifts 4 year of state of emergency
1990 Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state bldg in 1930, dies
1990 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week
1990 Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977
1990 Michael Stewart, U.K. Secretary of State (1965-66, 68-70), dies
1989 East German state/party leader Erich Honecker, resigns
1989 Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Netherlands 1st female advisor of State, dies
1989 Tina Barrett wins LPGA Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State Golf Open
1989 48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia, state record
1989 N.Y. State Legislature passes Staten Island secession bill
1989 Ray McAnally, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State), dies in Dublin at 63
1989 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week
1988 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB)
1988 PLO proclaims State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence
1988 Patty Jordan wins LPGA Ocean State Golf Open
1988 Secretary of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia
1987 State of siege ends in Taiwan
1987 [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74
1987 R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference
1987 Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ
1986 Wichita State Shockers blow a 35-3 lead; lose 36-35 to Morehead State
1986 Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege
1986 President Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency
1986 Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of North Carolina State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself
1985 Akali Dal wins Punjab State election in India
1985 Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India
1985 15.4 cm rainfall at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record)
1985 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), St. George, Utah (state rec) (103 degrees spread, UT 1985)
1985 -61 degrees F (-52 degrees C), Maybell, Colorado (state record)
1985 -69 degrees F (-56 degrees C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record)
1985 -30 degrees F (-34 degrees C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record)
1985 -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record)
1985 -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mt Mitchell, North Carolina (state record)
1984 Golden State Warrior scores 59 points losing to New Jersey Nets 124-110
1984 Washington State's Rueben Mayes sets col football rec of 357 yards rushing
1984 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery
1983 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Fayetteville, North Carolina (state record)
1983 Supreme Court struck down state and local restrictions on abortion
1983 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52
1983 Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title
1982 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record)
1982 38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon Alaska (state record)
1982 Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0
1982 Secretary of State Alexander Haig, Jr. resigns, replaced by Schultz
1981 San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set NBA reg game record
1981 Pete Squires sets record for 1575 steps of Empire State Bldg, 10m
1981 Philippino president Marcos ends state of siege
1981 -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Chester, Massachusetts (state record)
1980 Alexander Haig named Reagan's Secretary of State
1980 John W. Davis, President (WV State college), dies at 92
1980 1st female state police graduates, New Jersey
1980 Mount St. Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die
1980 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns
1979 Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death
1979 109 cm rainfall at Alvin Texas (state record)
1979 12 degrees F, on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record)
1979 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Mich State beats Indiana St. 75-64
1979 Michigan State Spartans snaps Indiana State's 33-game win streak
1979 10 rebounds and 10 assists, as the Spartans cruise to a 101-67 by Penn Mich State's Earvin "Magic" Johnson registers triple-double 29 pts,
1979 -52 degrees F (-47 degrees C), Old Forge, New York (state record)
1979 Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm
1978 Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach
1978 Theodore Bundy kills Florida State University coeds Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman
1977 Dr. Clifford R Wharton, Jr. named chancellor of State University of NY
1977 Netherlands State Delta Kappa Gamma Society forms
1977 Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license
1977 Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails
1976 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students
1976 East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Mich State U after he is warned not to
1975 42nd Sugar Bowl: Alabama 13 beats Penn State 6
1975 41st Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
1975 104 degrees F (40 degrees C) at Providence, Rhode Island (state record)
1975 107 degrees F (42 degrees C) at Chester/New Bedford, Massachusetts (state record)
1975 Joe Smith, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors
1975 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record)
1975 8.10" (20.57 cm) of rainfall, Litchville No Dakota (state 24-hr rec)
1975 Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency
1975 Delta State beats Immaculata for the women's AIAW championship
1975 Penn is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports
1974 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
1974 Ethiopia becomes socialist one-party state
1974 36th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Marquette 76-64
1973 39th Heisman Trophy Award: John Cappelletti, Penn State (RB)
1973 New Jersey becomes 1st state to allow girls into little league
1973 Turkey's state of siege ends (after 2 years)
1973 Henry Kissinger, sworn in as Secretary of State
1973 Ohio State's Archie Griffith begins record 31 cons 100 yd rushing
1973 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527
1973 Donyell Marshall, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors
1973 Andrew DeClercq, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics
1972 39th Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma 14 beats Penn State 0
1972 Clifford Rozier, NBA center and forward, Golden State Warriors
1972 10.84" (27.53 cm) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Mn (state 24-hr record)
1972 27.5 cm rainfall at Fort Ripley, Minnesota, state record
1972 John Lennon's political "Sometime in New York City" released including "Woman is the Nigger of the World" "Attica State" and "Luck of the Irish"
1972 Leta Lindley, born in Phoenix, Arizona, LPGA golfer, 1995 State Farm Rail-3rd
1972 Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts
1972 AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48
1972 British Government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike
1972 7' Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota
1972 East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh
1971 Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison, New Jersey
1971 Tammy Harris, Williamstown, New York, Miss America-New York State 1997
1971 11 guards and 31 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison
1971 State of Washington becomes 1st state to ban sex discrimination
1971 Ohio becomes 38th state to approve of lower voting age to 18, thus ratifying 26th amendment
1971 Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance
1971 Washington State bans sex discrimination
1971 Turkey state of siege proclaimed
1971 Helen Dobson, Skegness England, golfer, 1993 State Farm Rail Classic
1971 Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state
1971 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record)
1971 Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate
1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a California state historical landmark
1970 Plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30
1970 Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record)
1970 National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State U
1970 Stefania Croce, Bergamo Italy, golfer, 95 State Farm Rail Classic-11
1970 Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College
1970 Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State U, Miss)
1970 National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio
1970 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard
1970 Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state
1970 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington, NH (state 24-hr rec)
1970 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH (state record)
1969 69 cm rainfall in Nelson Co., Virginia (state record)
1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in New York State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm)
1969 Duane Bock, born in Southampton, New York, golfer, 1991 Low Amateur New York State Open
1969 Jon Barry, NBA guard, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors
1969 State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances
1969 Spanish Gen Franco announces state of emergency
1968 -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Mazama and Winthrop, Washington (state record)
1968 Students of San Francisco State Counsel go on strike
1968 15.68" (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Miss (state 24-hour record)
1968 Students seize administration building at Ohio State
1968 Bimbo Coles, NBA guard, Golden State Warriors
1968 Fay Bainter, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at 76
1968 Students seize building at Bowie State College
1968 State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A and M
1968 Howard Lindsay, U.S. playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78
1968 Officers kill 3 students demonstrating in South Carolina State (Orangeburg)
1967 Scott Schrader, California, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Golden State
1967 Cornelis A Eman, chairman (State of Aruba Peoples Party), dies at 51
1967 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College
1967 Kent Jones, Portales, New Mexico, golfer, NM State Amateur-1990-91
1966 Indian Haryana state created from Punjab; Chandigarh terr created
1966 Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland, race riot
1966 10.51" (26.70 cm) of rainfall, Sandusky Ohio (state record)
1966 Miami beats St. Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball
1966 Tina Barrett, Balt, LPGA golfer, 1989 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State
1966 Belgian state police kills 2 striking mine workers
1966 -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Corinth, Mississippi (state record)
1966 -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), New Market, Alabama (state record)
1966 Wisc State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W. Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966
1965 Fayette Purser, Sydney Australia, golfer, NSW State Rep 1987-88
1965 18.18" (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hr record)
1965 11.08" (28.14 cm) of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record)
1965 Rony Seikaly, NBA center, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors
1965 Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86
1965 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA All State Ladies' Golf Invitational
1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama
1965 Alabama state troopers and 600 black protestors clash in Selma
1965 State funeral of Winston Churchill
1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson's "Great Society" State of the Union Address
1964 Fiona Pike, Adelaide Australia, golfer, S Aust State champ 1993/94
1964 New York State Theater opens
1964 Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64)
1963 Nagaland becomes a state of Indian union
1963 Hyde St. Pier re-opens as State Historical Park
1963 Georgette Ciselet is 1st woman on Belgian Council of State
1963 Alabama Gov George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools
1963 Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Washington state execution in 25 yrs
1963 State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested
1963 Oregon State's Terry Baker becomes 1st and only Heisman Trophy winner
1963 -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Cynthiana, Kentucky (state record)
1962 Keith Lee, basketball player, Memphis State
1962 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB)
1962 Manute Bol, NBA center, Golden State Warriors
1962 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana, state record
1962 Jerome Kersey, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors, Sea Supersonics
1962 Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature
1962 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59
1961 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record)
1961 U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God
1961 William Hague, Secretary of State for Wales
1961 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Cin beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT)
1960 Chartered C46 carrying California State's football team crashes, kills 16
1960 Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state
1960 Ralph Sampson, NBA center, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets
1960 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record)
1960 India's Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states
1960 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California 75-55
1959 1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0
1959 State of emergency on Cyprus ends
1959 Hawaii becomes 50th U.S. state
1959 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record)
1959 John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71
1959 Alaska admitted as 49th U.S. state
1958 Senegal becomes an autonomous state in French Community
1958 Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community
1958 Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as director of State Bank
1958 Alaska becomes 49th state
1958 Union Square, San Francisco becomes state historical landmark
1958 Gary Oldman, actor, Sid and Nancy, Criminal Law, State of Grace
1957 Indonesia proclaims end to state of war
1957 42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St. Louis, Illinois (state record)
1957 42.0 cm rain falls on East St. Louis, Illinois, state record
1957 France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep
1956 Indian state of Madhya Pradesh forms
1956 Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory
1956 Lori West, born in Denver, Colorado, LPGA golfer, 1994 State Farm-5th
1956 96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record)
1956 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record)
1955 21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB)
1955 32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut (state record)
1955 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record)
1955 Argentine state of siege ends
1955 Argentine parliament accepts separation of church and state
1955 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record)
1955 Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again
1955 20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record)
1955 Russia ends state of war with Germany
1955 U.S.S.R. ends state of war with German Federal Republic
1954 Egyptian President Naguib fired/state of emergency declared
1954 Kip Byrne, born in Detroit, Michigan, Canadian Tour golfer, Mich State Jr-1970-71
1954 20.4 cm rainfall at Brunswick, Maine (state record)
1954 Archie Griffin, NFL runningback, won 2 Heisman Trophies, Ohio State
1954 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record)
1954 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), East St. Louis, Illinois (state record)
1954 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Warsaw and Union, Missouri (state record)
1954 111 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)
1954 122 degrees F (50 degrees C), Overton, Nevada (state record until June 29, 1994)
1954 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61
1954 -70 degrees F (-57 degrees C), Rogers Pass, Montana (US 48 state record)
1953 World B Free, NBA guard, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors
1953 John Lucas, Durham, North Carolina, NBA guard, Houston, Golden State, Milwaukee
1953 Gus Williams, NBA guard, Golden State, Seattle, Washington
1953 Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras
1953 David Maclean, British minister of state
1953 Dr. A de Waal appointed as Netherlands 1st female asst sect of state
1953 John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State
1952 112 degrees F (44 degrees C), Louisville, Georgia (state record)
1952 Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State, dies at 82
1951 President Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany
1951 Netherlands ends state of war with Germany
1951 President Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany
1951 Mississippi Valley State University founded
1951 Yvonne MCT van Rooy, Dutch Secretary of State Secretary, CDA
1951 Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at 65
1951 -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Greensburg, Indiana (state record until 1994)
1951 -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C), Gavilan, New Mexico (state record)
1950 Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism"
1950 16th Heisman Trophy Award: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (HB)
1950 98.3 cm rainfall at Yankeetown, Florida (state record)
1950 13.15" (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska (state 24-hour record)
1950 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record)
1950 Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71
1950 John F. Dulles becomes advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Acheson
1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy charges State Department infested with 205 communists
1950 NY jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury
1949 Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state
1949 Laszlo Rajk, Hungarian Secretary of State/Foreign minister, hanged
1949 Laos becomes associated state within French Union
1949 State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor
1949 Bolivian state of siege proclaimed
1949 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36
1948 US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit
1948 Greek government disbands due to state of war, press censorship
1948 State of Eire (formerly Irish Free State) declares its independence
1948 Former state department official Alger Hiss indicted in New York City for perjury
1948 California Supreme Court voids state statue banning interracial marriages
1948 Virginia Bottomley, British minister of state health
1948 Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of state/supplied arms to the Contras
1948 U.S. Supreme Court decision (Sipuel vs. Oklahoma State Board of Regents)
1947 Secretary of State George C. Marshall outlines Marshall Plan
1947 Colin Sanders, British computer engineer, Solid State Logic
1947 Gen George Marshall becomes Secretary of State
1946 Belgian Council of State forms
1946 West German state of Niedersachsen formed
1946 11.72" (29.77 cm) of rainfall at Mellen Wisconsin (state 24-hr record)
1946 Malcolm Rifkind, British QC MP, Secretary of State for Defense
1946 Richard L Brodsky, U.S. lawyer/NY State Assemblyman, D, 1983-
1946 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats North Carolina 43-40
1946 Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union
1945 H Lindsay and R Crouse's "State of the Union," premieres in New York City
1945 Kathleen Brown, state treasurer, D-Calif, 1991-
1945 Airplane crashes into the Empire State Building
1945 U.S. Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Bldg, 14 die
1945 20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record)
1945 Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Minister of State, Scotland
1945 7th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NYU 49-44
1945 Tim Yeo, British MP/under-sect, State of Environment
1945 Nazi occupiers begin state of siege
1944 10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les Horvath, Ohio State (QB)
1944 Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward, New York Nets, Golden State Warriors
1944 Berend baron van Voorst tot Voorst, Dutch foreign state sect, CDA
1944 Ralph Bunche appointed 1st Negro official in U.S. State Department
1943 Peter Lilley, MP/sect of state for British social security
1943 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record)
1943 -32 degrees F (-36 degrees C), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record)
1943 66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp, California (state record)
1943 66.3 cm precipitation at Hoegees Camp, California (state record)
1943 -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)
1942 Michiel Patijn, Dutch asst sect of state of Foreign affairs, 1994-
1942 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens
1942 Estimated 34.5" (87.5 cm) of rainfall, Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)
1942 David Hunt, Wales sec of state
1942 David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine
1942 Dick K J Tommel, chemist/, D66, Dutch Asst Secretary of State, 1994-
1942 Colin Sanders, founder, Solid State Logic
1942 -23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record)
1941 State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia
1941 12.59" (31.98 cm) rainfall, Burlington Kansas (state 24-hr record)
1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares state of emergency due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor
1941 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Wisconsin beats Washington State 39-34
1940 39.4 CM rainfall at Sapulpa Oklahoma (state record)
1940 German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State
1940 Dutch-Indies Gov Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege
1940 Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege
1940 Jan Schaefer, Dutch Assistant Secretary of state, PvdA
1940 -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia (state record)
1939 Dutch 2nd Chamber affirms Netherlands in a State of War
1939 Charles Wardle, MP/under sect of state British home office
1939 37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, New Jersey (state record)
1939 John Sununu, U.S. Secretary of State, R, 1989-91
1939 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Oregon beats OH State 46-33
1939 Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany
1938 Emile Vandervelde, Belgian Secretary of State (BWP), dies at 72
1938 119 degrees F (48 degrees C), Pendleton, Oregon (state record)
1938 Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Hitler)
1938 Austria becomes a state of Germany
1937 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie
1937 Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire)
1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State
1937 Baroness Blatch, British minister of state for Education
1937 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record)
1937 Colin Powell, born in Bronx, New York, general and Secretary of State
1937 1st state contraceptive clinic opens (Raleigh North Carolina)
1937 -45 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Boca, California (state record)
1937 -50 degrees F (-45.6 degrees C), San Jacinto, Nevada (state record)
1937 Only unicameral state legislature in U.S. opens 1st session (Nebr)
1936 Generalissimo Francisco Franco establishes state of Spain
1936 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Seymour, Texas (state record)
1936 114 degrees F (46 degrees C) at Plain Dealing, Louisiana (state record)
1936 120 degrees F (49 degrees C) at Ozark, Arkansas (state record)
1936 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Minden, Nebraska (state record)
1936 121 degrees F (49 degrees C), near Alton, Kansas (state record)
1936 116 degrees F (47 degrees C), Collegeville, Indiana (state record)
1936 112 degrees F (44 degrees C), Mio, Michigan (state record)
1936 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin (state record)
1936 109 degrees F (43 degrees C) Cumberland and Frederick, Maryland (state record)
1936 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Runyon, New Jersey (state record
1936 111 degrees F (44 degrees C) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (state record)
1936 112 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Martinsburg, West Virginia (state record
1936 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Moorhead, Minnesota (state record)
1936 121 degrees F (49 degrees C), Steele, North Dakota (state record)
1936 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record)
1936 Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines
1936 -58 degrees F (-50 degrees C), McIntosh, South Dakota (state record)
1936 -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Parshall, North Dakota (state record)
1935 Peter Schreier, Meissen Germany, tenor, Dresden State Opera 1961
1935 12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Washington (state record)
1934 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Orofino, Idaho (state record)
1934 113 degrees F (45 degrees C), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record)
1934 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record)
1934 116 degrees F (47 degrees C), Orogrande New Mexico (state record, broken on June 27, 1994)
1934 Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert
1934 Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector Prussian secret state police
1934 1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn)
1934 -51 degrees F (-46 degrees C), Vanderbilt, Michigan (state record)
1934 1st state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania
1933 -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record)
1933 1st state liquor stores authorized (Pennsylvania)
1933 1st state poorhouse opens in Smyrna, Georgia
1933 Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler
1933 German Secret State Police, Gestapo, established
1933 Nevada becomes 1st U.S. state to regulate narcotics
1933 -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Seneca, Oregon (state record)
1933 -63 degrees F (-53 degrees C), Moran, Wyoming (state record)
1933 -23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Seminole, Texas (state record)
1932 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record)
1932 Theodorus Heemskerk, lawyer/Dutch sec of state (1866..88), dies at 79
1932 Timothy Sainsbury, British minister of state
1932 1st U.S. state unemployment insurance act enacted (Wisconsin)
1932 State of siege proclaimed in Honduras
1931 Spanish Cortes agrees to separation of Church and State
1931 Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (New York City)
1931 109 degrees F (43 degrees C), Monticello, Florida (state record)
1931 Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, U.S.S.R. State Radio
1931 Empire State Building opens in New York City
1931 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Pahala, Hawaii (state record)
1931 Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia"
1930 113 degrees F (45 degrees C) at Perryville, Tennessee (state record)
1930 Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach, California State, UNLV, 625-122
1930 115 degrees F (46 degrees C), Holly Springs, Mississippi (state record)
1930 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record)
1930 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
1930 Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor, Bavarian State Orch 1968
1930 James Baker 3, Houston, Sec of Treasury, 1985-88, Sec State, 1989-92
1930 Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322
1930 -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record)
1930 -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), Watts, Oklahoma (state record)
1929 Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Mich)
1929 Earl Ferrers, British minister of state, Department of Environment
1929 Vatican City becomes a sovereign state
1929 Ho Dam, North Korean Secretary of State, 1970-83
1928 Leonie Rysanek, dramatic soprano, Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54
1928 Ernest L Boyer, educator/chancellor, NY's State Universities-SUNY
1928 John Keith Wright, English economist/asst sect of state, 1971-84
1928 Turkey passes separation of church and state
1928 Christa Ludwig, born in Berlin, Germany, soprano, Vienna State Opera
1927 Teresa Stich-Randall, U.S. soprano, Vienna State Opera
1927 22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record)
1927 Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State VP, assassinated
1927 Princess Juliana gets seat in Dutch Council of State
1926 Lithuanian military state under gen Augustine Woldemaras
1926 Bradman plays his 1st State selection trial He only made 37
1926 105 degrees F (41 degrees C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record)
1926 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Troy, New York (state record)
1926 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands
1926 Ray McAnally, born in Ireland, actor, My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian
1925 Daniel Josephus Jitta, lawyer/Dutch state advisor, dies at 71
1925 112 F (44 degrees C), Centerville, Alabama (state record)
1925 Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in U.K.
1925 1st transmission of Danish state radio
1925 Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution
1925 State of emergency crisis in Bayern ends, NSDAP re-allowed
1925 -46 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record)
1925 -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Van Buren, Maine (state record)
1925 Franc B Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as U.S. Secretary of State
1925 1st all-female U.S. state supreme court appointed, Texas
1924 Joe Paterno, football coach, Penn State, SI Sportsman of 1986
1924 Alexander Haig, Jr., Bala-Cynwyd,
1924 Forest Peters of Montana State U hits 17 of 22 attempted field goals
1924 Jewel Plummer Cobb, educator/president, California State U at Fullerton
1923 Turkey declares independence (successor state to Ottoman Empire)
1923 Gov Walton of Oklahoma declares state of siege because of KKK terror
1923 Irish Free state joins League of Nations
1923 Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State
1923 New York State Golf Association formed
1923 Mary Jane Odell, Iowa, Secretary of State
1923 Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry for state visit to London
1923 Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State, 1973-77, /Nobel Peace Prize, 1973
1923 New York state revokes Prohibition law
1923 Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands
1922 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation
1922 Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns
1922 King George V proclaims Irish Free state
1922 Irish Parliament adopts a constitution for an Irish Free State
1922 State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg, South Africa
1922 Bernard Kalb, spokesman, State Department, /actor, Dave
1922 -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Danbury, Wisconsin (state record)
1922 Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes 1st premier
1921 11.5" (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record)
1921 West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax
1921 Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax
1920 George P Schultz, U.S. Secretary of State, 1982-89
1919 Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon)
1919 Secretary of state proclaims 18th amendment (prohibition)
1919 Spartacus uprising in Berlin: state of siege
1918 Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown
1918 Slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state
1918 CH Chubb gives Stonehenge to English state
1918 Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader
1918 Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital
1918 Separation of church and state begins in U.S.S.R.
1918 Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition)
1917 -32 degrees F (-36 degrees C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record)
1917 -37 degrees F (-38 degrees C) in Lewisburg, WV (state record)
1917 Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine
1917 Cyrus R. Vance, U.S. Secretary of State, 1977-80
1916 Marthinus T Steyn, President of Orange-Free state (1896-1902), dies at 59
1916 22.22" (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass North Carolina (state record)
1916 33.6 cm rainfall at Effingham South Carolina (state record)
1916 1st federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted
1916 A. P. W. Botha, Orange Free State, president of South Africa
1915 10.17" (25.83 cm) of rainfall, Glenora, Oregon (state record)
1915 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Fort Yukon Alaska (state record)
1915 William Jennings Bryan quits as Secretary of State
1914 U.S. State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
1914 24.8 cm rainfall at Bloomingdale, Michigan, state record
1914 Edmund Sixtus Muskie, Sen-D-Me, /U.S. Secretary of State, 1980
1914 Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed
1913 William P. Rogers, born in Norfolk, New York, U.S. Secretary of State, 1969-73
1913 1st state law requiring bonding of officers and state employees, ND
1912 Tennessee University opened as Tennessee A and L State College
1912 Alice Faye, [Ann Leppert], New York City, actress, Barricade, State Fair
1912 Arizona was admitted to the Union as the 48th state
1912 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Oakland, Maryland (state record)
1912 -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Washta, Iowa (state record)
1912 New Mexico becomes 47th state
1911 45.7 cm rainfall at St. George, Georgia (state record)
1911 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record)
1911 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record)
1911 106 degrees F (41 degrees C) at Nashua, New Hampshire (state record)
1911 Charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67
1910 Rod Cameron, Calgary Alberta, actor, City Detective, State Trooper
1910 1st Washington State election in which women could vote
1910 Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair)
1910 Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes)
1909 George Ball, Iowa, lawyer/undersecretary of state
1909 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec)
1909 Harry B. Helmsley, born in New York City, billionaire builder, Empire State Building
1909 Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State, 1961-69
1908 Helen Twelvetrees, actress, State's Attorney, Painted Desert
1908 Belgium annexes Congo Free State
1908 Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo
1907 Ray C Bliss, R, Ohio State Republican Chairman
1907 Oklahoma becomes 46th state
1907 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record)
1907 Grace Hamilton, 1st black member of Georgia state legislature
1906 State of siege proclaimed in Zululand
1906 Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising
1906 Pope encyclical against separation of church and state
1905 French Assembly National votes for separation of church and state
1905 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record)
1905 127 degrees F (53 degrees C), Parker Ariz (state record)
1905 -29 degrees F (-34 degrees C) Pond, Arkansas (state record)
1905 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Lebanon, Kansas (state record)
1905 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record)
1904 Alger Hiss, State Department official hid papers in a pumpkin
1904 William GGVV Harcourt, historian/English Secretary of State, dies at 76
1904 -34 degrees F (-36.7 degrees C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)
1904 -42 degrees F (-41.1 degrees C), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)
1903 6th Zionist Congres, Theodor Herzl declares Jewish state
1903 August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state
1903 North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses
1903 Cuban state of Guantanamo leased to USA
1903 -59 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Pokegama Dam, Minnesota (state record)
1902 Dutch State Mine law forms
1902 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record)
1901 Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack Brits
1901 New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee)
1900 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record)
1900 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Basin, Wyoming (state record)
1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony)
1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State
1900 British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state
1900 President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein
1899 Orange Free state mobilizes
1899 Milton S Eisenhower, Dwight's brother/president, Pennsylvania State
1899 -16 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Minden Louisiana (state record)
1899 -2 degrees F (-19 degrees C) Tallahassee, Florida (state record)
1899 -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record)
1899 -39 degrees F (-39 degrees C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature)
1897 14.75" (37.5 cm) of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record)
1897 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record)
1897 M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in U.S. (Utah)
1896 Herzl's "The Jewish State" is published
1896 Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state
1895 U.S. state Utah accepts female suffrage
1894 New York passes 1st state dog license law
1893 1st state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia
1893 State Colorado accept female suffrage
1893 Dean Acheson, statesman and U.S. Secretary of State, 1949-53
1893 Clemens Krauss, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, Berlin State Orch-1937
1893 New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before
1893 -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
1892 New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine)
1891 Fay Bainter, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair
1891 "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M
1890 Wyoming becomes 44th state of U.S., 1st with female suffrage
1890 Idaho admitted as 43rd U.S. state
1890 1st U.S. state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)
1889 Washington admitted as 42nd state
1889 Montana admitted as 41st state
1889 North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes 40th state
1889 Washington voters adopt state constitution in referendum
1889 Washington state constitutional convention holds 1st meeting
1889 Howard Lindsay, born in Waterford, New York, playwright, actor and director, State of Union
1889 President Cleveland signs bill to admit Dakotas, Montana and Washington state
1888 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Bennett, Colorado (state record)
1888 John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, 1953-59
1887 Racetrack betting becomes legal in New York state
1887 Oregon becomes 1st U.S. state to make Labor Day a holiday
1886 President Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence
1885 Henri Velge, 1st chairman, Belgian Council of State
1885 Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium
1885 1st U.S. state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission
1884 Netherlands recognizes king Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 Austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 Italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 Rose Schneiderman, New York state department of labor sect, 1937-44
1884 German government recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 U.S. recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 Mississippi establishes 1st U.S. state college for women
1883 Alabama becomes 1st U.S. state to enact an antitrust law
1883 1st state labor union legislation; New Jersey legalizes unions
1881 California becomes 1st state to pass plant quarantine legislation
1881 Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages
1880 William T. Cosgrave, president Irish Free state
1880 Pennsylvania is 1st American state to abolish slavery
1879 Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia and English
1876 Giacomo Antonelli, Secretary of State of Pius IX, dies at 70
1876 Prairie View State University forms
1876 Colorado becomes 38th state
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