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Topeka
1987 Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100

1967 KTSB (now KSNT) TV channel 27 in Topeka, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting

1965 KTWU TV channel 11 in Topeka, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting

1963 Melvin Douglas, Topeka, Kansas, 198 lbs/90 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1954 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision

1953 WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

1931 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League

1930 Lois Smith, Topeka, Kansas, actress, Reckless, Reuben Reuben

1929 Marilynn Smith, born in Topeka, Kansas, LPGA golfer, 1972 Pabst Open

1897 Hail injures 26 in Topeka, Kansas

1860 Temperature hits 115 degrees F in Ft. Scott and 112 degrees F in Topeka Kansas



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