2014 Event Kentucky beat undefeated Wichita State in the NCAA basketball tournament, ending Wichita's historic 35-0 record 2014 Event NCAA basketball team Wichita State Shockers wins the Missouri Valley Conference championship undefeated 1991 Event College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3 1986 Event Wichita State Shockers blow a 35-3 lead; lose 36-35 to Morehead State 1981 Birthday Jennie Thompson, born in Wichita Falls, Texas, gymnast, Junior National-champ-93, 1996 Olympics 1970 Event Plane carrying Wichita State University football team crashes killing 30 1968 Birthday Jim Bob Howard, Wichita Falls Texas, actor, Flash and Bone 1968 Birthday Dennis Postlewait, born in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Nike golfer, 1994 Wichita Open 1967 Birthday Kim Dugger, Wichita Kansas, Miss Kansas-America 1991 1965 Birthday Bobby Gage, born in Winsted, California, Nike golfer, 1993 NIKE Wichita Open-16th 1964 Birthday Robert Kelker-Kelly, born in Wichita, Kansas, Bo-Days of our Live 1959 Birthday Lynette Woodard, born in Wichita, Kansas, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics, Harlem Globetrotter 1959 Birthday Connie Brighton, Wichita Falls, Texas, playmate, Sept, 1982 1958 Event Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, Texas (record) 1955 Event KARD (now KSNW) TV channel 3 in Wichita, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KAKE TV channel 10 in Wichita, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Wichita Golf Open 1954 Birthday Pat Methany, jazz guitarist, As Wichita Falls 1953 Event KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 Birthday Kirstie Alley, Wichita, Kansas, actress, Star Trek II, Cheers-Rebecca 1949 Birthday Ron Wyden, born in Wichita, Kansas, Representative-D-Oregon 1981 - 1996, Senator-D-Oregon 1996 - 1947 Birthday Joe Walsh, Wichita, Kansas, guitarist/rocker, Eagles-Take it Easy 1944 Birthday Dan Glickman, born in Wichita, Kansas, Representative-D-Kansas 1977 - 1995 1944 Birthday Alan Fudge, Wichita, Kansas, actor, Man From Atlantis, Paper Dolls 1941 Event Ground broken for Boeing Plant II (ex-AFLC Plant 13) Wichita, Kansas 1939 Birthday Tommy Tune, born in Wichita Falls, Texas, dancer and choreographer, Boyfriend 1938 Birthday Tom Shaw, Wichita, Kansas, PGA golfer, 1969 Doral Open AVCO Golf Classic 1934 Birthday James Charles Lehrer, Wichita, Kansas, news anchor, McNeil-Lehrer Report 1930 Event Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights 1930 Birthday Arlen Specter, born in Wichita, Kansas, Senator-R-Pennsylvania 1981 - 1925 Birthday Marvin Rainwater, born in Wichita, Kansas, country singer, Ozark Jubilee 1924 Birthday Don Cherry, Wichita Texas, singer, Dean Martin Summer Show 1919 Event Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg) 1912 Birthday Stan Kenton, Newcomb, Wichita, Kansas, jazz musician, Music 55 1906 Birthday John Cameron Swayze, born in Wichita, Kansas, newscaster, Timex, Hindenberg 1900 Event Carrie Nation's 1st public smashing of a bar (Carey Hotel, Wichita KS) 1898 Birthday Hattie McDaniel, born in Wichita, 1st Black to win Oscar, 'Gone With The Wind'
