1992 Gale McGee, senator (Wyoming, 1959-77), dies at 77
1988 Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115
1985 15.4 cm rainfall at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record)
1979 Esmeralda Gonzales, Miss Wyoming Teen USA 1997
1977 Michelle Marie Jefferson, Miss Wyoming Teen USA 1996
1976 Rebecca Darrington, Gillette Wyoming, Miss America-Wyoming 1997
1975 Dana Marie Lane, Cheyenne Wyoming, Miss America-Wyoming 1996
1974 Kellee Nicole Kattleman, Miss Wyoming USA 1996
1968 Carolie DeVonne Howe, born in Chugwater, Wyoming, Miss Wyoming-America 1991
1966 Wyoming's Jerry DePoyster kicks 3 field goals over 50 yds (54, 54, 52)
1966 Matthew Fox, born in Crowheart, Wyoming, actor, Party of 5, Fredhman Dorm
1963 Mike Devereaux, born in Casper, Wyoming, outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles
1961 Lance Earl Deal, Riverton Wyoming, hammer thrower, 1996 Olympics silver
1958 Murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming
1955 Jm J Bullock, Casper Wyoming, actor, Monroe-Too Close for Comfort
1953 Tom Sanders, Jackson Wyoming, aerial cameraman, Living Daylights
1951 Dean Unruh, born in Riverton, Wyoming, WLAF offensive line coach for the Rhein Fire
1949 Joyce McKinney, born in Avery County, North Carolina, Miss Wyoming, 1972
1946 Madeleine Le Roux, Wyoming, Broadway actress, Cry Uncle
1943 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34
1937 Forest fire kills 14 and injures 50 in Cody Wyoming
1933 -63 degrees F (-53 degrees C), Moran, Wyoming (state record)
1927 "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses
1926 Harriett Elizabeth Byrd, politician, Wyoming house of Reps
1925 Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre Wyoming)
1925 Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman Governor in USA
1924 Nellie Tayloe Ross elected 1st U.S. female Governor (Wyoming)
1921 Mildred Davenport, Wyoming, actress, Tarzan and Leopard Woman
1919 Curt Gowdy, Green River, Wyoming, sportscaster, ABC
1912 Jackson Pollock, born in Cody, Wyoming, expressionist painter, Lavender Mist
1909 Isabel Jewell, born in Shoshone, Wyoming, actress, Ceiling Zero, Arousers
1902 J C Penney opens his 1st store in Kemmerer, Wyoming
1901 Mildred Harris, Cheyenne, Wyoming, actress, No No Nannette
1900 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Basin, Wyoming (state record)
1897 1st frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming)
1890 Wyoming becomes 44th state of U.S., 1st with female suffrage
1889 2' of snow accumulates in Rawlins Wyoming
1876 Nellie Taylor Ross, 1st woman to serve as a Governor, Wyoming, 1925-27
1869 Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (U.S. 1st)
1868 U.S. Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah and Idaho)
1778 British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pa
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