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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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