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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 1968 Dave Zuniga, Worland, Wyoming, 136 lbs/greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics 1966 Wyoming's Jerry DePoyster kicks 3 field goals over 50 yards (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 Craig L. Thomas, born in Wyoming, United States Senator from Wyoming, protected America's national parks 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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