1988 Event Jurors award $147,000 to Tacoma parishioner seduced by her minister 1983 Event KMO-AM in Tacoma Washington changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO) 1982 Event Indoor distance record for a paper airplane (47m) Tacoma Wash 1980 Birthday Theresa Kulikowski, born in Tacoma, Washington, gymnast, World-bronze-95, 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Philip Sykes, born in Tacoma, Washington, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Jeff Conine, born in Tacoma, Washington, outfielder for the Florida Marlins 1961 Event KTPS TV channel 62 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Birthday Steve Lyons, born in Tacoma, Washington, Stephen John Lyons, nicknamed 'Psycho', baseball player, outfielder, third baseman, television sportscaster, played with Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball team, known for oddities, such as playing hangman and tic-tac-toe with his spikes 1958 Birthday Kyle Secor, born in Tacoma, Washington, actor, Tim Bayliss-Homicide 1950 Birthday Gary Larson, born in Tacoma, Washington, cartoonist, created and published the single-panel comic strip, Far Side 1949 Birthday Pamela Reed, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court 1948 Birthday Ron "Penguin" Cey, born in Tacoma, Washington, 3rd baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1943 Birthday Jerry Miller, born in Tacoma, Washington, rock guitarist, Moby Grape 1942 Birthday Brian Cole, born in Tacoma, Washington, rock vocalist/bassist, Association 1941 Birthday Dale Chihuly, born in Tacoma, Washington, artist in glass, Louis Tiffany Award 1967 1940 Event Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Wash 1937 Birthday Elinor Donahue, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Father Knows Best, Get a Life 1937 Birthday Dyan Cannon, born in Tacoma, Washington, Mrs. Cary Grant, actress, 'Heaven Can Wait' 1935 Birthday Al Swift, born in Tacoma, Washington, Representative-D-Washington 1979 - 1995 1935 Birthday Ken Still, born in Tacoma, Washington, golfer, won three Professional Golf Association Tour events, played in the Senior Professional Golf Association Tour 1935 Birthday Richard Brautigan, born in Tacoma, Washington, writer, novelist, wrote Trout Fishing in America, known for black comedy, parody, satire, and Zen Buddhism 1933 Birthday Charles Johnson, born in Tacoma, Washington, born Charles W. Johnson, Justice Johnson, judge, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court of the State of Washington 1923 Birthday Lee Hale, born in Tacoma, Washington, choral director, The Entertainers 1922 Birthday Janis Paige, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Lanigan's Rabbi, Trapper John MD 1919 Birthday Gretchen Fraser, born in Tacoma, Washington, slalom skier 1948 Olympics gold 1915 Birthday Clay Warnick, born in Tacoma, Washington, choral director, Jimmie Rodgers Show 1903 Birthday Bing Crosby, born in Tacoma, Washington, singer, White Christmas, Going My Way 1885 Event Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes and businesses
