2013 Event Three extremely well-preserved, most complete triceratops specimens ever found are unearthed in Wyoming 2012 Event U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney wins caucuses in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam and Wyoming 1992 Death Gale McGee, senator (Wyoming, 1959-77), dies at 77 1988 Event Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115 1985 Event 15.4 cm rainfall at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record) 1979 Birthday Esmeralda Gonzales, Miss Wyoming Teen USA 1997 1977 Birthday Michelle Marie Jefferson, Miss Wyoming Teen USA 1996 1976 Birthday Rebecca Darrington, Gillette Wyoming, Miss America-Wyoming 1997 1975 Birthday Dana Marie Lane, Cheyenne Wyoming, Miss America-Wyoming 1996 1974 Birthday Kellee Nicole Kattleman, Miss Wyoming USA 1996 1968 Birthday Carolie DeVonne Howe, born in Chugwater, Wyoming, Miss Wyoming-America 1991 1968 Birthday Dave Zuniga, Worland, Wyoming, 136 lbs/greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics 1966 Event Wyoming's Jerry DePoyster kicks 3 field goals over 50 yards (54, 54, 52) 1966 Birthday Matthew Fox, born in Crowheart, Wyoming, actor, Party of 5, Fredhman Dorm 1963 Birthday Mike Devereaux, born in Casper, Wyoming, outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles 1961 Birthday Lance Earl Deal, Riverton Wyoming, hammer thrower, 1996 Olympics silver 1958 Event Murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming 1955 Birthday Jm J Bullock, Casper Wyoming, actor, Monroe-Too Close for Comfort 1953 Birthday Tom Sanders, Jackson Wyoming, aerial cameraman, Living Daylights 1951 Birthday Dean Unruh, born in Riverton, Wyoming, WLAF offensive line coach for the Rhein Fire 1949 Birthday Joyce McKinney, born in Avery County, North Carolina, Miss Wyoming, 1972 1946 Birthday Madeleine Le Roux, Wyoming, Broadway actress, Cry Uncle 1943 Event 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34 1937 Event Forest fire kills 14 and injures 50 in Cody Wyoming 1933 Birthday Craig L. Thomas, born in Wyoming, United States Senator from Wyoming, protected America's national parks 1933 Event -63 degrees F (-53 degrees C), Moran, Wyoming (state record) 1927 Event "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses 1926 Birthday Harriett Elizabeth Byrd, politician, Wyoming house of Reps 1925 Event Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre Wyoming) 1925 Event Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman Governor in USA 1924 Event Nellie Tayloe Ross elected 1st U.S. female Governor (Wyoming) 1921 Birthday Mildred Davenport, Wyoming, actress, Tarzan and Leopard Woman 1919 Birthday Curt Gowdy, Green River, Wyoming, sportscaster, ABC 1912 Birthday Jackson Pollock, born in Cody, Wyoming, expressionist painter, Lavender Mist 1909 Birthday Isabel Jewell, born in Shoshone, Wyoming, actress, Ceiling Zero, Arousers 1902 Event J C Penney opens his 1st store in Kemmerer, Wyoming 1901 Birthday Mildred Harris, Cheyenne, Wyoming, actress, No No Nannette 1900 Event 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Basin, Wyoming (state record) 1897 Event 1st frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming) 1890 Event Wyoming becomes 44th state of U.S., 1st with female suffrage 1889 Event 2' of snow accumulates in Rawlins Wyoming 1876 Birthday Nellie Taylor Ross, 1st woman to serve as a Governor, Wyoming, 1925-27 1869 Event Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (U.S. 1st) 1868 Event U.S. Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah and Idaho) 1778 Event British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pa
