Today in Idaho History

Cities in Idaho: Boise, ID

Historical Events

Events 1 - 31 of 31

1860-06-15 - 1st White settlement in Idaho (Franklin)
1863-03-03 - Idaho Territory forms
1863-03-04 - Territory of Idaho established
1863-07-04 - Boise, Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho)
1863-07-30 - Indian Wars: Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder, promising to stop harassing the emigrant trails in southern Idaho and northern Utah.
1868-07-25 - US Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah & Idaho)
1869-02-19 - US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized
1877-06-17 - Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon - the Nez Perce defeat the US Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
1890-07-03 - Idaho admitted as 43rd US state
1905-12-30 - Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho.
1909-11-23 - 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec)
1910-09-10 - Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber
1915-01-04 - 1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho
1927-09-04 - Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour
1929-02-16 - KID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions
1934-07-28 - 118°F (48°C), Orofino, Idaho (state record)
1943-01-16 - -60°F (-51°C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)
1948-05-01 - Glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham Alabama for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked "for Negroes"
1953-12-20 - KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, ID (CBS) 1st broadcasting
1955-07-17 - Arco Idaho becomes 1st US city lit by nuclear power
1961-01-21 - KIFI TV channel 8 in Idaho Falls, ID (NBC) begins broadcasting
1963-09-02 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Idaho Centennia Golf Tournament
1972-05-02 - Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)
1975-05-06 - Bundy victim Lynette Culver disappears from Pocatello, Idaho
1976-06-05 - Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die)
1989-07-25 - Brandi Sherwood, of Idaho, crowned 7th Miss Teen USA
1991-09-29 - "My Own Private Idaho" premieres
1992-08-22 - FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
1995-08-21 - US marshals move in on Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho
1995-08-22 - FBI agent Lon Horiuchi shoots at Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho
1997-05-16 - Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Univ) as Miss USA

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 28 of 28

1885-10-30 - Ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos), (d. 1972)
1898-07-08 - Melville Ruick, Boise Idaho, actor (Barton-City Hospital)
1913-11-30 - John K M McCaffery, Moscow Idaho, TV host (One Minute Please)
1915-12-27 - Mary Kornman, Idaho Falls ID, actress (Queen of the Jungle)
1917-03-22 - Virginia Grey, LA, actress (Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho)
1920-02-08 - Lana Turner, Wallace Idaho, actress (Survivors, Falcon Crest)
1922-04-24 - J D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory)
1924-12-27 - James A McClure, (Sen-R-Idaho)
1927-03-04 - Philip Batt, 29th Governor of the U.S. state of Idaho
1935-10-14 - La Monte Young, Bern Idaho, composer (Composition in 1990)
1942-05-03 - C.L. Otter, American politician, governor of Idaho
Actress Lana TurnerActress Lana Turner (1920-02-08) 1945-07-20 - Larry E Craig, (Rep-R-Idaho, 1981- )
1946-08-25 - Larry LaRocco, (Rep-D-Idaho)
1951-05-20 - Michael D Crapo, (Rep-R-Idaho)
1951-10-29 - Dirk Kempthorne, (Sen-R Idaho)
1953-04-23 - James Russo, NYC, actor (My Own Private Idaho, China Girl)
1954-03-18 - James F Reilly II, Mt Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut (STS 89, sk:100)
1965-11-11 - Ruthie Matthes, Sun Valley Idaho, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1967-09-11 - Kendra Lee Ruwe, Madison Idaho, Miss Idaho-America (1991)
1969-10-21 - Tracy Yarbrough, Miss Idaho USA (1996)
1970-09-26 - Rachel Jacobs, Ririe Idaho, actress (It's Not Easy)
1971-01-31 - Brandi Sherwood, Miss USA-Idaho (1997, 2nd)
1973-02-22 - Ntala Skinner, Sun Valley Idaho, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1973-05-13 - Brooke Jennifer Gambrell, Boise Idaho, Miss America-Idaho (1996)
1974-01-14 - Nancy Napolski, Hinsdale Idaho, air rifle (Olympics-1996)
1977-07-01 - Misty Marriah Esplin, Preston Idaho, Miss America-Idaho (1997)
1979-07-28 - Kimberly Whiting, Miss Idaho Teen USA (1997)
1979-09-04 - Suzan Dandeneau, Miss Idaho Teen USA (1996)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

1925-07-13 - Film producer and co-founder of Walt Disney Productions Walt Disney (23) weds Lillian Bounds (26) at Lewiston's Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Lewiston, Idaho
2010-02-27 - "Supernatural" actress Genevieve Cortese (29) weds co-star actor Jared Padaelcki (27) in Sun Valley, Idaho

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 1 of 1

2010-03-06 - Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1984)


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