Today in Tulsa History
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Historical Events
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1921-06-01 - Race riot in Tulsa Okla (21 whites & 60 blacks killed)
1949-11-30 - KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954-09-18 - KTUL TV channel 8 in Tulsa, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954-12-05 - KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting
1958-06-14 - 58th US Golf Open: Tommy Bolt shoots a 283 at Southern Hills in Tulsa
1959-01-12 - KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970-10-04 - Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1977-06-19 - 77th US Golf Open: Hubert Green shoots a 278 at Southern Hills Tulsa
1984-05-26 - Floods kill 14 in Tulsa Okla
1984-05-26 - Tulsa Oklahoma gets 13" of rain, 14 die
1989-12-22 - Cold wave: -4°F in Oklahoma City, -6°F in Tulsa, -12°F in Pitts
Famous Birthdays
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1904-04-03 - Iron Eyes Cody, Tulsa OK, actor (Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp)
1913-04-25 - Earl Bostic, Tulsa OK, alto sax player (Flamingo, Temptation)
1918-06-30 - Susan Hayward, Flatbush Bkln, actress (I Want to Live, Tulsa)
1918-09-04 - Paul Harvey, Tulsa Okla, news commentator (Rest of the story)
1920-02-26 - Tony Randall, [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa Ok, actor (Felix-Odd Couple)
1920-10-01 - Lonny Chapman, Tulsa Okla, actor (Investigator, For the People)
1937-02-12 - Charles Everett Dumas, Tulsa Ok, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1956)
1939-12-11 - David Gates, Tulsa Ok, rock vocalist (Bread-Baby I'm A Want You)
1942-10-21 - Elvin Bishop, Tulsa OK, rock guitarist (Fooled Around & Fell in Love)
1944-02-22 - E J Peaker, Tulsa Okla, actress (That's Life)
1945-04-09 - Gus Hardin, [Carol Ann Blankenship], Tulsa Okla, country singer
1947-09-23 - Mary Kay Place, Tulsa Okla, actress/country singer (Mary Hartman!)
1951-06-06 - Dwight Twilley, Tulsa Okla, country singer (Twilley Don't Mind)
1953-11-02 - Alfre Woodard, Tulsa Okla, actress (St Elsewhere, Extremities)
1958-12-28 - Joe Diffie, Tulsa Ok, country singer/guitarist (Home)
1961-05-01 - Charlie O'Brien, Tulsa OK, catcher (Brewers, Mets, Braves, Blue Jays)
1961-11-25 - Kenny Monday, Tulsa Okla, 163 lbs freestyles wrestler (Oly-88, 92, 96)
1962-02-07 - Garth Brooks, Tulsa Okla, country vocalist (No Fences, Double Live)
1965-01-31 - Kim Clarke, Tulsa Okla, team handball back court (Olympics-88, 92, 96)
1970-11-24 - Jason Jacome, Tulsa OK, pitcher (KC Royals)
1980-11-17 - [Clarke] Isaac Hanson, Tulsa OK, singer (Hansons-MMMMbop)
1983-03-14 - Jordan Taylor Hanson, Tulsa OK, singer (Hansons-MMMMbop)
1985-10-22 - Zac Hanson, Tulsa OK, singer (Hansons-MMMMbop)
