Today in Wyoming History
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Historical Events
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1778-07-03 - British forces massacre 360 men, women & children in Wyoming, Pa
1832-07-24 - Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by using Wyoming's South Pass.
1868-07-25 - US Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah & Idaho)
1869-12-10 - Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st)
1870-08-17 - Mrs Esther Morris becomes 1st woman magistrate (South Pass, Wyoming)
1885-09-02 - In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who were struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town.
1889-06-13 - 2' of snow accumulates in Rawlins Wyoming
1890-07-10 - Wyoming becomes 44th state of US (1st with female suffrage)
1897-09-23 - 1st frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming)
1900-07-12 - 114°F (46°C), Basin, Wyoming (state record)
1924-11-04 - Nellie Tayloe Ross elected 1st US female gov (Wyoming)
1925-01-05 - Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman gov in USA
1925-06-23 - Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre Wyoming)
1927-05-18 - "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses
1933-02-09 - -63°F (-53°C), Moran, Wyoming (state record)
1937-09-22 - Forest fire kills 14 & injures 50 in Cody Wyoming
1943-03-30 - 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: U of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34
1958-01-29 - Murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming
1966-10-08 - Wyoming's Jerry DePoyster kicks 3 field goals over 50 yds (54, 54, 52)
1985-08-01 - 15.4 cm rainfall at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record)
1988-03-17 - Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115
1998-10-07 - Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
2005-08-12 - An F2 tornado strikes the coal mining town of Wright, Wyoming, destroying nearly 100 homes and killing two people.
Famous Birthdays
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1876-06-29 - Nellie Taylor Ross, 1st woman to serve as a gov (Wyoming, 1925-27)
1912-01-28 - Jackson Pollock, Cody Wyoming, expressionist painter (Lavender Mist)
1926-04-20 - Harriett Elizabeth Byrd, politician (Wyoming house of Reps)
1933-02-17 - Craig Thomas, (Rep-R-Wyoming)
1939-09-22 - Mike Sullivan, (Gov-Wyoming)
1944-02-01 - Mike Enzi, American politician, senator of Wyoming
1946-05-28 - Madeleine Le Roux, Wyoming, Broadway actress (Cry Uncle)
1949-08-06 - Joyce McKinney, Avery County NC, Miss Wyoming (1972)
1951-06-12 - Dean Unruh, Riverton Wyoming, WLAF offensive line coach (Rhein Fire)
1952-07-21 - John Barrasso, American politician, junior senator from Wyoming
1953-12-13 - Tom Sanders, Jackson Wyoming, aerial cameraman (Living Daylights)
1955-02-09 - Jm J Bullock, Casper Wyoming, actor (Monroe-Too Close for Comfort)
1961-08-21 - Lance Earl Deal, Riverton Wyoming, hammer thrower (Olympics-silver-96)
1968-04-03 - Mike Lansing, Rawlins Wyoming, infielder (Montreal Expos)
1968-07-19 - Carolie DeVonne Howe, Chugwater Wyoming, Miss Wyoming-America (1991)
1971-07-25 - Stacy Dawn Cenedese, Miss USA-Wyoming (1997)
1974-07-04 - Kellee Nicole Kattleman, Miss Wyoming USA (1996)
1975-02-27 - Dana Marie Lane, Cheyenne Wyoming, Miss America-Wyoming (1996)
1976-10-09 - Rebecca Darrington, Gillette Wyoming, Miss America-Wyoming (1997)
1977-12-05 - Michelle Marie Jefferson, Miss Wyoming Teen USA (1996)
1979-04-03 - Esmeralda Gonzales, Miss Wyoming Teen USA (1997)
Famous Deaths
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1992-04-09 - Gale McGee, senator (Wyoming, 1959-77), dies at 77
