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Historical Events
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1826-08-22 - Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah
1848-05-30 - Mexico ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California & parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona & Colorado in return for $15 million
1850-02-28 - The University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1850-09-09 - Territories of New Mexico & Utah created
1856-06-09 - 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
1857-09-11 - Mountain Meadows Massacre-120 colonists killed by indians in Utah
1861-03-02 - US creates Dakota & Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska & Utah ter
1862-07-01 - Congress outlaws polygamy (1st time); bad news for Utah
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)
1875-10-16 - Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
1895-11-05 - US state Utah accepts female suffrage
1896-10-30 - Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator
1896-11-03 - Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator
1897-01-11 - M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah)
1900-05-01 - Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah
1908-04-16 - Natural Bridges National Monument forms (Lake Powell Utah)
1908-05-30 - US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized
1909-02-01 - US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens
1914-01-13 - IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia
1915-10-04 - Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado & Utah is established
1918-07-22 - Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park
1924-03-08 - Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah
1926-02-17 - Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch Bingham Utah, 40 die
1933-04-07 - Prohibition ends, Utah becomes 38th state to ratify 21st Amendment
1933-06-30 - US Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise Id & Salt Lake City Utah closes
1938-12-01 - School bus & train collide in Salt Lake City Utah
1944-03-28 - 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40
1944-12-31 - 48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah
1953-05-19 - Nuclear explosion in Nevada (fall-out in St George, Utah)
1961-03-25 - 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes
1965-11-04 - Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah
1966-08-10 - Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere & leaving it again
1968-04-12 - Nerve gas accident at Skull Valley, Utah.
1970-09-05 - Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record)
1974-10-03 - Ted Bundy victim Nancy Wilcox disappears in Salt Lake City, Utah
1974-10-31 - Ted Bundy victim Laura Aime disappears in Utah
1974-11-08 - Ted Bundy victim Debi Kent disappears in Salt Lake City, Utah
1975-07-04 - Ted Bundy victim Nancy Baird disappears from Layton, Utah
1976-11-10 - Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore
1982-12-02 - 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (U of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart
1984-09-15 - Sharlene Wells (Utah), 20, crowned 58th Miss America 1985
1984-12-19 - Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people
1985-01-02 - Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score
1985-02-01 - -69°F (-56°C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record)
1989-03-23 - 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature
1990-12-16 - KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions
1990-12-17 - KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions
1991-10-04 - Delta Center in Salt Lake City Utah
1994-07-23 - Amy Osmond, of Utah, 17, crowned America's Junior Miss
2002-02-09 - XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City
2002-02-24 - XIX winter olympics closes in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City
2004-11-30 - Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with $2,520,700 USD, television's all-time biggest game show haul.
Famous Birthdays
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1304-02-24 - Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa)
1843-05-06 - Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah
1870-04-04 - George A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church
1873-09-08 - David O McKay, Huntsville, Utah, 9th pres of Mormon church
1876-11-07 - Culbert Olson, Fillmore Utah, (Gov-D-Cal)
1898-03-23 - Hazel Dawn, [LaTout], Utah, actress (Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl)
1906-08-19 - Philo T Farnsworth, Beaver Utah, inventor (electronic TV)
1909-10-13 - Herblock, [Herbert L Block], Roosevelt, Utah, political cartoonist
1911-09-23 - Frank Moss, United States Senator from Utah (d. 2003)
1913-04-17 - Paul Langton, Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Leslie-Peyton Place)
1915-04-01 - Art Lund, Salt Lake City Utah, singer (Ken Murray Show)
1917-10-13 - Laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress (Dr Kildaire, I've Got a Secret)
1918-10-13 - Robert Walker, Salt Lake City Utah, actor/writer (Bataan, Mme Curie)
1923-02-15 - Keene Curtis, Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Magician, Amanda's)
1924-12-11 - Marie Windsor, [Emily Marie Bertelson], Utah, actress (Double Deal)
1925-03-19 - Brent Scowcroft, Ogden Utah, Lt Gen (USAF)/National Security Council
1925-06-17 - Keith Larsen, Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Hunter, Brave Eagle)
1928-04-06 - Joi Lansing, Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Bob Cummings Show)
1930-05-18 - Don Leslie Lind, Midvale Utah, astronaut (STS 51-B)
1932-08-14 - James V Hansen, (Rep-R-Utah, 1981- )
1932-10-12 - Jake Edwin Garn, (Sen-R-Utah, 1974- )/astronaut (STS 51D)
1933-09-18 - Robert F Bennett, (Sen-R Utah)
1934-09-27 - Wilford Brimley, Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Gus-Our House, Cocoon)
1936-07-16 - Buddy Merrill, Torrey Utah, guitarist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1940-07-05 - Karen Shepherd, (Rep-D-Utah)
1940-08-20 - Sam Melville, Utah, actor (Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks)
1941-04-05 - David LaFlamme, Utah, electric violinist (It's a Beautiful Day)
1942-07-09 - Edy Williams, Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Dr Minx)
1948-05-29 - Anthony Geary, Coalville Utah, actor (Luke/Bill-General Hospital)
1948-09-22 - Bill Orton, (Rep-D-Utah)
1949-06-22 - Alan Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
1951-08-28 - Wayne Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
1953-04-30 - Merrill Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
1955-03-02 - Jay Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
1957-12-09 - Donny Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
1959-08-02 - Britt Helfer, Clearfield Utah, actress (Lily-Loving, Alley Cat)
1960-12-19 - Mike Lookinland, Mt Pleasant Utah, actor (Bobby-Brady Bunch)
1962-06-12 - Michael Link, Provo Utah, actor (Earl-Julia)
1963-04-16 - Jimmy Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Donnie & Marie)
1964-03-10 - Cynthia Brimhall, Ogden Utah, playmate (Oct, 1985)
1966-08-29 - Dan Truman, St George Utah, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)
1968-09-04 - John Preston, Utah, actor (Greg-General Hospital)
1970-09-04 - Jennifer Nakken, Cedar City Utah, Miss Utah-America (1991)
1971-02-12 - Tracy Kennick, Miss Utah USA (1996)
1971-09-03 - Tonja Marie Christensen, Salt Lake City Utah, playmate (Nov, 1991)
1973-03-08 - Nanette Pearson, Pleasant Grove Utah, Miss America-Utah (1997)
1975-09-10 - Temple Taggart, Miss USA-Utah (1997, top 6)
1975-11-04 - Michael Osmond, Utah, singer (Osmond Boys)
1976-03-31 - Amanda Moody, Orem Utah, Miss America-Utah (1996)
1977-02-14 - Nathan Osmond, Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys)
1977-11-05 - Jodi Webb, Miss Utah Teen USA (1996)
1978-03-03 - Douglas Osmond, Provo Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys)
1978-12-02 - Jarron Collins, American basketball player for Utah Jazz
1979-04-04 - Charles Butler, Salt Lake City Utah, dance skater (& Joseph-1997 Natl)
1980-03-15 - Deidra Graham, Salt Lake City Utah, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
1980-06-19 - Amy Merrill, Miss Utah Teen USA (1997)
Famous Deaths
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1977-01-17 - Gary Gilmore, executed in Utah, 1st US execution since 1967
2002-12-18 - Wayne Owens, former U.S. Congressman (D-Utah) (b. 1937)
