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Thank
you to Randy Lyon of Dubuque for his time in compiling this information.
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1916
Prohibition closed Iowa breweries |
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1938
birth of Phil Everly, famed singer |
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1856
the first train from Chicago entered Iowa City |
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1980
Iowa farmers learn that President Carter has embargoed grain to the Soviet Union |
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1866
birth of Milo Reno, "Farm Holiday" leader |
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1997
death of David Archie, publisher of the Iowan |
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1907
the last lynching in Iowa takes place in Charles City |
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1919
death of Dr. Nancy Hill, one of the first female doctors in Iowa |
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1859
birth of Carrie Chapman Catt, women's advocate |
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1762
birth of Julien Dubuque, perhaps the first white settler in Iowa |
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1858
Iowa Legislature holds its first session in Des Moines |
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1912
the lowest recorded temperature in Iowa (-47 degrees) is set in Washta |
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1858
Ralph P. Lowe becomes the Governor of Iowa |
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1864
William Milo Stone becomes the Governor of Iowa |
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1851
Iowa established 43 new counties |
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1868
Samuel Merrill becomes the Governor of Iowa |
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1866
Iowa Legislature ratifies the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution |
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1859
Black Hawk Courier (Waterloo Daily Courier) first published |
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1942
death of William Andrews, United States Representative |
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1933
Iowa Legislature ratifies the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution |
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1869
PEO, international women's organization, founded in Mt. Pleasant |
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1867
the Northwestern Railroad is the first to reach Council Bluffs |
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1857
incorporation of Centerville, Iowa |
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| 24 |
1992
Iowa Winter Sports festival opens in Dubuque |
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1855
Iowa Wesleyan College is granted its charter |
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1967
Iowa Legislature ratified the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution |
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1921
birth of Donna Reed, one of America's favorite "television mothers" |
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1857
incorporation of Camanche, Iowa |
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1923
death of Alva Hager, United States Representative |
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1857
State Historical Society of Iowa organized in Iowa City |
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1940
birth of Stuart Margolin, Emmy-winning television actor and director |
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