Events in Denver History
- 1862-04-21 Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Colorodo
- 1895-02-20 Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo
Jennings Bryan Nominated
1908-07-07 The Democratic Party meets in Denver at the start of their convention; William Jennings Bryan is nominated as presidential nominee
- 1922-03-10 KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
- 1924-12-13 KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
42nd US Men's Open
1938-06-11 US Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Ralph Guldahl wins back-to-back Open titles, 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Dick Metz
- 1952-07-18 KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, Colorado (IND) begins broadcasting
- 1952-10-12 KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1952-12-02 First human birth televised to public on KOA-TV Denver, Colorado
- 1953-11-01 KMGH TV channel 7 in Denver, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1953-12-24 KOA (now KCNC) TV channel 4 in Denver, CO (NBC) begins broadcasting
Eisenhower Suffers Heart Attack
1955-09-24 US President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver
- 1956-01-30 KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1959-08-14 First (American Football League) meeting is held in Chicago; charter memberships handed to Dallas, NY, Houston, Denver, LA and Minneapolis-Saint Paul; 'AFL' named following week
- 1960-06-18 US Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Arnold Palmer stages greatest comeback in tournament history; erases a 7-stroke final round deficit to win his only US Open title by 2 strokes ahead of Jack Nicklaus
- 1960-09-09 Denver Broncos beat Boston Patriots, 13-10 in the American Football League's first game before 21,597 fans at Nickerson Field in Boston
- 1964-09-12 1st football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6
- 1964-11-01 Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson passes for 435 yards and 6 TDs in 49-39 win over Denver Broncos at Municipal Stadium
- 1965-11-12 Mad Dog Vachon beats Crusher in Denver, to become NWA champ
- 1966-07-12 US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia and Denver mints
- 1968-02-15 ABA basketball Anaheim Amigos Les Salvage scores 10 3-point baskets in game vs Denver Rockets
- 1968-12-26 Led Zeppelin's US concert debut in Denver, Colorado, as opening act for Vanilla Fudge
Music History
1969-06-27 Denver Pop Festival opens; 50,000 attend; Frank Zappa, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Jimi Hendrix headline; other performers include Three Dog Night, Tim Buckley, Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Winter, Joe Cocker, and Poco
- 1973-03-08 Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest and US longest, opens 60km west of Denver, Colorado
- 1975-08-22 McNichols Sports Arena in Denver opens
- 1976-01-27 9th ABA All-Star Game: Denver 144 beats ABA 138 at Denver
- 1976-09-26 Denver's Rick Upchurch returns 2 punts for TDs against Cleveland
- 1978-06-18 US Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Andy North holds on for a 1-stroke victory over runners-up Dave Stockton and J. C. Snead to claim the first of his 2 US Open titles
Bowie on Stage
1980-07-29 David Bowie stars in dramatic stage play "The Elephant Man" at the Auditorium Theater in Denver, Colorado
- 1982-08-06 Curtis Cup Golf, Denver CC: United States beats Great Britain & Ireland 14½-3½
- 1983-01-10 NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring NY Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver
- 1983-11-30 Denver Nuggets coach Doug Moe, hoplessly behind, advises team to let Blazers break their scoring record
- 1987-08-01 ArenaBowl I, Pittsburgh Civic Arena: Denver Dynamite beats Pittsburgh Gladiators 45-16, Gary Mullen MVP
- 1987-11-15 28 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9, die in crash at Denver
- 1987-11-15 Leile McBridge (Denver), crowned Miss Black America
- 1988-01-28 Denver Nuggets point guard Michael Adams takes record streak to 79 consecutive games with at least one 3-point field goal in 117-102 loss against Indiana at Market Square Arena; streak ends next game
- 1989-01-11 Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet
- 1989-10-21 Betram Lee & Peter Bynoe purchase the Denver Nuggets for $65m - 1st African American owners of a major sports team,
- 1989-10-22 Denver Nuggets beat Jugoplastika Split 135-129 in 3rd McDonald Open
- 1989-12-22 Cold wave: -6°F in Tulsa, Oklahoma; -12°F in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; -18°F in Denver, Colorado; -23°F in Kansas City, Missouri; -42°F in Scottsbluff, Nebraska; -47°F in Hardin, Montana; and -60°F in Black Hills, South Dakota
- 1990-08-14 Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise
- 1990-12-18 NL announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St Petersburg, & Washington, D.C. as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami & Denver win)
- 1991-06-10 South Florida and Denver picked for 1993 NL franchises
- 1992-04-13 Crystal Pepsi begins test marketing in Sacramento, Providence, Denver, Dallas, and Grand Rapids
- 1994-06-26 104°F (40°C) at Denver, Colorado
- 1995-02-28 Denver International Airport opens
- 1995-04-26 Coors Field, opens in Denver, Rockies beat Mets 11-9 in 14 innings
- 1998-07-07 69th MLB All Star Game, Coors Field, Denver: In the highest scoring AS Game in history, AL wins 13-8
- 2000-07-06 Real estate developer Stan Kroenke announces the acquisition of the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche and the Pepsi Centre for $450m from the Ascent Entertainment Group
- 2001-02-04 51st NHL All-Star Game, Pepsi Centre, Denver, CO: North America beats World, 14-12; MVP: Bill Guerin, Boston Bruins, RW
- 2001-06-09 Stanley Cup Final, Pepsi Center, Denver, CO: Colorado Avalanche beat defending champion New Jersey Devils, 3-1 for 4-3 series win; Avalanche 2nd title
- 2007-10-28 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat Colorado, 4-3 in Game 4 at Coors Field, Denver to sweep the Rockies and win their 2nd title in 4 years; MVP: Boston 3rd baseman Mike Lowell
Taylor Swift Testifies
2017-08-10 Taylor Swift testifies, in Denver, Colorado court, that DJ David Mueller groped her
- 2019-01-16 Golden State Warriors break 2 franchise records in 142-111 win over Denver Nuggets; in 1st quarter, record 10 three-point field goals on way to franchise best 51 points in the period
- 2019-04-17 Terror alert closes schools in Denver, Colorado, due to 18-year-old woman obsessed with Columbine massacre, who is then found dead
- 2019-05-07 Denver is the first US city to decriminalize psilocybin "magic mushrooms"
Famous People from Denver
- 1817-05-18 James William Denver, American lawyer, politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Winchester, Virginia (d. 1892)
- 1867-04-24 Fannie Thomas, American who became the oldest known American at her death (113 years 273 days at death), born in Denver, Illinois (d. 1981)
- 1873-01-10 Jack O'Neill, Irish-born baseball player, born in Tawnaleen, Ireland (d. 1935)
- 1877-05-25 Billy Murray, Irish-American vaudeville and early recording popular music tenor, known as the 'Denver Nightengale' ("Shine On, Harvest Moon"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1954)
- 1880-10-04 Young Corbett II (William J. Rothwell), American boxer (world featherweight champion 1901-02), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1927)
Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)
1883-05-23 American actor (The Mark of Zorro, 3 Musketeers, Robin Hood), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1886-02-10 Olin Howland, American actor (Gone With The Wind; Them!; Circus Boy), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1959)
- 1886-04-10 Val Paul, American actor and director (Suspense, The Phantom Thief), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1962)
- 1888-06-27 Antoinette Perry, American stage actress, theater director, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, and namesake of the Tony Award, born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1946)
- 1890-03-28 Paul Whiteman "The King of Jazz", American orchestra leader (George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue"), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1967)
- 1892-09-28 Ruth Stonehouse, American silent film actress and director (Dorothy Dares), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1941)
Eddie Eagan (1897-1967)
1897-04-26 American boxer (Olympic gold - light heavyweight, 1920) and bobsledder (Olympic gold - 4-man team,1932), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1899-04-09 James Smith McDonnell, American aviator and engineer, born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1980)
- 1899-06-29 Lester Vail, American actor (Dance Fools Dance, Consolation Marriage), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1959)
- 1903-04-09 Ward Bond, American actor (Wagon Train, It's a Wonderful Life), born in Benkelman, Nebraska (d. 1960)
- 1904-02-12 Ted Mack, American TV host (The Original Amateur Hour), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1976)
- 1906-06-28 Safford Cape, American-Belgian conductor, composer and music historian, born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1973)
- 1906-07-03 Jack Earle, American actor and sideshow performer known as "The World's Tallest Man", born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1952)
- 1906-07-09 Walter Sande, American actor (To Have and Have Not), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1971)
- 1906-09-06 Raymond Keane, American actor (Midnight Sun, Love Eagle), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1973)
- 1907-08-03 Irene Tedrow, American actress (Lucy-Dennis the Menace, Mr Novak), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1995)
- 1909-04-08 John Fante, Italian-American author and screenwriter (Wait Until Spring, Bandini, Ask the Dust, Full of Life), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1983)
- 1909-12-24 Adam Popovich, Serbian-American musician, director and composer, born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2001)
- 1912-06-18 Glenn Morris, American athlete (Olympic gold decathlon 1936) and actor (Tarzan's Revenge; Hold That Co-ed), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1974)
- 1914-08-30 Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells], American actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2001)
- 1916-01-01 Murray Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey centre and NCAA coach (Detroit Red Wings; coach University of Denver 1956-77, 5 NCAA C'ships), born in Manor, Saskatchewan (d. 2010)
- 1916-04-04 David White, American actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1990)
- 1916-11-04 Ruth Handler [née Mosko], American toy manufacturer (invented the Barbie doll), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2002)
- 1917-07-08 Glenn Langan, American actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie, Jungle Heat, Rapture), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1991)
- 1920-05-11 Denver Pyle, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, The Andy Griffith Show), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1997)
- 1924-04-07 Nick Perito, American pianist, accordion player, arranger and orchestra leader (Perry Como; Muzak; The Don Knotts Show), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2005)
- 1925-08-06 Barbara Bates, American actress (All About Eve, It's a Great Life), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1969)
- 1927-01-04 Barbara Rush, American stage and screen actress (Peyton Place - "Marsha"; It Came From Outer Space; Flamingo Road), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2024) [1]
- 1928-03-20 Jerome Biffle, American long jumper (Olympic gold, 1952), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2002)
- 1928-10-30 Ernest Flatt, American choreographer (The Carol Burnett Show), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1995)
- 1929-05-04 Sydney M. Lamb, American linguist (Stratificational grammar), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1931-08-30 John Leonard Swigert Jr., American astronaut (Apollo 13), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1982)
- 1932-02-01 John Hart, American TV journalist (CBS News Retrospective, NBC News), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1932-03-21 Joseph Silverstein, American violinist, concertmaster and conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1955-84), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2015)
John Searle (92 years old)
1932-07-31 American philosopher, born in Denver, Colorado
- 1932-08-22 Gerald P Carr, American USMC colonel and NASA astronaut (Skylab 4), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1932-12-01 Robert T. Herres, American air force officer (Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2008)
- 1933-05-23 John Browning, American pianist (Leventritt Award, 1956), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2003)
- 1933-08-19 Debra Paget [Debralee Griffin], American actress (Love Me Tender), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1935-03-13 Don Nute, American actor, born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
- 1935-04-16 Haskell Sadler, American blues singer and guitarist, born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1994)
- 1936-05-09 Terry Drinkwater, American TV newsman (CBS), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1989)
- 1937-01-08 Robert Moran, American composer (Trinity Requiem), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1940-07-23 Gary Stites, American pop vocalist ("Lonely For You"), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1943-05-31 Wayne Carson, American country musician and songwriter ("Always On My Mind"), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2015)
- 1943-10-01 Jerry Martini [Gerald L. Martini], American saxophonist (Sly and the Family Stone - "Everyday People"), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1944-07-15 Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (Airwolf; Hooper; Buster & Billie; Tribes), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2019)
- 1946-03-12 Frank Welker, American voice actor (Scooby-Doo - "Fred"; Curious George), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1946-06-28 John M. Lounge, American engineer and astronaut (STS 51-I, STS 26, STS 35), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2011)
- 1947-11-29 Ronnie Montrose, American rock guitarist (Montrose; Gamma), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2012)
- 1948-04-07 Dallas Taylor, American session drummer (Crosby, Stills & Nash; Clear Light), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2015)
- 1950-03-05 Eugene Fodor, American classical violinist (1974 Tchaikovsky Award), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2011)
- 1951-10-23 Michael Rupert, American actor (Pasadena Playhouse), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1952-08-04 Bobby Buntrock, actor (Harold Baxter-Hazel), born in Denver, Colorado
Tim Allen (71 years old)
1953-06-13 Canadian comedian (Home Improvement, Jungle2Jungle), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1953-10-31 Michael J. Anderson, American actor (The Man from Another Place), born in Denver, Coloroda
- 1955-03-30 Randy Vanwarmer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Just When I Needed You Most"), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2004)
- 1955-11-06 Paul Romer, American economist (Nobel Prize 2018, endogenous growth theory), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1956-09-06 Bill Ritter, American politician (41st Governor of Colorado), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1960-08-15 Maureen "Peanut" Louie Harper, tennis player (Denver-1985), born in San Francisco, California
David Fincher (61 years old)
1962-08-28 American film director and producer (The Social Network; Gone Girl; Fight Club), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1964-05-23 Staci Greason, actress (Isabella Toscando-Days of Our Lives), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1965-10-19 Todd Park Mohr, American musician (Big Head Todd and the Monsters), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1965-10-25 2 Cold Scorpio [Charles Bernard Scaggs], American professional wrestler, born in Denver, Colorado
- 1968-12-29 James Mouton, American baseball outfielder (Houston Astros), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1969-02-21 Corey Harris, American blues and reggae guitarist (The Blues miniseries; From Mississippi to Mali), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1969-07-29 Alison Dunlap, American cyclist (UCI Mountain Bike Cross Country World C'ship gold 2001), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1970-04-23 Dennis Culp, American singer and songwriter, born in Denver, Colorado
- 1970-10-26 Dian Bachar, American actor, born in Denver, Colorado
- 1972-12-12 Greg Randolph, American road cyclist (Olympics-74th-96), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1973-02-15 Amy Van Dyken, US 50m/100m freestyle/100m butterfly swimmer (Olympic 2 g-96), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1973-07-16 Graham Robertson, American filmmaker and author, born in Denver, Colorado
- 1974-10-07 Benjamin Oberman, American pairs skater (with partner Naomi Grabow), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1974-10-23 Dani Tyler, American softball infielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1974-12-29 James Darling, American football linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1975-10-03 India Arie [Simpson], American Grammy Award-winning neo-soul singer ("I Am Light"; Voyage to India), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1975-10-25 Ryan Clement, American football quarterback, born in Denver, Colorado
- 1978-04-19 Amanda Sage, American visionary artist, born in Denver, Colorado
- 1980-04-06 Matthew Thomas Carey, American actor (Old School, The Banger Sisters), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1980-10-25 Ilana Goldfogel, American pairs skater (with partner Erik Schulz), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1981-10-09 Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor (Brad-Home Improvement), born in Aurora, Colorado
- 1983-09-19 Matt Wiman, American mixed martial artist, born in Denver, Colorado
- 1987-01-05 Kristin Cavallari, American actress, born in Denver, Colorado
- 1993-12-08 Anna Sophia Robb, American actress (Bridge to Terabithia; The Carrie Diaries), born in Denver, Colorado
Famous Americans
'Philadelphia' Jack O'Brien
50 Cent
A Boogie wit da Hoodie
A. E. Douglass
A. J. Foyt
Aaron Burr