Events in Wyoming History
- 1778-07-03 British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pennsylvania
- 1832-07-24 Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by Wyoming's South Pass
- 1857-10-05 Mormon pioneer Captain Lot Smith and members of the Utah militia destroy US army supply wagon train in Wyoming during Utah War
- 1863-03-03 Idaho Territory incorporated from parts of area split from Dakota, Nebraska, and Washington territories; now consists of states of Idaho. Montana, and most of Wyoming
- 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)
- 1870-02-12 Utah becomes the second territory in the United States to pass a law allowing women the vote, after Wyoming in 1869
- 1870-02-14 Esther Morris appointed US' first female in Justice of the Peace in South Pass City, Wyoming, after previous justice, R.S. Barr, resigned to protest passage of Wyoming Territory's women's suffrage amendment in 1869
- 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)
The Golden Rule Store
1902-04-14 James Cash Penney opens his first store, The Golden Rule Store, in Kemmerer, Wyoming
Naval Oil Reserves
1909-09-27 US President William Howard Taft sets aside some 3 million acres of oil-rich public land (including Teapot Dome, Wyoming) for conservation purposes
- 1910-01-15 Constructions ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming
- 1924-11-04 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson one of the first two women elected US governor (of Texas) [See also Nellie Tayloe Ross, of Wyoming]
- 1924-11-04 Nellie Tayloe Ross one of the first two women elected US governor (Wyoming) [See also Miriam (Ma) Ferguson, of Texas]
- 1925-01-05 Nellie Tayloe Ross sworn in as Governor of Wyoming, 1st woman governor in USA
- 1925-06-23 Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre Wyoming)
- 1927-05-18 One of the largest-known fast-moving landslides forms Lower Slide Lake in Gros Ventre, Wyoming
- 1933-02-09 -63°F (-53°C), Moran, Wyoming (state record)
- 1937-09-22 Forest fire kills 14 and injures 50 in Cody, Wyoming
- 1943-03-30 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Wyoming beats Georgetown, 46-34; Cowboys' point guard Ken Sailors is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
- 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)
- 1972-03-27 Wyoming officially names "Curt Gowdy State Park", in honor of the nationally recognized broadcaster
- 1985-08-01 15.4 cm rainfall at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record)
- 1988-03-17 Then highest scoring NCAA basketball game to date; 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.
- 2006-10-12 United States Postal Service designates facility in Green River, Wyoming, as the "Curt Gowdy Post Office Building," honoring the noted broadcaster
- 2019-07-17 Irrigation canal system collapses near Fort Laramie, Wyoming parching 100,000 acres of farmland across Nebraska and Wyoming
- 2021-09-19 Body of travelogue blogger Gabby Petito found at Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming
Famous People from Wyoming
- 1847-08-23 Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer, born in Wyoming, New York (d. 1927)
- 1876-06-29 Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator, politician, 1st woman to serve as a governor (Wyoming, 1925-27), and administrator (Director of US Mint, 1933-53), born in Saint Joseph, Missouri (d. 1977)
- 1885-04-17 Cecil Burleigh, American violinist, composer (Sonnets of Autumn; Boyhood Recollections), and educator (University of Wisconsin, 1921-55), born in Wyoming, New York (d. 1980)
- 1901-11-29 Mildred Harris, American actress (The Magic Cloak, No, No Nannette), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming (d. 1944)
- 1906-03-25 John Howard Pyle, American politician (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55), born in Sheridan, Wyoming, (d. 1987)
- 1907-07-19 Isabel Jewell, American actress (Gone With The Wind), born in Shoshoni, Wyoming (d. 1972)
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
1912-01-28 American expressionist painter (Lavender Mist), born in Cody, Wyoming
- 1914-03-04 Robert R. Wilson, American physicist (The Manhattan Project), sculptor and architect, born in Frontier, Wyoming (d. 2000)
- 1915-04-13 Bob Devaney, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (National C'ship, University of Nebraska 1970, 71; University of Wyoming; career record 136–30–7), born in Saginaw, Michigan (d. 1997)
- 1918-12-01 Bill Strannigan, American all-round athlete and basketball coach (Uni of Wyoming), born in Dalry, North Ayrshire, Scotland (d. 1997)
- 1919-07-31 Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster, author (Ford C. Frick Award, Pete Rozelle Award, lifetime achievement Emmy 1992), born in Green River, Wyoming (d. 2006)
- 1920-06-12 James "Jim" Siedow, American actor (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming (d. 2003)
- 1923-02-05 Doris Bohrer [Sharrar], American WWII spy, born in Basin, Wyoming (d. 2016)
- 1924-07-19 Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (27th Governor of Wyoming), born in Osceola, Nebraska (d. 2005)
- 1926-04-20 Harriet Elizabeth Byrd, American politician, Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1998-88), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming (d. 2015)
- 1927-03-22 Marty Blake, NBA executive (GM Atlanta Hawks, NBA Director of Scouting), born in Wyoming, PA (d. 2013)
- 1927-09-25 LeRoy Pearce, American collegiate athlete and college football coach, 1950-70 (University of Miami, University of Tennessee, University of Arkansas, and 3 others), born in Casper, Wyoming (d. 2014)
- 1929-06-18 Merrill Bradshaw, American composer, and music professor (Brigham Young, 1967-94), born in Lyman, Wyoming (d. 2000)
- 1933-02-17 Craig L. Thomas, American politician (Senator-R-Wyoming 1995-2007, Rep-R-Wyoming 1989-95), born in Cody, Wyoming (d. 2007)
- 1939-09-22 Mike Sullivan, American politician (Gov-Wyoming 1987-95), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- 1940-01-01 Marlin McKeever, American NFL linebacker (Pro Bowl 1966; LA Rams), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming (d. 2006)
- 1944-02-01 Mike Enzi, American accountant, and politician (US Senator from Wyoming (R), 1997-2021), born in Bremerton, Washington (d. 2021)
- 1944-02-29 David Briggs, American record producer (Neil Young and Crazy Horse), born in Douglas, Wyoming (d. 1995)
- 1946-05-28 Madeleine Le Roux, Wyoming, Broadway actress (Cry Uncle)
- 1946-10-05 Richard Kermode, American rocker (Kozmic Blues Band), born in Wyoming (d. 1996)
- 1947-10-03 John Perry Barlow, American lyricist (Grateful Dead - "Estimated Prophet"; "I Need A Miracle"; "Cassidy"), essayist, internet pioneer, and activist, born near Cora, Wyoming (d. 2018)
- 1948-03-14 Tom Coburn, American politician (Senator-R-Oklahoma 2005-2015, Rep-R-Oklahoma 1995-2001), born in Casper, Wyoming (d. 2020)
- 1949-08-06 Joyce McKinney, American beauty queen (Miss Wyoming, 1972), born in Avery County, North Carolina
- 1950-08-12 Jim Beaver, American actor (Supernatural; Deadwood), writer, and film historian, born in Laramie, Wyoming
- 1950-10-12 Dave Freudenthal, American economist and politician (31st Governor of Wyoming), born in Thermopolis, Wyoming
- 1952-07-21 John Barrasso [John Anthony Barrasso III], American politician (Senator-R-Wyoming 2007-), born in Reading, Pennsylvania
- 1953-12-13 Thomas E. Sanders, American aerial cameraman (Living Daylights), born in San Pedro, California (d. 2017)
- 1954-09-10 Cynthia Lummis, American politician, (Rep-R-WYO) first woman representative from Wyoming, born in Cheyenne, Wyoming
- 1955-02-09 Jim J. Bullock, American comedian and actor (Too Close for Comfort - "Monroe"), born in Casper, Wyoming
- 1957-01-08 Carol Tomé, American business executive and the CEO of United States Parcel Service (2020-), born in Jackson, Wyoming
- 1957-03-14 Mark Gordon, American politician, Governor of Wyoming (2019-), born in New York City
- 1957-05-08 Deana Deardurff, American swimmer (Olympic gold 4x100m medley relay 1972), born in Wyoming, Ohio
- 1960-04-28 Tom Browning, American baseball pitcher (perfect game 1988; MLB All Star 1991; World Series 1990 Cincinnati Reds), born in Casper, Wyoming (d. 2022)
- 1961-08-21 Lance Earl Deal, American hammer thrower (Olympic silver 1996), born in Riverton, Wyoming
- 1963-04-10 Mike Devereaux, American baseball outfielder (Baltimore Orioles), born in Casper, Wyoming
- 1968-04-03 Mike Lansing, American MLB baseball infielder, 1993-2001 (Montreal Expos, Coloradao Rockies, Boston Red Sox), born in Rawlins, Wyoming
- 1970-03-28 James Johnson, American NFL/WLAF running back (Tampa Bucs, Frankfurt Galaxy), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming
- 1971-05-28 Trist Curless, American baritone jazz vocalist (The Manhattan Transfer, 2014-23), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming
- 1972-12-27 Thomas Wilson Brown, American actor (Jason-Knots Landing), born in Lusk, Wyoming
- 1980-07-07 John Buck, American MLB baseball catchrr, 2004-14 (Kansas City Royals, and six other teams), born in Kemmerer, Wyoming
- 1982-07-11 Chris Cooley, American NFL tight end (2-time Pro Bowl; Washington Redskins), born in Powell, Wyoming
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