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Bakersfield, CA
CITY
Official Website:
http://www.ci.bakersfield.ca.us/
Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.bakersfieldchamber.org/ Visitors Bureau:
http://www.bakersfieldcvb.org/ Population:
247057 (2000 census) Founding Date:
1869 County:
Kern County Founded 1869 by Colonel Thomas Baker. Destroyed by fire in 1889.
SCHOOLS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Robert Beltran |
Actor |
19-Nov-1953 |
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Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager |
| Frank Bidart |
Poet |
1939 |
|
The Book of the Body |
| David Carr |
Football |
21-Jul-1979 |
|
Retired NFL Quarterback |
| Brandon Cruz |
Actor |
28-May-1962 |
|
The Courtship of Eddie's Father |
| Jonathan Davis |
Musician |
18-Jan-1971 |
|
Korn frontman |
| Michael Deaver |
Government |
11-Apr-1938 |
18-Aug-2007 |
Reagan Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Clair Engle |
Politician |
21-Sep-1911 |
30-Jul-1964 |
US Senator from California, 1959-64 |
| Lamb Gaede |
Musician |
30-Jun-1992 |
|
Nazi Tween Twin band Prussian Blue |
| Lynx Gaede |
Musician |
30-Jun-1992 |
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Nazi Tween Twin band Prussian Blue |
| Kelli Garner |
Actor |
11-Apr-1984 |
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Man of the House |
| Merle Haggard |
Country Musician |
6-Apr-1937 |
6-Apr-2016 |
Okie From Muskogee |
| Kevin Harvick |
Auto Racing |
8-Dec-1975 |
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Winner, 2007 Daytona 500 |
| Joanne Linville |
Actor |
15-Jan-1928 |
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Gable and Lombard |
| Dennis P. Lockhart |
Business |
1-Feb-1947 |
|
President and CEO, Atlanta Fed |
| Guy Madison |
Actor |
19-Jan-1922 |
6-Feb-1996 |
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok |
| Kevin McCarthy |
Politician |
26-Jan-1965 |
|
Congressman, California 22nd |
| Carver A. Mead |
Engineer |
1-May-1934 |
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Microelectronics |
| Lyn Nofziger |
Government |
8-Jun-1924 |
27-Mar-2006 |
GOP political operative |
| Erik Paulsen |
Politician |
14-May-1965 |
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Congressman, Minnesota 3rd |
| Sigrid Valdis |
Actor |
21-Sep-1935 |
14-Oct-2007 |
Hilda on Hogan's Heroes |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Annette Funicello |
Actor |
22-Oct-1942 |
8-Apr-2013 |
Former Mouseketeer |
| William M. Ketchum |
Politician |
2-Sep-1921 |
24-Jun-1978 |
Congressman from California, 1973-78 |
| Charles Napier |
Actor |
12-Apr-1936 |
5-Oct-2011 |
Duke Phillips on The Critic |
| Buck Owens |
TV Personality |
12-Aug-1929 |
25-Mar-2006 |
Hee Haw |
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