CITY

Official Website:
http://www.lvks.org/

Population:
35420 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1854

County:
Leavenworth County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Saint Mary	1859

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
R. H. Barlow	Author	18-May-1918	2-Jan-1951	Literary executor of H. P. Lovecraft
Melissa Etheridge	Musician	29-May-1961		Come To My Window
Doug Lamborn	Politician	24-May-1954		Congressman, Colorado 5th
Ernest Fox Nichols	Physicist	1-Jun-1869	29-Apr-1924	Infrared radiation
Robert A. Scalapino	Scholar	19-Oct-1919	31-Oct-2011	Longtime Asia scholar at Berkeley

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Machine Gun Kelly	Criminal	18-Jul-1895	18-Jul-1954	Notorious bank robber, kidnapper
Ricardo Flores Magón	Anarchist	16-Sep-1873	21-Nov-1922	Agitator behind Mexican revolution
Carrie Nation	Activist	25-Nov-1846	9-Jun-1911	Temperance crusader
Carl Panzram	Criminal	28-Jun-1891	5-Sep-1930	Relentless sociopath, serial killer

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