CITY

Official Website:
http://www.sioux-city.org/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.siouxlandchamber.com/

Population:
85013 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1854 (platted)

County:
Woodbury County

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
Sioux City Journal

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Western Iowa Tech Community College	1966
Briar Cliff University	1930
Morningside College	1894

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Terra Industries	1964

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Macdonald Carey	Actor	15-Mar-1913	21-Mar-1994	Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives
Vernon E. Clark	Military	7-Sep-1944		US Chief of Naval Operations, 2000-05
Ron Clements	Film Director	25-Apr-1953		Aladdin
Bud Day	Activist	24-Feb-1925	27-Jul-2013	Former POW
W. Edwards Deming	Mathematician	14-Oct-1900	20-Dec-1993	Quality Control guru
Fred Grandy	Actor	29-Jun-1948		Congressman, Gopher on The Love Boat
Alan J. Heeger	Physicist	22-Jan-1936		Metallic polymers
Josephine Herbst	Novelist	5-Mar-1892	28-Jan-1969	Pity Is Not Enough
Harry Lloyd Hopkins	Government	17-Aug-1890	29-Jan-1946	US Secretary of Commerce, 1938-40
Ann Landers	Columnist	4-Jul-1918	22-Jun-2002	Syndicated advice columnist
Melvyn Levitsky	Diplomat	19-Mar-1938		US Ambassador to Brazil, 1994-98
Jim Lightfoot	Politician	27-Sep-1938		Congressman from Iowa, 1985-97
David Loebsack	Politician	23-Dec-1952		Congressman, Iowa 2nd
Jerry Mathers	Actor	2-Jun-1948		Beaver in Leave it to Beaver
John Melcher	Politician	6-Sep-1924		US Senator from Montana, 1977-89
Constance Moore	Actor	18-Jan-1920	16-Sep-2005	Show Business
Frances Rafferty	Actor	16-Jun-1922	18-Apr-2004	Ruth Henshaw in December Bride
Abigail Van Buren	Columnist	4-Jul-1918	16-Jan-2013	Dear Abby emeritus
Ted Waitt	Business	18-Jan-1963		Co-Founder of Gateway
Pierre Watkin	Actor	29-Dec-1887	3-Feb-1960	Adventures of Superman

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Wiley Mayne	Politician	19-Jan-1917	27-May-2007	Congressman from Iowa, 1967-75

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