CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.tucsonchamber.org/

Visitors Bureau:
http://www.visittucson.org/

Population:
486699 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1700

County:
Pima County

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
Tucson Citizen

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
The Art Center Design College	1983
Chaparral College	1972
Pima Community College	1969
University of Arizona	1885

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Pima Air & Space Museum	1976
Arizona State Museum	1893

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
UniSource Energy	1995
Ventana Medical Systems	1985

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thad Allen	Military	16-Jan-1949		Commandant, US Coast Guard
Rose Bird	Judge	2-Nov-1936	4-Dec-1999	California Chief Justice, 1977-87
Mika Boorem	Actor	18-Aug-1987		The Education of Little Tree
Janet Burroway	Novelist	21-Sep-1936		The Dancer from the Dance
Dennis DeConcini	Politician	8-May-1937		US Senator from Arizona, 1977-95
Kirby Dick	Film Director	23-Aug-1952		This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Barbara Eden	Actor	23-Aug-1934		I Dream of Jeannie
Sean Elliot	Basketball	2-Feb-1968		San Antonio Spurs star, kidney recipient
John Fund	Columnist	8-Apr-1957		The Wall Street Journal
Gabrielle Giffords	Politician	8-Jun-1970		Congresswoman from Arizona, 2007-12
Terry Goddard	Politician	29-Jan-1947		Attorney General of Arizona
Raúl Grijalva	Politician	19-Feb-1948		Congressman, Arizona 3rd
Savannah Guthrie	Journalist	27-Dec-1971		NBC News Chief Legal Analyst
Brad Johnson	Actor	24-Oct-1959		Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
Sharon Leal	Actor	17-Oct-1972		Marilyn Sudor on Boston Public
Jared Loughner	Assassin	10-Sep-1988		Tucson Safeway shooter
Chris-Pin Martin	Actor	19-Nov-1893	27-Jun-1953	The Ox-Bow Incident
Linda Ronstadt	Singer	15-Jul-1946		Jerry Brown's former girlfriend
Kyrsten Sinema	Politician	12-Jul-1976		Congresswoman, Arizona 9th
Martin Spanjers	Actor	2-Feb-1987		Rory Hennessy on 8 Simple Rules
Kerri Strug	Gymnastics	19-Nov-1977		Olympic gymnast, Magnificent Seven
Mark Udall	Politician	18-Jul-1950		Former US Senator from Colorado
Tom Udall	Politician	18-May-1948		US Senator from New Mexico

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rex Allen	Actor	31-Dec-1920	17-Dec-1999	The Arizona Cowboy
Adele Astaire	Dancer	10-Sep-1896	25-Jan-1981	Dance partner of Fred Astaire
Michael Bennett	Dancer	8-Apr-1943	2-Jul-1987	A Chorus Line
Bart Jan Bok	Astronomer	28-Apr-1906	5-Aug-1983	Bok globules
Bill Bonanno	Criminal	5-Nov-1932	1-Jan-2008	Bound by Honor: A Mafioso's Story
Joseph Bonanno	Criminal	18-Jan-1905	12-May-2002	Bonanno crime family
Larry Buchanan	Film Director	31-Jan-1923	2-Dec-2004	Mars Needs Women
Lewis W. Douglas	Politician	2-Jul-1894	7-Mar-1974	US Ambassador to the UK, 1947-50
Richard H. Gallagher	Engineer	17-Nov-1927	30-Sep-1997	Finite element method
Harry Harlow	Psychologist	31-Oct-1905	6-Dec-1981	Comparative psychologist, studied isolation
Joseph Wood Krutch	Naturalist	25-Nov-1893	22-May-1970	The Modern Temper
Willis Lamb	Physicist	12-Jul-1913	15-May-2008	Detailed the hydrogen spectrum
Frank J. Low	Astronomer	23-Nov-1933	11-Jun-2009	Infrared astronomy
Frank O. Lowden	Politician	26-Jan-1861	20-Mar-1943	Governor of Illinois, 1917-21
Lee Marvin	Actor	19-Feb-1924	29-Aug-1987	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
William Masters	Scientist	27-Dec-1915	16-Feb-2001	Human Sexual Response
Linda McCartney	Musician	24-Sep-1941	17-Apr-1998	Beatle wife and photographer
James Merrill	Poet	3-Mar-1926	6-Feb-1995	Nights and Days
Noel Neill	Actor	25-Nov-1920	3-Jul-2016	Adventures of Superman
Lauris Norstad	Military	24-Mar-1907	12-Sep-1988	Supreme Allied Commander, 1956-63
George Pake	Scientist	1-Apr-1924	4-Mar-2004	First director of Xerox PARC
Don Pardo	TV Personality	22-Feb-1918	17-Aug-2014	Voice announcer
Westbrook Pegler	Columnist	2-Aug-1894	24-Jun-1969	Ultraconservative newspaper columnist
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.	Business	29-Jan-1874	11-May-1960	Built Rockefeller Center
John M. Roll	Judge	8-Feb-1947	8-Jan-2011	US District Court Judge, murdered
Joanna Russ	Author	22-Feb-1937	29-Apr-2011	The Female Man
Margaret Sanger	Activist	14-Sep-1879	6-Sep-1966	Birth control advocate
William R. Sears	Engineer	1-Mar-1913	12-Oct-2002	Airfoil engineer
Lloyd S. Shapley	Mathematician	2-Jun-1923	12-Mar-2016	Theory of stable allocations
Alexander Smallens	Conductor	1-Jan-1889	24-Nov-1972	Russian-born American conductor
Larry Smith	Football	12-Sep-1939	28-Jan-2008	Missouri Head Coach, 1994-2000
W. Richard Stevens	Author	5-Feb-1951	1-Sep-1999	UNIX Network Programming
Robert C. Strong	Diplomat	29-Sep-1915	28-Dec-1999	US Ambassador to Iraq, 1963-67
Donald Weinstein	Historian	13-Mar-1926	13-Dec-2015	Savonarola and Florence

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