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Wichita, KS
CITY
Official Website:
http://www.wichitagov.org/
Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.wichitakansas.org/ Visitors Bureau:
http://www.visitwichita.com/ Population:
344284 (2000 census) Founding Date:
1863 County:
Sedgwick County Incorporated as a city in 1870.
NEWSPAPERS
SCHOOLS
ZOO
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Kirstie Alley |
Actor |
12-Jan-1951 |
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Rebecca from Cheers |
| Robert Ballard |
Archaeologist |
30-Jun-1942 |
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Discovered the wreck of the Titanic |
| Robert C. Bonner |
Government |
29-Jan-1942 |
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Commissioner, US Customs Service, 2001-05 |
| Christopher Connelly |
Actor |
8-Sep-1941 |
7-Dec-1988 |
Norman Harrington on Peyton Place |
| Betty Dodson |
Author |
24-Aug-1929 |
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Sex for One |
| Stanley Ann Dunham |
Relative |
29-Nov-1942 |
7-Nov-1995 |
Mother of President Barack Obama |
| David M. Ebel |
Judge |
3-Jun-1940 |
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10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1988-2006 |
| Alan Fudge |
Actor |
27-Feb-1934 |
10-Oct-2011 |
C. W. Crawford on The Man from Atlantis |
| Robert M. Gates |
Government |
25-Sep-1943 |
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US Secretary of Defense, 2006-11 |
| Dan Glickman |
Politician |
24-Nov-1944 |
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Former Congressman, President of the MPAA |
| Alan C. Greenberg |
Business |
3-Sep-1927 |
25-Jul-2014 |
CEO of Bear Stearns, 1978-93 |
| Eric Harris |
Criminal |
9-Apr-1981 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Columbine Massacre |
| Colton Haynes |
Actor |
13-Jul-1988 |
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Roy Harper on Arrow |
| Edward A. Kangas |
Business |
22-May-1944 |
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CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, 1989-2000 |
| Stan Kenton |
Jazz Musician |
15-Dec-1911 |
25-Aug-1979 |
Jazz bandleader |
| Charles G. Koch |
Philanthropist |
1-Nov-1935 |
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Conservative philanthropist, Koch heir |
| David H. Koch |
Business |
3-May-1940 |
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Conservative philanthropist, Koch heir |
| William I. Koch |
Business |
3-May-1940 |
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Koch Industries |
| David L. Kyle |
Business |
c. 1952 |
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Chairman of ONEOK |
| Jim Lehrer |
Journalist |
19-May-1934 |
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PBS NewsHour |
| Hattie McDaniel |
Actor |
10-Jun-1893 |
26-Oct-1952 |
Mammy in Gone with the Wind |
| Rick Mears |
Auto Racing |
3-Dec-1951 |
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Four-time Indy 500 winner |
| Roger F. Noriega |
Diplomat |
22-May-1959 |
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US Ambassador to OAS, 2001-03 |
| Gale A. Norton |
Government |
11-Mar-1954 |
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US Secretary of the Interior |
| Mark Parkinson |
Politician |
24-Jun-1957 |
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Governor of Kansas, 2009-11 |
| Jeff Probst |
Game Show Host |
4-Nov-1961 |
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Survivor |
| Dennis Rader |
Criminal |
9-Mar-1945 |
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BTK serial killer |
| Jim Ryun |
Politician |
29-Apr-1947 |
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Congressman from Kansas, 1997-2007 |
| Barry Sanders |
Football |
16-Jul-1968 |
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Detroit Lions running back |
| Gale Sayers |
Football |
30-May-1943 |
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Chicago Bears HB, 1965-71 |
| Michael J. Sheehan |
Religion |
9-Jul-1939 |
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Catholic Archbishop of Santa Fe |
| Vernon L. Smith |
Economist |
1-Jan-1927 |
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Experimental economics |
| Arlen Specter |
Politician |
12-Feb-1930 |
14-Oct-2012 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1981-2011 |
| George Tiller |
Doctor |
8-Aug-1941 |
31-May-2009 |
Late-term abortionist |
| Joe Walsh |
Musician |
20-Nov-1947 |
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Life's Been Good To Me |
| C. Howard Wilkins, Jr. |
Business |
1938 |
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US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1989-92 |
| Ron Wyden |
Politician |
3-May-1949 |
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US Senator from Oregon |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Henry Justin Allen |
Politician |
11-Sep-1868 |
17-Jan-1950 |
Governor of Kansas, 1919-23 |
| Edward F. Arn |
Politician |
19-May-1906 |
22-Jan-1998 |
Governor of Kansas, 1951-55 |
| Payne Ratner |
Politician |
3-Oct-1896 |
27-Dec-1974 |
Governor of Kansas, 1939-43 |
| George Tiller |
Doctor |
8-Aug-1941 |
31-May-2009 |
Late-term abortionist |
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