Tulsa - Notable Historical Events
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Tulsa - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1921-06-01 |
Race riot in Tulsa Oklahoma (21 whites & 60 blacks killed) |
1949-11-30 |
KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1954-09-18 |
KTUL TV channel 8 in Tulsa, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1954-12-05 |
KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1958-06-14 |
58th US Golf Open: Tommy Bolt shoots a 283 at Southern Hills in Tulsa |
1959-01-12 |
KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1970-10-04 |
Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma |
1977-06-19 |
77th US Golf Open: Hubert Green shoots a 278 at Southern Hills Tulsa |
1982-08-08 |
64th PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Tulsa |
1984-05-26 |
Floods kill 14 in Tulsa Okla |
1984-05-26 |
Tulsa Oklahoma gets 13" of rain, 14 die |
1989-12-22 |
Cold wave: -4°F in Oklahoma City, -6°F in Tulsa, -12°F in Pitts |
1994-08-14 |
76th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 269 at Southern Hills Tulsa |
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Tulsa - Notable Birthdays
Tulsa - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1904-04-03 |
Iron Eyes Cody, Tulsa OK, actor (Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp) |
1913-04-25 |
Earl Bostic, Tulsa OK, alto sax player (Flamingo, Temptation) |
1917-06-30 |
Susan Hayward, Flatbush Bkln, actress (I Want to Live, Tulsa) |
1918-09-04 |
Paul Harvey, Tulsa Oklahoma, news commentator (Rest of the story) |
1920-02-26 |
Tony Randall, [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa Ok, actor (Felix-Odd Couple) |
1920-10-01 |
Lonny Chapman, Tulsa Oklahoma, actor (Investigator, For the People) |
1937-02-12 |
Charles Everett Dumas, Tulsa Ok, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1956) |
1939-12-11 |
David Gates, Tulsa Ok, rock vocalist (Bread-Baby I'm A Want You) |
1942-10-21 |
Elvin Bishop, Tulsa OK, rock guitarist (Fooled Around & Fell in Love) |
1944-02-22 |
E J Peaker, Tulsa Oklahoma, actress (That's Life) |
1945-04-09 |
Gus Hardin, [Carol Ann Blankenship], Tulsa Oklahoma, country singer |
1947-09-23 |
Mary Kay Place, Tulsa Oklahoma, actress/country singer (Mary Hartman!) |
1951-03-10 |
Brian Fair Berkey, Keys to Tulsa |
1951-06-06 |
Dwight Twilley, Tulsa Oklahoma, country singer (Twilley Don't Mind) |
1952-11-08 |
Alfre Woodard, Tulsa, Oklahoma, American actress (Primal Fear, Cross Creek) |
1952-9-24 |
Bob Boykin, Keys to Tulsa |
1954-06-01 |
Walker Hanson, Hanson: Tulsa, Tokyo, & the Middle of Nowhere |
1955-12-09 |
Mark Reed, Tulsa County Line |
1958-12-28 |
Joe Diffie, Tulsa Ok, country singer/guitarist (Home) |
1961-02-24 |
Janice Gibson, Tulsa OK, LPGA golfer (1994 Youngstown-Warren-15th) |
1961-05-01 |
Charlie O'Brien, Tulsa OK, catcher (Brewers, Mets, Braves, Blue Jays) |
1961-11-25 |
Kenny Monday, Tulsa Oklahoma, 163 lbs freestyles wrestler (Oly-88, 92, 96) |
1962-02-07 |
Garth Brooks, Tulsa Oklahoma, country vocalist (No Fences, Double Live) |
1963-12-05 |
Jason Branch, Tulsa County Line |
1964-05-11 |
Tim Blake Nelson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, American actor |
1965-01-31 |
Kim Clarke, Tulsa Oklahoma, team handball back court (Olympics-88, 92, 96) |
1966-05-25 |
Melissa McNamara, Tulsa OK, LPGA golfer (1991 Stratton Mt Classic) |
1968-07-03 |
Alex Carrington, Tulsa County Line |
1970-11-24 |
Jason Jacome, Tulsa OK, pitcher (KC Royals) |
1979-12-10 |
Matt Wuest, Tulsa, OK: Extended Stay - Shackled Love |
1980-05-05 |
Derrick Mills, Tulsa County Line |
1980-11-17 |
[Clarke] Isaac Hanson, Tulsa Oklahoma, singer (Hanson-MMMbop) |
1983-03-14 |
Jordan Taylor Hanson, Tulsa OK, singer (Hansons-MMMMbop) |
1983-08-05 |
Gareth Hughes, Tulsa: Hour 2 |
1985-10-22 |
Zac Hanson, Tulsa OK, singer (Hansons-MMMMbop) |
Tulsa - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
2006-09-30 |
Hanson pop rock Isaac Hanson (25) weds Nicole Dufresne (22) at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa |
Tulsa - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
2015-03-19 |
Matt Wuest, Tulsa, OK: Extended Stay - Shackled Love |
