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Jan 1, 1923 – Dixie Lee Boyer Boller
Jan 2, 1812 – Iowa’s First U.S. Senator
Jan 3, 1856 – Grand Railroad Festival
Jan 4, 1839 – The Great Seal of IT
Jan 5, 1846 – Incorporating Dubuque
Jan 6, 1855 – State Geological Survey
Jan 7, 1976 – A National Landmark
Jan 8, 1838 – Johnson Cty 1st Business Mtg
Jan 9, 1854 – Judge Curtis Bates
Jan 10, 1833 – First Pioneer Birth
Jan 11, 1805 – Michigan Territory
Jan 12, 1912 – Lowest Temperature
Jan 13, 1876 – Governor Kirkwood
Jan 14, 1859 – Iowa Slavery Debate
Jan 15, 1869 – Mark Twain Visits Iowa City
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan 16, 1891 – Albert M. Lea Death
Jan 17, 1853 – Rock Island Bridge Co.
Jan 18, 1896 – SUI Basketball – Close Hall
Jan 19, 1857 – Constitutional Convention
Jan 20, 1830 – George H. Yewell
Jan 21, 1839 – Iowa City Chosen
Jan 22, 2002 – Caitlin Clark
Jan 23, 1839 – Bloomington, Iowa
Jan 24, 1922 – The Eskimo Pie
Jan 25, 1839 – Johnson Cty Road
Jan 26, 1858 – Senator Grimes
Jan 27, 1834 – Wisconsin Territory
Jan 28, 1799 – William Steele
Jan 29, 1871 – Benjamin Shambaugh
Jan 30, 1948 – Ronald Reagan
Jan 31, 1870 – Iowa State Fair
Feb 2, 1838 – Burlington
Feb 3, 1894 – Fred W. Kent
Feb 4, 1859 – John Brown Freedom Trail
Feb 5, 1936 – SUI Writers Workshop
Feb 6, 1838 – Iowa Territory
Feb 7, 1853 – Gov. Robert Lucas
Feb 8, 1843 – A Letter Promoting Iowa
Feb 9, 1964 – Beatles – Till There Was You
Feb 10, 2018 – Prof. Thomas Walz
Feb 11, 1900 – Wayland, Iowa
Feb 12, 1951 – Iowa Fight Song
Feb 13, 1891 – Grant Wood
Feb 14 – A Valentine’s Day Favorite
Feb 15, 1846 – The Mormon Trail
Feb 16, 1841 – Jesse Williams
Feb 17, 1989 – Iowa City Sesquicentennial
Feb 18, 1983 – Frank Miller
Feb 19, 1936 – George W. Carver
Feb 20, 1843 – Ft. Des Moines #2
Feb 21, 1891 – Karl King
Feb 22, 1854 – Chicago & Rock Island Railroad
Feb 23, 1847 – Peter H. Patterson
Feb 24, 1859 – Abolitionist John Brown
Feb 25, 1847 – SUI’s Birthday
Feb 26, 1846 – Buffalo Bill Cody
Feb 27, 1867 – Otto Kuntze
Feb 28, 1825 – Jacob B. Boller
Feb 29, 1892 – Leap Day
Mar 2, 1839 – Napoleon P.O.
Mar 3, 1837 – Miners Bank Dubuque
Mar 4, 1929 – Herbert Hoover
Mar 5, 1922 – Meredith Willson
Mar 6, 2023 – Nile Kinnick – PBS
Mar 7, 1881 – Iowa City Telephone Co.
Mar 8, 1839 – John Gilbert
Mar 9, 1839 – J.C. Claim Association
Mar 10, 1903 – Bix Beiderbecke
Mar 11, 1858 – SUI Funding
Mar 12, 1853 – D&IC Railroad
Mar 13, 1850 – Asa Whitney
Mar 14, 1891 – Judge James Grant
Mar 15, 1855 – SUI Classes
Mar 16, 1997 – Irving Weber
Mar 17, 1945 – George & Dixie Boller
Mar 18, 1872 – The Clinton House
Mar 19, 1914 – Jay Berwanger
Mar 20, 1838 – Iowa’s First Lyceum
Mar 21, 1910 – Expanding Iowa City
Mar 22, 1858 – Iowa State College
Mar 23, 1956 – Iowa Basketball
Mar 24, 1864 – SUI North Hall
Mar 25, 1846 – James B. Harlan
Mar 26, 1918 – WWI
Mar 27, 1846 – Iowa Boundaries
Mar 28, 1896 – USS Iowa
Mar 29, 1874 – Lou Henry Hoover
Mar 30, 1863 – National Fast Day
Mar 31, 1981 – Bell Telephone
Mar 31, 1881 – W.H. Boyer
Apr 2, 1902 – Iowa City Movie Houses
Apr 3, 1861 – Athens of Iowa
Apr 4, 1853 – Iowa School For The Blind
Apr 5, 1986 – Irving Weber-1930’s Grocers
Apr 6, 1846 – Constitutional Convention
Apr 7, 1818 – Gilman Folsom
Apr 8, 1870 – Des Moines Capitol
Apr 9, 1968 – MLK Service
Apr 10, 1803 – Louisiana Purchase
Apr 11, 1850 – Burlington’s David Rorer
Apr 12, 1861 – The U.S. Civil War
Apr 13, 2006 – Iowa City Tornado
Apr 14, 1805 – Walter Terrell
Apr 15, 1924 – WHO Radio Des Moines
Apr 16, 1785 – Pleasant Arthur
Apr 17, 1861 – Iowa & Civil War
Apr 18, 1950 – Sandy Unrue Boller
Apr 19, 1865 – Abraham Lincoln
Apr 20, 1836 – Wisconsin Territory
Apr 21, 2023 – Caitlin Clark – Coralville
Apr 22, 1856 – Mississippi River Bridge
Apr 23, 1881 – Amish, Iowa
Dec 29, 1838 – Territorial Roads
Dec 30, 1858 – State Bank of Iowa
Dec 31, 1855 – The Railroad Arrives
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