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Reno, NV
CITY
Official Website:
http://www.cityofreno.com/ Population:
180480 (2000 census) Founding Date:
13-May-1868 County:
Washoe County SCHOOLS
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Mädchen Amick |
Actor |
12-Dec-1970 |
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Shelley the waitress from Twin Peaks |
| John Etchemendy |
Educator |
1952 |
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Provost of Stanford University |
| Milton Frank |
Diplomat |
18-Nov-1919 |
13-Jan-1993 |
US Ambassador to Nepal, 1988-89 |
| Curtis Hanson |
Film Director |
24-Mar-1945 |
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Director of LA Confidential |
| Paul Laxalt |
Politician |
2-Aug-1922 |
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US Senator from Nevada, 1974-87 |
| Pat McCarran |
Politician |
8-Aug-1876 |
28-Sep-1954 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1933-54 |
| Kristoffer Polaha |
Actor |
18-Feb-1977 |
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Jason Matthews on North Shore |
| Dawn Wells |
Actor |
18-Oct-1938 |
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Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Sunset Carson |
Actor |
12-Nov-1920 |
1-May-1990 |
B-Movie cowboy |
| Walter van Tilburg Clark |
Novelist |
3-Aug-1909 |
10-Nov-1971 |
The Ox-Bow Incident |
| Dizzy Dean |
Baseball |
16-Jan-1910 |
17-Jul-1974 |
MVP in 1934, won two World Series |
| Samuel Goudsmit |
Physicist |
11-Jul-1902 |
4-Dec-1978 |
Conceived idea of Quantum Spin |
| William P. Lear |
Inventor |
26-Jun-1902 |
14-May-1978 |
Lear Jet, Inc. |
| Warren Nelson |
Business |
19-Jan-1913 |
23-Sep-2004 |
Co-Owner, Club Cal Neva |
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