CITY

Official Website:
http://www.terrehaute.in.gov/

Population:
59614 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1816 (platted)

County:
Vigo County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	1874
Indiana State University	1865

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Birch Bayh	Politician	22-Jan-1928		US Senator from Indiana, 1963-81
William E. Bindley	Business	6-Oct-1940		Founder of Bindley Western Industries
Max Carey	Baseball	11-Jan-1890	30-May-1976	MLB Hall of Famer
Scatman Crothers	Jazz Musician	23-May-1910	22-Nov-1986	Jazz musician and actor
Eugene V. Debs	Labor Leader	5-Nov-1855	20-Oct-1926	Labor leader ran for President five times
Theodore Dreiser	Novelist	27-Aug-1871	28-Dec-1945	An American Tragedy
Paul Dresser	Songwriter	21-Apr-1857	30-Jan-1906	My Gal Sal
Philip Jose Farmer	Author	26-Jan-1918	25-Feb-2009	Riverworld saga
Skeets Gallagher	Actor	28-Jul-1891	22-May-1955	Possessed
Jess Hahn	Actor	29-Oct-1921	29-Jun-1998	Topkapi
Tommy John	Baseball	22-May-1943		MLB pitcher, received pioneering surgery
Charles Sumner Olcott	Author	20-Feb-1864	3-May-1935	The Life of William McKinley
Edward A. Pease	Politician	22-May-1951		Congressman from Indiana, 1997-2001
William Scherer	Attorney	1947		Conrad, Scherer & Jenne
John Von Kannon	Activist	9-Mar-1949	5-Sep-2015	Heritage Foundation

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mordecai Brown	Baseball	19-Oct-1876	14-Feb-1948	Three Finger Brown
Timothy McVeigh	Terrorist	23-Apr-1968	11-Jun-2001	Oklahoma City Bomber

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