CITY

Population:
59614 (2000 census)

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
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
Philip Jose Farmer	Author	26-Jan-1918		Riverworld saga
William Scherer	Attorney	1947		Conrad, Scherer & Jenne

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mordecai Brown	Baseball	19-Oct-1876	14-Feb-1948	A top pitcher in the 1910's

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