CITY

Official Website:
http://www.cityoffargo.com/

Population:
90599 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1871

County:
Cass County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
North Dakota State University	1890

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Great Plains Software	1981

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Neal D. Barnard	Doctor	?		Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Jocelyn Burdick	Politician	6-Feb-1922		US Senator from North Dakota, 1992
Harvey Carignan	Criminal	18-May-1927		The Want-Ad Killer
Bradford M. Freeman	Business	1942		Freeman Spogli & Co.
Russell Freeman	Diplomat	25-Oct-1939		US Ambassador to Belize, 2001-05
William H. Gass	Novelist	30-Jul-1924		The Tunnel
Ray A. Goldberg	Educator	19-Oct-1926		Agribusiness professor, Harvard
Sara Jane Olson	Criminal	16-Jan-1947		Symbionese Liberation Army
Collin Peterson	Politician	29-Jun-1944		Congressman, Minnesota 7th
George Sinner	Politician	19-May-1928		Governor of North Dakota, 1985-92
Arlan Stangeland	Politician	8-Feb-1930	2-Jul-2013	Congressman from Minnesota, 1977-91
Bobby Vee	Singer	30-Apr-1943	24-Oct-2016	Take Good Care of My Baby

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Fred G. Aandahl	Politician	9-Apr-1897	7-Apr-1966	Governor of North Dakota, 1945-50
Myron H. Bright	Judge	5-Mar-1919	12-Dec-2016	9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-85
Quentin N. Burdick	Politician	19-Jun-1908	8-Sep-1992	US Senator from North Dakota, 1960-92
L. B. Hanna	Politician	9-Aug-1861	23-Apr-1948	Governor of North Dakota, 1913-17
William Lemke	Politician	13-Aug-1878	30-May-1950	Congressman from North Dakota, 1933-50

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