CITY

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

Population:
180480 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
13-May-1868

County:
Washoe County

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
Reno Gazette-Journal

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Nevada at Reno	1874

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Sierra Pacific Resources	1984
International Game Technology	1975
AMERCO	1945

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mädchen Amick	Actor	12-Dec-1970		Shelley the waitress from Twin Peaks
Melvin T. Brunetti	Judge	10-Nov-1933	30-Oct-2009	9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-99
Chase Ellison	Actor	22-Sep-1993		Mysterious Skin
John Etchemendy	Educator	1952		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	20-Sep-2016	LA Confidential
Procter Hug, Jr.	Judge	11-Mar-1931		9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-2002
Bryce Johnson	Actor	18-Apr-1977		Josh Ford on Popular
Paul Laxalt	Politician	2-Aug-1922		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		Jason Matthews on North Shore
Dawn Wells	Actor	18-Oct-1938		Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Emmet D. Boyle	Politician	26-Jul-1879	3-Jan-1926	Governor of Nevada, 1915-23
Ernest S. Brown	Attorney	25-Sep-1903	23-Jul-1965	US Senator from Nevada, 1954
Melvin T. Brunetti	Judge	10-Nov-1933	30-Oct-2009	9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-99
Sunset Carson	Actor	12-Nov-1920	1-May-1990	B-Movie cowboy
Edward P. Carville	Politician	14-May-1885	27-Jun-1956	Governor of Nevada, 1939-45
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
Don Galloway	Actor	27-Jul-1937	8-Jan-2009	Det. Sgt. Ed Brown on Ironside
Samuel Goudsmit	Physicist	11-Jul-1902	4-Dec-1978	Conceived idea of Quantum Spin
Morley Griswold	Politician	10-Oct-1890	3-Oct-1951	Governor of Nevada, 1934-35
William P. Lear	Inventor	26-Jun-1902	14-May-1978	Lear Jet, Inc.
Nathaniel Marston	Actor	9-Jul-1975	11-Nov-2015	One Life to Live
Warren Nelson	Business	19-Jan-1913	23-Sep-2004	Co-Owner, Club Cal Neva
Key Pittman	Politician	12-Sep-1872	10-Nov-1940	US Senator from Nevada, 1913-40
Tura Satana	Actor	10-Jul-1935	4-Feb-2011	Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
James V. Taranik	Geologist	23-Apr-1940	21-Jun-2011	Desert Research Institute
Beverly Tyler	Actor	5-Jul-1927	23-Nov-2005	The Green Years
Barbara F. Vucanovich	Politician	22-Jun-1921	10-Jun-2013	Congresswoman from Nevada, 1983-97
Efrem Zimbalist	Violinist	9-Apr-1889	22-Feb-1985	Russian-American violinist

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