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1987 Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100
1967 KTSB (now KSNT) TV channel 27 in Topeka, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting 1965 KTWU TV channel 11 in Topeka, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Melvin Douglas, Topeka, Kansas, 198 lbs/90 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics 1954 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision 1953 WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1936 Pat Roberts, born in Topeka, Kansas, Representative-R-Kansas 1981 - 1997, Senator-R-Kansas 1997 - 1932 Nancy Landon Kassebaum, born in Topeka, Kansas, Senator-R-Kansas 1978 - 1997 1931 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League 1930 Lois Smith, Topeka, Kansas, actress, Reckless, Reuben Reuben 1929 Marilynn Smith, born in Topeka, Kansas, LPGA golfer, 1972 Pabst Open 1897 Hail injures 26 in Topeka, Kansas 1860 Temperature hits 115 degrees F in Ft. Scott and 112 degrees F in Topeka Kansas |
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