1866 Sioux warriors drove off a herd of livestock (175 horses and mules of the 18th Infantry Regiment) at Ft. Phil Kearney, with soldiers giving pursuit, resulting in some soldiers being killed and others wounded. Attribution: On This Day.
1876 The battle of Warbonnet Creek occured in which Col. Wesley
Merritt and his 5th Cavalry, out of Fort Robinson, Nebraska, attack the
Cheyenne in the vicinity of Fort Robinson. The battle launches Buffalo
Bill Cody into fame.
1891 An explosion at the Union Pacific's No. 6 mine killed five and was felt in Rock Springs. Attribution: On This Day.
1915 An unseasonable snowstorm occurred in Hartville. Attribution: Wyoming State Historical Society.
1920 The USS Wyoming given her hull designation as the BB-32.
1921 Burnu Acquanetta, actress, born near Cheyenne. She was an Arapaho and a minor movie actress.
1975 A plaque was presented to the Commissioner of Reclamation at Pathfinder Dam.
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