Wyoming anniversaries

August 1, 1985, a tragic flash flood in Cheyenne claimed 12 lives and caused over $60 million in property damage.

August 1, 1985, a tragic flash flood in Cheyenne claimed 12 lives and caused over $60 million in property damage.

Charles Starkweather was one of the most infamous serial killers in American history. Thanks to a friendly stranger on a desolate highway in Wyoming, his reign of terror finally ended just outside of Douglas on January 29, 1958.

On Jan. 20, 1913, a heated debate in the Wyoming House of Representatives turned into a brawl on the floor of the Wyoming State Capitol.

May 16, 1986, a deranged former police officer and his wife stormed into Cokeville Elementary School and took 154 students and teachers hostage. The hostage crisis has since become known as "The Cokeville Miracle".

The Cowboy State turns 128 years old this week. Like many great events in American history, it would have never happened without a dishonest politician.

This week marks the anniversary of the wildest political battle in American history. On Jan. 20, 1913, a heated debate in the House of Representatives turned into a brawl on the floor of the Wyoming State Capitol.

Today marks a wild Wyoming weather anniversary. Eight years ago, on June 5, 2009, a tornado touched down in Goshen County, near the town of La Grange, Wyoming. What made this particular twister remarkable was the footage captured by a group of storm chasers, who were able to get "inside" the tornado...

April 21st marks an infamous anniversary. 146 years ago today, in 1871, John Boyer was the first man to be legally executed in Wyoming. Prior to Boyer, several outlaws had met the end of the noose due to vigilante justice, but this was the first legal hanging ever carried out in the fledgling territory...

This week marks one of the weirdest anniversaries on Wyoming history. 68 years ago, the Wyoming legislature made it illegal for pilots to operate commercial or recreational airplanes under the influence of alcohol. In 1949, there were no federal laws governing drinking and flying...