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OK Facts & Trivia
OK Facts & Trivia
- Edmond's Shannon Miller is the most decorated gymnast in American history.
- McAlester's Reba McEntire was discovered singing the national anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in 1974.
- Stillwater born actor James Marsden is slated to play Lois Lane's love interest in "Superman's Returns."
- Mickey Mantle was born in Spavinaw, and raised in Commerce. He is regarded as one of the best baseball players of all time, he played his entire professional career for the New York Yankees.
- Wilma Mankiller of Talequah was the first female in modern history to lead a major Native American tribe.
- Shannon Wells Lucid, who holds records for the longest duration stay in space by a woman, and longest stay in space by an American was reared in Oklahoma City.
- Louis L'Amour took creative writing courses at the University of Oklahoma, and started his career as a book reviewer.
- Born in Duncan, Jeane Kirkpatrick was a professor of political science at Georgetown University when Ronald Reagan chose her to be the U.S. Representative to the United Nations.
- Physicist and radio engineer Karl Gunthe Jansky, born in Norman, discovered that the Milky Way galaxy emenates radio waves in 1932. His discover marked the birth of radio astronomy.
- Actor, director, and Academy Award winner Ron Howard's hometown is Duncan, Oklahoma.
