Iowa

The 1968 hit song is now a staple of tht time period.

Seven people were killed as tornadoes struck central Iowa.

Hayden Fry was the beloved football coach at the University of Iowa for 20 seasons, from 1979 to 1998.

After engine and hydraulic failure, he helped guide his DC-10 to a miraculous emergency landing.

Gerry Murray was a roller derby star in the sport’s early days who returned as a grandmother in her 50s.

Starred alongside Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, and Elvis Presley…

Writer Robert James Waller penned the 1992 best-seller “The Bridges of Madison County.” 

The veteran soap opera actress appeared on “Days of Our Lives,” “All My Children,” and “Guiding Light.”

W.P. Kinsella, Canadian author whose writing inspired “Field of Dreams,” died on Friday, September 16, 2016, in Hope, British Columbia, according to multiple news sources. He was 81.