The Stooges,originally billed as the Psychedelic Stooges,also known as Iggy and the Stooges,were an American rock band formed in Ann Arbor,Michigan,in 1967 by singer Iggy Pop,guitarist Ron Asheton,drummer Scott Asheton,and bassist Dave Alexander. Initially playing a raw,primitive style of rock and roll,the band sold few records in their original incarnation and gained a reputation for their confrontational performances,which often involved acts of self-mutilation by Iggy Pop.
James Newell Osterberg Jr.,known professionally as Iggy Pop,is an American singer,musician,songwriter,actor,and radio broadcaster. He was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band The Stooges,who were formed in 1967 and have disbanded and reunited many times since. Often called the "Godfather of Punk",he was named one of the 50 Great Voices by NPR. In 2010,he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,as a member of the Stooges. Pop also received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020,for his solo work.
Charles Ernest Grassley is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate,and the senior United States senator from Iowa,having held the seat since 1981. In 2022,he was reelected to his eighth Senate term,having first been elected in 1980. He is the longest-serving Republican in U.S. Senate history,having overtaken Orrin Hatch's record in January 2023,and the sixth-longest-serving U.S. senator in history.
Nicholas James Mavroules was an American Democratic Party politician from Massachusetts. He served as Mayor of Peabody,Massachusetts for a decade,then represented Peabody and much of the surrounding North Shore region in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until 1993. In 1993,he pleaded guilty to 15 counts of racketeering and extortion and later served 15 months in prison.
David Anthony Higgins is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Craig Feldspar on Malcolm in the Middle,Joe on Ellen,and Reginald Bitters on Big Time Rush. He also had a recurring role as Harry on the television series Mike &Molly.
Iowa City West High School is a public high school in Iowa City,Iowa. It serves grades 9-12 for the Iowa City Community School District.
Coaches and media of the Big Ten Conference award the following individual honors at the end of each football season. In addition,the Chicago Tribune awards the Chicago Tribune Silver Football to the most valuable football player of the conference.
Kimberly Kay Reynolds is an American politician serving as the 43rd governor of Iowa since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,Reynolds served as the 46th lieutenant governor of Iowa from 2011 to 2017.
The 1998 United States Senate election in Iowa was held November 3,1998. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Chuck Grassley sought re-election to a fourth term in the United States Senate,running against former State Representative David Osterberg,who won the Democratic nomination unopposed. Grassley had not faced a competitive election since 1980;this year proved no different,and Grassley defeated Osterberg in a landslide.
Martina Sofia Helena Bergman-Österberg was a Swedish-born physical education instructor and women's suffrage advocate who spent most of her working life in Britain. After studying gymnastics in Stockholm she moved to London,where she founded the first physical education instructors' college in England,to which she admitted women only. Bergman-Österberg pioneered teaching physical education as a full subject within the English school curriculum,with Swedish-style gymnastics at its core. She also advocated the wearing of gymslips by women playing sports,and played a pivotal role in the early development of netball. Bergman-Österberg was an advocate of women's emancipation,directly encouraging women to be active in sport and education,and also donating money to women's emancipation organisations in her native Sweden. Several of her students founded the Ling Association,which later became the Physical Education Association of the United Kingdom.
Sven-Erik Österberg is a Swedish official and former social-democratic politician. He is the former Governor of Stockholm County from 1 February 2018 to 28 February 2023 and previously served as Governor of Norrbotten County from 1 October 2012 to 31 January 2018. Österberg was Minister for Financial Markets from 2004 to 2006.
Thomas D. Waterman is a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court.
The 1988 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Cyclone Stadium in Ames,Iowa. They participated as members of the Big Eight Conference. The team was coached by head coach Jim Walden.
Ada Hayden was an American botanist,educator,and preservationist. She was the curator of the Iowa State University Herbarium,which was renamed the Ada Hayden Herbarium (ISC) in her honour in 1988. During her career,she added more than 40,000 specimens to the herbarium. Her studies and conservation work were particularly important in ensuring the preservation of the tallgrass prairie.
The 1968 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 5,1968,as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose nine representatives,or electors,to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 43rd District of the Iowa House of Representatives in the state of Iowa.
The 50th District of the Iowa House of Representatives in the state of Iowa.
