2012
Iowa State beat Minnesota in the Insight Bowl on New Year's Eve in Tempe AZ in 2009.
1846
The song's title is "Song of Iowa." Not very original title however it was the year of 1911.
1957: Iowa 35, Oregon State 191959: Iowa 38, California 12
Iowa was admitted into the Union on December 28, 1846 becoming the 29th state to join the Union.
The Iowa Legislature designated the Wild Rose as the official state flower in 1897. It was chosen for the honor because it was one of the decorations used on the silver service which the state presented to the battleship USS Iowa that same year.
In the 30 year period of 1981-2010 Iowa averaged about 1 tornado related death per year. However, it varies widely from year to year. Some years saw not deaths from tornadoes in that state, while in 2008 13 people died from tornadoes in Iowa, 9 of them from a single tornado.
Rex Carter!
University of Washington Louisianna State University
In Iowa there are 14.3 pupils per teacher. The state of Iowa spends $9872 per pupil per year in public education.
Iowa, Illinois, and in most years, Nebraska all produce a billion and a half bushels or more of corn.
The Eastern Goldfinch became Iowa's state bird in the year 1933.