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===20th and 21st centuries=== Construction of [[The Dalles Dam]] in 1957 submerged the Long Narrows and [[Celilo Falls]]. In 1963, [[Ken Kesey]]'s novel ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' was published featuring the narrator, Chief, who is from The Dalles.<ref>[http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/One-Flew-Over-the-Cuckoo-s-Nest-Summary-and-Analysis-They-re-Out-There.id-136,pageNum-13.html One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Summary and Analysis: There's a Monopoly Game]. CliffsNotes. Retrieved on June 4, 2012.</ref> In 1970, the [[Bonneville Power Administration]] opened the [[Celilo Converter Station]] near the northern terminus of the [[Pacific DC Intertie]] which sends 3,100 [[megawatts]] of electricity to Los Angeles. In 1982, a curly-coated kitten was born on a farm in The Dalles owned by Linda and Dick Koehl. The Koehls used this kitten and her offspring to develop a new breed of cat called the [[LaPerm]], which went on to become a popular, established, championship pedigree cat breed around the world.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lapermcats.com/LPSAhistory.html | title = History of the Breed | publisher = The LaPerm Society | quote = In the midst of these hunting grounds, near The Dalles, Oregon and under the watchful eye of Tsagaglalal, the LaPerm came into existence in the spring of 1982. | access-date =May 29, 2011 }}</ref> In 1984, The Dalles was the site of the [[1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack|first and single largest bioterrorism attack in United States history]]. In 1986, ''[[Penalty Phase]]'', a film starring [[Peter Strauss]] and [[Melissa Gilbert]], was filmed in and around The Dalles.<ref>[http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/ucla/hickman48.htm Tarlton Law Library β Law in Popular Culture Collection β Law and Lawyers in Popular Culture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106033801/http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/ucla/hickman48.htm |date=January 6, 2009 }}. Tarlton.law.utexas.edu. Retrieved on June 4, 2012.</ref> In 2018, [[Terry A. Davis]], creator of the [[TempleOS]] operating system, walked from Portland, Oregon to The Dalles in three days via the Columbia River Gorge. There, he was struck by a train and died at the age of 48.<ref>{{Citation|last=Terry Davis|title=Terry Davis: Portland Exodus|date=2018-06-07|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS4NfX4WmzA| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901075426/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS4NfX4WmzA| archive-date=2018-09-01 | url-status=dead|access-date=2018-06-08}}</ref>
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