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*UPDATED 03/22/88 MAC
*mmddyyyy Birthdays
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B08011770 William Clark, explored Pacific Northwest with Lewis.
B08011779 Francis Scott Key, wrote the 'Star-Spangled Banner.'
B08011815 Richard Henry Dana, spent 2 years before the mast.
B08021924 actor Carrol O'Connor in New York City
B08021933 actor Peter O'Toole in Connemara, Ireland
B08031811 Elisha Graves Otis, inventor of the safe elevator.
B08031926 Tony Bennett, singer in Astoria, Queens, NY
B08031940 actor Martin Sheen (born Ramon Esteves) in Dayton, Ohio
B08041755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, invented the modern pencil.
B08051930 Neil Armstrong, first Moonwalker.
B08061809 Lord Alfred Tennyson, poet laureate of England.
B08061881 Sir Alexander Fleming, cashed in on penicillin.
B08061917 actor Robert Mitchum in Bridgeport, Conn
B08071783 John Heathcoat, invented lace-making machinery.
B08071886 Louis Alan Hazeltine, invented the neutrodyne circuit, making
B08071886Ccommercial radio possible.
B08081763 Charles Bullfinch, first US professional architect.
B08081922 Rudi Gernreich, designed first women's topless swimsuit & the miniskirt
B08091930 Betty Boop.
B08101874 Herbert Hoover, 31st President from 1929 - 1933.
B08121881 Cecil B. deMille, directed God.
B08121911 Mario Moreno, alias Cantinflas.
B08131655 Johann Christoph Denner, invented the clarinet.
B08131818 Lucy Stone, pioneer in Woman's Rights.
B08131860 Annie Oakley, sharpshooter.
B08151769 Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba.
B08151803 Sir James Douglas, father of British Columbia.
B08151912 Julia Child, chef.
B08151912 Julia Child, food expert in Pasadena, Ca
B08161884 Hugo Gernsback, responsible for science fiction becoming an
B08161884Cindependent literary form.
B08161892 Harold Foster, cartoonist, created "Prince Valiant", known for
B08161892Cits fine drawing and historical detail.
B08161930 Robert Culp, actor in Berkley, Ca
B08171786 Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier.
B08171892 Mae West. Go up and see her sometime.
B08171943 Robert De Niro, actor in New York City
B08181618 Virginia Dare, first child born in America of English parents.
B08181834 Marshall Field, founded a Chicago-based store chain.
B08191646 John Flamsteed, first astronomer royal of England.
B08191785 Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks.
B08191871 Orville Wright, famed brother and aviator.
B08201833 Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President from 1889 - 1893.
B08211660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote first book on bridge building.
B08221862 Claude Debussy, composer
B08221920 Ray Bradbury, science fiction author.
B08221929 Honor Blackman, actress in London England
B08231869 James "Sunny Jim" Rolph, Mayor (1912-1931), Muni backer.
B08241816 Sir Daniel Gooch, laid first successful trans-Atlantic cables.
B08241886 William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed the Liberty ships.
B08251927 Althea Gibson, first black tennis champion (in a major event.)
B08251930 Sean Connery, actor in Edinburg, Scotland
B08261873 Lee De Forest, invented the Audion vacuum tube (radio tube.)
B08271882 Samuel Goldwyn, pioneer filmmaker.
B08271899 C.S. Forester, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower.
B08271908 Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President from 1963 - 1969.
B08281749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, social philosopher.
B08281930 Ben Gazzara, actor in New York City
B08291904 Count (born William) Basie, band leader in Red Bank, NJ
B08291923 Richard Attenborough, actor in Cambridge, England
B08291938 Elliott Gould (born Elliott Goldstein), actor in Brooklyn, NY
B08301797 Mary Shelley, wrote 'Frankenstein.'
B08301907 Shirley Booth (born Thelma Booth Ford), actress in New York City
B08311919 Richard Basehart, actor in Zanesville, Oh
B08311924 Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker), commedian and actor in Brooklyn, NY
*mmddyyyy Events
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R0801 Confederation Day, celebrated in Switzerland.
R0801 6The start of the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California.
S08011291 The Everlasting League forms, the basis of the Swiss Confederation.
S08011790 First U.S. Census is taken.
S08011794 Whisky Rebellion begins.
S08011852 Black Methodists in SF establish first black church, Zion Methodist.
S08011873 San Francisco's first cable car begins service.
S08011881 US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island.
S08011901 Burial within San Francisco City limits prohibited.
S08011916 Hawaii National Park established.
S08011946 President Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission.
S08011953 California introduces its Sales Tax (for Education.)
S08011958 First Class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years.)
S08011961 New San Francisco Hall of Justice opens.
S08021876 Wild Bill Hickok is shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall.
S08021876CDead Man's Hand: A pair of Aces, and a pair of 8's.
S08021876CThe poker hand he was holding has since been known as the
S08031492 Columbus sets sail for 'the Indies.'
S08041693 Champagne is invented by Dom Perignon.
S08041777 Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes the
S08041777Cfirst circus.
S08041790 United States Coast Guard founded.
S08051775 The first Spanish ship, 'San Carlos', enters San Francisco bay.
S08051861 US levies its first Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800.)
S08051864 The spectrum of a comet observed for first time, by Giovanni Donati.
S08051963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed.
R0806 Independence Day, celebrated in Bolivia.
S08061835 Bolivia gains its independence.
S08061890 First Criminal Electrocution performed on Willaim Kremmler in NY.
S08061926 The first American woman, Gertrude Ederle, swims the
S08061926CEnglish Channel in 14 hours, 34 minutes.
S08061945 The Atom Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the 'Enola Gay.'
S08071807 First servicable steamboat, the Cleremont, goes on first voyage.
S08071820 Potatoes first planted in Hawaii.
S08071888 Theophilus Van Kannel of Philadelphia receives a patent for
S08071888Chis revolving door -- described as a storm door structure.
S08081860 The Queen of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in New York
S08081860CCity, the first queen to visit the United States.
S08091638 Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes the first European settler
S08091638Cin what is now known as the Bronx.
S08091803 First horses arrive in Hawaii.
S08091842 The US-Canada border defined by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
S08091945 Atom Bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
S08091974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency in wake of Watergate scandal.
R0810 Independence Day, celebrated in Ecuador.
S08101809 Ecuador gains its independence.
S08101900 First Davis Cup Tennis Tournament is held in Massachusetts.
S08101900CThe U.S. defeats Great Britain.
S08101981 Pete Rose tops Stan Musial's record of 3630 hits.
S08111866 The world's first roller rink opens its doors, in Newport, R.I.
S08121851 Isaac Singer granted a patent for his sewing machine.
S08121888 Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes the first motor tour.
S08121888Ctravels 180km to visit relatives for 5 days.
S08121888CWithout her husband's knowledge, she borrow one of his cars and
R0813 International Left-handers Day.
S08131876 Reciprocity Treaty between US and Hawaii ratified.
S08141846 Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance.
S08141893 France issues first driving licenses, including a required test.
S08141945 VJ Day - Japan surrendered to end World War II.
R0815 Independence Day, celebrated in the Congo.
R0815 Liberation Day, celebrated in South Korea.
S08151945 Riot in San Francisco celebrating end of World War II.
S08151945CSouth Korea liberated from Japanese rule.
S08151960 The Congo (Brazzaville) gains its independence.
S08161896 GOLD !!!! is discovered in the Klondike.
S08161969 Woodstock festival begins in New York.
R0817 Independence Day, celebrated in Indonesia.
S08171858 First bank in Hawaii opens.
S08171870 Mrs. Esther Morris becomes the first woman magistrate --
S08171870Cappointed Justice of the Peace in South Pass, Wyoming.
S08171950 Indonesia gains its independence.
S08181817 Gloucester, Massachussetts, newspapers carry accounts of a wild
S08181817Csea serpent seen offshore. 3 feet in diameter, 100 feet long.
R0819 Aviation Day.
R0819 6Admission Day (celebrated in Hawaii.)
S08191826 Canada Co. chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario.)
S08191888 The first beauty contest is held, in Spa, Belgium. The winner
S08191888Cis an 18 year old girl from the West Indies.
S08191960 Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by USSR (U-2 incident.)
S08191960CLos Angeles after running out of fuel returning from a fire.
S08191960CPowers later dies at the controls of the KNBC-TV helicopter in
R0820 6Admission Day (celebrated in Hawaii.)
S08201940 Churchill utters famous line "Never before in the history of
S08201940Chuman conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." He was
S08201940Cspeaking about the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain.
S08201977 Voyager II launched.
S08211887 Mighty (Dan) Casey STRUCK OUT in a game with the N.Y. Giants!
S08211959 Hawaii becomes the 50th state.
S08211968 Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia.
S08221787 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before
S08221787CFulton builds his steamboat.
S08221851 The yacht 'America' wins the first Royal Yacht Squadron Cup, now
S08221851Cknown as the America's Cup, at a regatta in England.
S08231617 The first one-way streets are established -- in London.
S08231872 First Japanese commercial ship visits San Francisco
S08231872Cwith a cargo of tea.
S08231889 First ship-to-shore wireless message received in US:
S08231889C'US lightship to Cliff House.'
S0824 79 Pompeii is buried.
S08240079 Mt Vesuvius erupts, burries Pompei and Herculaneum. Kills 1000's
S08241814 British sack Washington, DC.
S08241853 The first potato chips are prepared by Chef George Crum in
S08241853CSaratoga Springs, New York. Nobody could eat just one!
S08241869 The Waffle Iron is invented.
S08241909 Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
S08241989 Voyager II flies past Neptune.
R0825 Independence Day, celebrated in Uruguay.
S08251804 Alice Meynell becomes the first woman jockey, in England.
S08251825 Uruguay gains its independence.
S08251981 Voyager II flies past Saturn.
S08261629 Cambridge Agreement pledged. Massachusetts Bay Co. stockholders
S08261629Cagree to emigrate to New England.
S08261791 John Fitch granted a US patent for his working steamboat.
S08261846 W. A. Bartlett appointed first US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF.)
S08261883 Krakatau explodes.. 36,000 killed
S08261907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in
S08261907C57 seconds.
S08261920 19th Amendment passes - Women's Suffrage granted.
S08261973 University of Texas at Arlington becomes the first accredited
S08261973Cschool to offer a course in belly dancing.
S08271859 First successful oil well drilled near Titusville, Penn.
S08271883 Krakatoa, WEST of Java, blew apart (Top that, Mt. St. Helens.)
S08271928 60 nations sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact, agreeing to outlaw war.
S08281938 Northwestern University awards an honorary degree to Edgar
S08281938CBergen's dummy Charlie McCarthy.
S08291885 Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle.
S08291954 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens.
S08301850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city.
S08301979 First recorded occurrance of a comet hitting the sun (the energy
S08301979Creleased was about equal to 1 million hydrogen bombs.)
S08311850 The California Pioneers organized at Montgomery & Clay Streets.
S08311886 Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized.
S08311895 John Brailier becomes the first "pro" football player when he
S08311895Creceives $10 for expenses in a game at Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
S08311980 Solidarity Labor Union in Poland is founded.
S08381837 Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins of Worcester, England
S08381837Cbegin the manufacture of Worcester Sauce.