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1638 Plymouth Plantation experiences earthquake.
1880 Pay Phone service begins (New Haven, Conn.).
1925 Lou Gehrig starts in 1st of 2130 consecutive games, a record.
1944 Siesta abolished in Mexico.
1968 Helen Keller dies.
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     Republic (Constitution) Day, celebrated in Italy
1773 British Parliment passes Tea Act.
1858 the Donati Comet 1st seen, named after it's discoverer.
1873 Ground broken on Clay Street for world's 1st cable railroad.
1886 Grover Cleveland weds in White House.
1924 Indians become citizens of USA.
1941 Lou Gehrig dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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     Egg Day
1888 "Casey at the Bat" is 1st published (by the SF Examiner)
1932 Lou Gehrig hits 4 consecutive homers in one game.
1946 Bikini unveiled in France.
1949 "Dragnet" is first broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles).
1953 Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge....
1979 IXTOC I blows lid in Gulf of Mexico - 2.3 Million barrels spilled.
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     Old Maid's Day
1070 Roquefort cheese developed (tastes like it to).
1850 Empire Engine Company No. 1 organized.
1976 Teton Dam bursts killing 11 leaving 30,000 homeless.
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1833 Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage.
1849 Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1855 National convention of the Know-Nothing Party convenes
1875 formal opening of the Pacific Stock Exchange.
1920 1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell.
1943 Zoot Suit Riots begin in L.A.
1981 TODAY ran for 1st time
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1816 10" of snow falls in New England beginning year of no summer.
1882 Electric Iron patented (1st shirt scorched).
1900 New York Herald reports "magistrate holds there is no special legal
     sauce for geese who gamble" - it is legal for women to bet on races.
1933 1st drive-in theatre opens, in Camden, New Jersey.
1944 D-Day - Allied forces invade Europe.
2012 transit of Venus (between Earth and Sun) occurs.
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1839 The Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed.
1860 workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad.
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1786 1st commercially-made ice cream sold in New York.
1889 Cable Cars begin service in Los Angeles.
2004 transit of Venus (between Earth and Sun) occurs.
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1851 the San Francisco Committee of Vigilence forms.
1868 1st meeting of the Board of Regents, University of California.
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     National Day, celebrated in Portugal.
1772 Burning of the Gaspee, British revenue cutter by Rhode Islanders
1869 The 'Agnes' arrives in New Orleans with the 1st ever shipment of
     frozen beef.
1898 US Marines land at Cuba in Spanish-American War.
1902 Window envelope patented.
1954 PBS reaches San Francisco KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting.
1977 Apple Computer ships its first Apple II.
1977 James Earl Ray escapes from prison.
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     Kamehameha Day (celebrated in Hawaii).
1184 BC Greeks seize Troy (I bet he was in pain).
1864 300 feet of Meigg's Wharf washed away in storm.
1895 1st auto race.
1917 Can. Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden introduces conscription.
1923 King George V of Great Britain knights Benito Mussolini.
1935 Constitution announced for Soviet Union.
1939 King & Queen taste their 1st hot dog.
1979 The Duke (John Wayne) dies.
1980 K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service.
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1839 Abner Doubleday invents baseball.
1839 the 1st baseball game is played in America.  Thanks Abner!
1898 Phillipines gains its independence from Spain
1939 Baseball Hall of Fame dedicated (Cooperstown N.Y.).
1979 1st manpowered flight across English Channel - Gossamer Conder.
1981 the 3rd baseball strike starts.
1982 Biggest disarmament rally in US history (Central Park).
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     Kitchen Klutzs of America Day
     The National Asparagus Festival
 323 BC Alexander the Great dies of fever and fatigue at age 33.
1900 Boxer Rebellion begins (China).
1927 Lucky Lindy's ticker tape parade.
1948 Babe Ruth gives farewell speech.
1963 Vostok 6 launched, pilot is 1st woman cosmonaut.
1983 Pioneer 10 is 1st man-made object to leave the Solar System.
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     Flag Day
 510 BC Rome becomes a republic.
1777 Stars and Stripes adopted as US flag, replacing Grand Union flag.
1846 California (Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed in Sonoma.
1847 Bunson invents a gas burner.
1850 Fire destroys part of San Francisco.
1876 California Street Cable Car Railroad Co. gets it's franchise.
1877 Stars and Stripes becomes official US flag.
1900 Hawaiian Territorial Government begins.
1919 1st direct airplane crossing of the Atlantic.
1952 Keel laid for 1st nuclear powered submarine, the Nautilus.
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1215 King John signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede.
1215 Magna Carta signed.
1752 Ben Franklin flies his kite in a thunderstorm (Energize me...).
1775 Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the American Army.
1857 San Francisco Water Works organized.
1878 1st attempt at motion pictures (using 12 cameras, each taking one
     picture (done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground
     during a gallop. Leland Stanford bet they didn't. He lost).
1940 France surrendered to Hitler.
1977 1st free election in Spain in 41 years.
1982 British overcome Argentines in the Falklands.
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1775 the Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill).
1963 Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova is 1st women in space.
1976 Seweto uprising in S. Africa kills over 600 persons.
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1775 Battle of Bunker Hill between British and Americans.
1928 Amelia Earhart becomes 1st women to fly across Atlantic Ocean.
1933 Explosion and fire on the oil tanker Cymbelin in Montreal kills 30.
1944 Republic of Iceland proclaimed at Thingvallir, Iceland.
1950 1st Kidney transplant performed.
1972 the Watergate Break-in.
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1621 First Dual fought in New England.
1812 US Congress declares war on Great Britain.
1812 War of 1812 begins.
1815 Napoleon defeated at Waterloo.
1872 Woman's Sufferage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall.
1892 Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii.
1979 SALT II signed by Carter and Brezhnev.
1986 Kate (God Bless America) Smith dies.
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1778 Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge.
1861 Anaheim Post Office established.
1875 formal opening of US Marine Hospital at the Presidio.
1910 First observance of father's day.
1932 1st concert given in San Francisco's Stern Grove.
1939 Pinball machines outlawed in Atlanta Ga.
1980 President Carter approves sale of 38 tons of enriched uranium
     to India.
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1782 The United States chooses the Eagle as it's symbol.
1855 Commissioners appointed to lay out streets west of Larkin.
1867 Territory of Alaska purchased from Russia for $7.2 million.
1910 Krazy Kat debuts in comic strip.
1923 Pancho Villa murdered.
1948 Ed Sullivan has his first really big 'shoe' on Sunday night TV.
1967 All white jury finds Mohammed Ali guilty of refusing to serve
     in the U.S military.
1982 It's National Bald Eagle Day
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     the longest day of the year, the Summer Solstice.
1788 U.S. Constitution takes effect.
1834 Cyrus McCormick patents reaper.
1879 F. W. Woolworth opens his 1st store (failed almost immediately,
     so he found a new location and you know the rest...)
1917 Hawaiian Red Cross founded.
1960 Chinese-Russian idealogical split.
1982 John Hinckly Jr. found innocent by reason of insanity.
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1808 Zebulon Pike reaches his peak.
1847 The doughnut is invented.
1849 Stephen C. Massett opens at courthouse as 1st professional
     entertainer, using the (allegedly) only piano in California.
1851 Fire destroys part of San Francisco.
1940 France falls to Nazi Germany.
1957 Kansas City stops using streetcars in it's transit system.
1977 John Mitchell become first U.S. attorney General to go to jail.
1978 the planet Pluto's partner, Charon, is discovered.
1983 1st time a satellite is retrieved from orbit (via Space Shuttle).
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1772 Slavery abolished in England.
1860 U.S. Secret Service Established.
1868 Typewriter patented
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     Midsummer Day, celebrated in Europe.
     St. Jean Baptiste Day -- Canada
1497 Cabot discovers Canada.
1817 1st coffee planted in Hawaii, on the Kona coast.
1947 First UFOs reported in formation over Mt. Ranier.
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1178 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on the Moon
     (only known observation).
1630 The Fork is introduced to American dining by Gov. Winthrop.
1835 Pueblo founded with construction of 1st building (start of
     Yerba Buena, later to be called San Francisco).
1910 Mann Act passes - it is now illegal to bring women across state
     lines for immoral purposes.
1962 Supreme Court (USA) rule prayer in public schools is
     unconstitutional.
1982 San Francisco holds its 1st County Fair.
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 363 Julian the Apostate assassinated.
1541 Pizzaro assassinated.
1934 FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions.
1945 UN Charter written in San Francisco.
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     National Fink Day
1787 Edward Gibbon finished writting The Decline and Fall of the
     Roman Empire.
1867 Bank of California opens its doors.
1950 35 U.S. Advisors go to South Vietnam.
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1820 the tomato is proved to be nonpoisonous.
1918 in Hawaii, the 1st inter-island flight.
1919 the Treaty of Versailles, ending World War I, was signed.
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1613 Globe Theater burn down in London.
1776 Mission Dolores founded by San Francisco Bay.
1854 Congress ratifies Gadsden Purchase, adds parts of New Mexico, Arizona
1863 the very first 1st National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa.
1927 first flight from the West Coast arrives in Hawaii.
1967 Jane Mansfield decapitated in auto wreck (New Orleans).
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1859 Emile Blondin crosses Niagra Falls on a tight rope.
1893 the Excelsior diamond (blue-white, 995 carats) discovered.
1908 a giant fireball impacts in Central Siberia (the Tunguska Event).
1914 Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, in campaign for Indian equal
     rights in South Africa.
1960 Zaire gains it's independence.
1974 Martin Luther King's mother shot while playing organ in church.
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