Current Shareware 1994 January/SHAR194.ISO/deskutil/ealst101.zip/SEP.TOD

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1806 Capt. Zebulon Pike sets out to explore the West.
1863 Railroad & Ferry connection with Oakland inaugurated.
1878 1st woman telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston).
1923 Worst earthquake in Japanese history - 150,000 dead.
1939 Germany invades Poland, starts World War II.
1952 Sutro Baths purchased by George Whitney.
1972 Bobby Fisher defeats Boris Spassky to become 1st American Chess Champ.
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1620 The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth with 102 Pilgrims.
1752 Great Britain adopts Gregorian calendar.
1789 US Treasury Department established by Congress.
1859 gas lighting introduced to Hawaii.
1945 Japan signs unconditional surrender.
1956 Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service.
1964 Norman Manley hits 2 consecutive hole-in-ones in a single golf game.
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1783 Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War, is signed.
1849 California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
1939 Great Britain declares war on Germany.
1957 270 National Gaurdsmen circle school in Little Rock Ark. to
1957 prevent black students from entering.
1969 Ho Chi Minh dies.
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1781 Los Angeles founded in the Valley of Smokes (Indian Name)
1833 the 1st newsboy in the US hired (Barney Flaherty), by the NY Sun.
1862 North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized.
1866 1st daily newspaper in Hawaii published.
1888 George Eastman patents 1st rollfilm camera & registers "Kodak".
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1670 William Penn acquited for holding Quaker meeting in London.
1781 Battle of Virginia Capes, where the French Fleet defeats the
1781 British rescue fleet, trapping Cornwallis at Yorktown.
1819 Hans Christian Anderson arrives in Cophenhagen.
1977 Voyager II launched.
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     the National Holiday of Swaziland.
1620 Mayflower departs from Plymouth England with 149 Pilgrims.
1716 1st lighthouse in US built, in Boston.
1869 the 1st westbound train arrives in San Francisco.
1873 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street.
1876 Southern Pacific line from Los Angeles to San Francisco completed.
1901 President McKinley shot.
1966 Star Trek appears on TV for the first time (on NBC)
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     Independence Day, celebrated in Brazil.
1907 Sutro's ornate Cliff House destroyed by fire.
1918 James Scott Fitzgerald meets Zelda.
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     International Literacy Day
1565 1st permanent settlement in US founded at St Augustine, Florida
1858 Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people.
1920 1st US Air Mail service begins.
1954 SEATO formed.
1966 Star Trek's TV debut.
1974 Pres. Ford pardons Richard Nixon.
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1776 Continental Congress authorizes the name "United States".
1825 Beethoven makes his final appearance attending a performance
     of his own Sting Quartet in B Flat, Opus 130.
1926 NBC created by the Radio Corporation of America.
1943 Italy surrenders to allies.
1976 Chairman Mao dies.
1982 "Conestoga I", 1st private rocket, is launched.
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1608 John Smith elected president of the Jamestown colony council.
1846 Elias Howe receives patent for his sewing machine.
1847 1st theater opens in Hawaii.
1913 Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway.
1953 Swanson sells it's first "TV Dinner".
1955 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS television.
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1853 1st electric telegraph in use, Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos.
1910 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens, in Hollywood.
1926 Aloha Tower dedicated (in Honolulu).
1929 Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system.
1972 BART begins service with a 26 mile line from Oakland to Fremont
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Nothing happened to day - okay so I didn't find anything!
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1317 New York City becomes the capital of the United States.
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1716 1st lighthouse in US is lit (in Boston Harbor).
1814 Francis Scott Key inspired to write 'The Star-Spangled Banner'.
1886 the typewriter ribbon is patented.
1892 A.P. Giannini marries Clorinda Cuneo.
1899 While in New York, Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality
1940 Congress passes 1st peace time draft law.
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     Felt Hat Day, when men of fashion put away their straw hats.
1821 Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras & Nicaragua all
     gain their independence.
1937 WPA extends the L-Taraval streetcar to the Zoo (at Sloat Blvd).
1957 San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game.
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     Independence Day, celebrated in Mexico.
1620 the Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims.
1782 Great Seal of the United States is used for 1st time.
1857 Patent is issued for the typesetting machine.
1919 the American Legion is incorporated.
1974 BART begins regular transbay service.
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1776 the Presidio of San Francisco was founded as Spanish fort.
1787 US Constitution is adopted.
1819 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii.
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     the start of the Jewish New Year.
1810 Chile gains it's independence.
1851 "The New York Times" goes on sale, at 2 cents a copy.
1882 Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as the Local Security Board).
1927 the Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
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1849 1st commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California.
1873 Black Friday Jay Cooke & Co. fails, causing a securities panic
1968 Baby born on Golden Gate Bridge (those Marin County folk!).
1982 Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service
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1519 Magellan starts 1st successful circumnavigation of the world.
1797 US frigate "Constitution" (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston.
1859 Patent granted on the electric range.
1884 Equal Rights Party founding convention in San Francisco, nominates
1884 female candidates for President, Vice President.
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1784 1st daily newspaper in US begins publication in Pennsylvania.
1895 1st auto manufacturer opens -- Duryea Motor Wagon Company.
1930 Johann Ostermeyer patents his invention, the flashbulb.
1954 the nuclear submarine "Nautilus" is commissioned.
1982 Cable Cars cease operations for 2 years of repairs.
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     the Autumn Harvest Festival in Wheaton, Illinois.
1789 the US Post Office was established.
1863 President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech.
1893 1st auto built in US runs in Springfield (built by Duryea brothers)
1903 Patent is granted for the Ice Cream Cone.
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     the first day of Fall.
1779 Naval engagement between 'Bonhomme Richard' and 'HMS Serepis'.
1780 John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point.
1912 1st Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie is released.
1952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event.
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1789 Congress creates the Post Office.
1845 1st baseball team is organized.
1852 a new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated.
1853 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt).
1865 James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks.
1869 Black Friday crashing gold prices causes stock market panic.
1895 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months).
1954 "The Tonight Show" premieres.
1960 1st atomic powered aircraft carrier, the "Enterprise", is launched.
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1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa is the 1st European to see the Pacific Ocean.
1789 Congress proposes the Bill of Rights.
1890 Congress establishes Yosemite National Park.
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1542 Cabrillo discovers California.
1824 Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) and lives.
1966 the Staten Island is 1st icebreaker to enter San Francisco bay.
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1787 Constitution submitted to the states for ratification.
1825 Railroad transportation is born with 1st track in England.
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     Confucius' Birthday, celebrated in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
1542 Juan Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay.
1781 Siege of Yorktown begins, last battle of the the Revolutionary War.
1850 Flogging of sailors abolished in U.S. Navy.
1904 Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car
1904 on 5th ave. in New York.
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  18 BC Pompey the Great murdered (Egypt).
1789 1st regular army established in U.S. 700 men (birth of Star Wars..).
1923 Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public.
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1630 1st crimnal execution in U.S.
1659 Robinson Crusoe shipwrecked.
1846 1st tooth extraction under anesthetics, in Charlestown, Mass.
1878 1st immigrants from Portugal arrive in Hawaii.
1902 Rayon patented.
1955 James Dean dies in car crash.
1967 Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition).
1976 California 1st state to pass Right to Die law.
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