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*mmddyyyy Birthdays
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B07041753 Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard, first balloon flights
B07041753Cin England, US.
B07041804 Nathaniel Hawthorne.
B07041826 Stephen Foster, American composer, "Oh, Susanna."
B07041872 Calvin Coolidge, 30th President from 1923 - 1929.
B07041878 George M. Cohan.
B07041883 Rube Goldberg, made the easy outrageously difficult.
B07041900 Louis Armstrong, 'Satchmo.'
B07051794 Sylvester Graham, inventor of the Graham cracker.
B07051810 P.T. Barnum.
B07061747 John Paul Jones, "I have not yet begun to fight."
B07071752 Joseph-Marie Jacquard, invented the programmable loom.
B07071907 Robert A. Heinlein, author who helped develop Science Fiction.
B07071907Cas a sophisticated mode of literary expression.
B07081839 John D. Rockefeller.
B07091802 Thomas Davenport, invented first commercially successful
B07091802Celectric motor.
B07101834 James Whistler, mama's boy.
B07101867 Finley Peter Dunne, journalist/humorist who created Mr. Dooley.
B07111767 John Quincy Adams, 6th President from 1825 - 1829.
B07121817 Henry David Thoreau, always had Ralph Waldo Emerson.
B07121817Caround to bail him out of trouble.
B07121854 George Eastman, created the Kodak camera.
B07121895 R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome.
B07121895 Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers.
B07121908 Milton Berle, "Uncle Miltie."
B07141912 Woodie Guthrie.
B07141913 Gerald R. Ford, 38th President from 1974 - 1976.
B07141918 Jay Wright Forrester, invented random-access magnetic core memory.
B07151606 Rembrandt, Dutch painter.
B07171744 Elbridge Gerry, father of the "gerrymander."
B07171900 James Cagney, hold that grapefruit.
B07181811 William Makepeach Thackeray, Victorian novelist, wrote
B07181811C 'Vanity Fair.'
B07181848 William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer.
B07181913 Red Skelton, clown to the world.
B07181906 S. I. Hayakawa.
B07181921 John Glenn, Jr., first American in orbit.
B07191814 Samuel Colt, inventor of the Colt Revolver.
B07211899 Ernest Hemingway, never asked for whom the bell tolled...
B07221844 Rev. William Archibald Spooner, invented 'spoonerisms.'
B07221849 Emma Lazarus, whose poem was inscribed on the Statue of Liberty.
B07221890 Rose Kennedy, mother of Jack, Robert, and Ted.
B07241783 Simon Bolivar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule.
B07241802 Alexandre Dumas, told the Count of Monte Christo how to escape.
B07241898 Amelia Earhart, into the wild blue yonder.
B07251978 Louise Brown, first test-tube baby (born under the sign of Pyrex.)
B07261856 George Bernard Shaw.
B07261943 Mick Jagger, never gathers moss.
B07281929 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, redecorator.
B07291869 Booth Tarkington, novelist.
B07291871 Rasputin, the mad Russian monk.
B07291907 Melvin Belli, San Francisco's 'King of Torts.'
B07301863 Henry Ford.
*mmddyyyy Events
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S07011867 Dominion of Canada formed.
S07011898 Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill.
S07011899 San Francisco City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years
S07011899Cof building.
S07011919 First Class Postage DROPS to 2 cents from 3 cents.
S07011931 Ice vending machines introduced in Los Angeles. 25 lbs, 15 cents.
S07011944 Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing world-wide
S07011944Cfinancial systems (like the IMF and the World Bank.)
S07011961 Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii.
R0701 Dominion Day -- Canada.
S07021900 First flight of a Zeppelin (the LZ-1.)
S07021940 The Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge was opened.
S07021964 President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act.
S07031608 Quebec is founded.
S07031775 Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass.
S07031806 Michael Keens exhibits the first cultivated strawberry.
S07031819 First savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors.
S07031861 Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from New York.
S07041054 Brightest known super-nova starts shining, for 23 days.
S07041845 Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond.
S07041863 Boise, Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho.)
S07041873 Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens.
S07041894 Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of the first US autos.
S07041903 Pacific Cable (San Francisco, Hawaii, Guam, Phillipines) opens.
S07041903CPresident Roosevelt sends a message to the Phillipines,
S07041903Cthen a message around the world in 12 minutes.
S07041933 Work begins on the Oakland Bay Bridge.
R0704 Independence Day. Are fireworks legal where YOU live?
S07051811 Venezuela gains independence from Spain.
S07051841 Thomas Cook opens first travel agency. They were first involved
S07051841Cin organizing trips for groups opposed to alchololic beverages.
S07051865 William Booth founds the Salvation Army, in London, England.
S07051935 First 'Hawaii Calls' radio program is broadcast.
R0705 Independence Day, celebrated in Venezuela.
S07061885 First inoculation (for rabies) of a human being, by Louis Pasteur.
S07061886 Horlick's of Wisconsin offers first malted milk to the public.
S07061928 Preview of first all-talking motion picture took place in NYC.
S07061932 First Class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents.
S07061933 First All-Star baseball game. American League won 5-2.
S07071891 A patent was granted for the travelers' cheque.
S07071898 Hawaii annexed to the US.
S07071908 The Great White Fleet leaves San Francisco Bay.
R0707 Annual Running of the Bulls at Pamplona, Spain.
S07081796 First American Passport issued by the US State Department.
S07081835 The Liberty Bell cracks (again.)
S07081889 Vol 1, No 1, of "The Wall Street Journal" published.
S07081896 William Jennings Bryan makes his 'cross of gold' speech at the
S07081896CDemocratic Convention in Chicago.
S07081897 Harbor Hospital formally opens.
S07081905 Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center.
S07091800 Mt. Vernon Gardens becomes site of first summer theatre in U.S.
S07091816 Argentina gains its independence.
S07091846 Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (San Francisco) for the U.S.
S07091979 Voyager II flies past Jupiter.
R0709 National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
R0709 Independence Day, celebrated in Argentina.
S07101890 Wyoming becomes the 44th state.
S07101892 First concrete-paved street built - in Bellefountaine, Ohio.
S07101925 The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial starts.
S07101962 Telstar, first geosynchonous communications satelite launched.
S07111804 Burr and Hamilton duel. Hamilton loses.
S07111962 First transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I.)
R0711 National Holiday of the People's Republic of Outer Mongolia.
R0711 C(Celebrated mainly in Ulan Bator, yurt capital of Asia.)
S07121543 Henry VIII marries Catharine Parr (his 6th & last wife.)
S07121812 US forces lead by Gen. Hull invade Canada (War of 1812.)
S07121817 First flower show was held at Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland.
S07121933 Congress passes first minimum wage law ($0.33 per hour.)
S07121934 US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned.
S07131568 The Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer.
S07131865 Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west."
S07131898 SF Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street opens.
R0713 The start of the Bon Festival in Japan.
S07141789 The citizens of Paris storm the Bastille prison.
S07141850 First public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration.
S07141853 Commodore Perry requests trade relations with the Japanese.
S07141865 The first ascent of the Matterhorn.
S07141868 Patent granted for a tape measure enclosed in a circular case.
S07141927 First commercial airplane flight in Hawaii.
R0714 Bastille Day -- France.
S07151867 SF Merchant's Exchange opens.
S07151869 Margarine is patented in Paris, for use in the French Navy.
R0715 National Ice Cream Day.
R0715 Saint Swithin's Day.
S07161769 Father Serra founds Mission San Diego, first mission in Calif.
S07161790 Congress establishes the District of Columbia.
S07161861 First major battle of the Civil War -- Bull Run.
S07161935 Oklahoma City becomes first in U.S. to use parking meters.
S07161945 First atomic blast, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico.
S07161946 Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (first time in SF history.)
S07161969 Apollo 11, first manned ship to land on the moon, launched.
R0716 The National Blueberry Festival.
S07171879 First railroad opens in Hawaii.
S07171917 British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor.
S07171954 Construction begins on Disneyland...
S07171955 ...Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County.
R0717 Constitution Day, celebrated in South Korea.
S0718 64 The Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle.)
S07181872 Britain introduces voting by secret ballot.
S07181938 Wrong Way Corrigan lands in Ireland (not California??.)
S07181968 Intel Corporation is incorporated.
R0718 National Day, celebrated in Spain.
S07191848 First Women's Rights Convention. Seneca Falls, NY ... featuring
S07191848Cthe introduction of the first Bloomers.
S07191880 SF Public Library allows patrons to start borrowing books.
S07191955 The "Balclutha" ties up at Pier 43 & becomes a floating museum.
S07191961 First In-flight movie is shown (on TWA.)
S07201810 Columbia gains its independence.
S07201859 Admission fee first charged to see a baseball game (50 cents.)
S07201872 Mahlon Loomis receives patent for wireless ... the radio is born.
S07201878 First telephone introduced in Hawaii.
S07201969 Man landed on the Moon, 4:18PM EDT. (Armstrong, Aldrin walk
S07201969Cwhile Collins orbits above.)
S07201970 First baby born on Alcatraz Island.
S07201976 First pictures from Mars surface received (courtesy Viking 2.)
R0720 Independence Day, celebrated in Columbia.
S07211831 Belgium gains its independence.
S07211867 City Gardens on Folsom opens.
S07211873 World's first train robbery, by Jesse James.
S07211969 Neil Armstrong steps on the moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT.)
R0721 Independence Day, celebrated in Belgium.
S07221933 Wiley Post completes first round-the-world solo flight.
S07231829 Typewriter is patented.
S07231852 First interment in US National Cemetary at Presidio.
S07231877 First telephone and telegraph line in Hawaii is completed.
S07231904 The Ice Cream Cone is invented.
R0723 National Day, in Egypt.
S07241824 The Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results
S07241824Cof first public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson.
S07251903 Castle on top of Telegraph Hill closes.
S07251909 First airplane flight across the English Channel.
S07251946 First bikini is shown at a Paris fashion show.
S07261775 Benjamin Franklin becomes Postmaster General.
S07261835 First sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii.
S07261847 Liberia gains its independence.
R0726 The start of the Black-Eyed Peas Jamboree in Athens, Texas.
R0726 Independence Day, celebrated in Liberia.
S07271586 Sir Walter Raleigh brings first tobacco to England from Virginia.
S07271866 Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long.)
S07271940 Billboard magazine starts publishing best-seller's charts.
S07281821 Peru gains its independence.
S07281849 "Memmon" is first clipper to reach San Francisco, 120 days out
S07281849Cof New York Harbor.
S07281900 The Hamburger is created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut.
S07281914 The Foxtrot is first danced at the New Amsterdam Roof Garden.
S07281914Cin New York City. Music by Harry Fox (who else?)
S07281931 Congress makes "The Star-Spangled Banner" our 2nd National Anthem.
S07281933 First Singing Telegram is delivered (to Rudy Vallee.)
R0728 Independence Day, celebrated in Peru.
S07291835 First sugar plantation in Hawaii begun.
S07291858 First commercial treaty between US and Japan is signed.
S07291914 First transcontinental phone link made. It's between NYC and
S07291914CSan Francisco.
S07291920 First transcontinental airmail flight from New York to
S07291920CSan Francisco.
S07291958 Southern Pacific Bay Ferries stop running.
S07291981 The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana.
R0729 6The start of the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California.
S07301619 The House of Burgesses in Virginia is formed. First elective
S07301619Cgoverning body in a British colony.
S07301733 Society of Freemasons opens its first American lodge in Boston.
S07301836 First English newspaper published in Hawaii.
R0730 6The start of the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California.
S07311790 First US Patent granted (for a potash process.)
S07311922 18 year old Ralph Samuelson rides world's first water skis
S07311922Cat Lake City, Minnesota.
S07311970 Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ending 'Huntley-Brinkley Report'
S07311970C(No more "Goodnight, David" "Goodnight, Chet.")
R0731 6The start of the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California.