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B05011769Duke of Wellington, who made Napoleon very unhappy.
B05011830Mary Harris Jones (Mother Jones), hellraiser.
B05011925Chuck Bednarik.
B05021837Henry Martyn Robert, author of "Robert's Rules of Order".
B05021904Bing Crosby, crooner.
B05031874Francois Coty, perfumemaker.
B05031898Golda Meir.
B05031919Pete Seeger, folk singer.
B05031920Sugar Ray Robinson.
B05041928Betsy Rawls, 1st golfer to win US Women's Open 4 times.
B05051867Nellie Bly, name became a synonym for female star reporter.
B05061818Karl Marx.
B05061856Sigmund Freud, cigar smoker.
B05061870A.P. Giannini, founder of Bank of America.
B05061895Rudolph Valentino, sheik.
B05061907Webb Ewbank.
B05061915Orson Welles, citizen.
B05061931the 'Say Hey Kid', Willie Mays.
B05071833Johannes Brahms, enjoyed a good lullaby.
B05071840Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
B05071901Gary Cooper, actor in 'High Noon' and 'The Plainsman'.
B05071909Edwin Land, founded instant photography (Polaroid).
B05071933Johnny Unitas.
B05081737Edward Gibbon, historian, "The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire".
B05081786Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry.
B05081828Henri Dunant, founded Red Cross, YMCA.
B05081829Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist.
B05081884Harry S. Truman, 32nd President.
B05091800John Brown, abolitionist.
B05091873Howard Carter, Egyptologist who found King Tutankhamen.
B05091882Henry J. Kaiser, built Liberty Ships, Jeeps.
B05101788Augustin-Jean Fresnel, pioneered in optics.
B05101899Fred Astaire, tapdancer.
B05101902David O. Selznick, film producer.
B05111888Irving Berlin.
B05111904Salvador Dali.
B05121820Florence Nightengale.
B05121845Gabriel Faure, composer.
B05121925Yogi Barra, catcher.
B05131842Sir Arthur Sullivan, of Gilbert & Sullivan fame.
B05131856Peter Henry Emerson, first photographer to promote photography as an independent art.
B05131914Joe Louis, heavyweight.
B05141928Billy Martin, local boy who made good in baseball.
B05141944George Lucas, skywalker.
B05151859Pierre Curie, physicist.
B05161801William H. Seward, bought Alaska at $0.02/acre.
B05161919Liberace, candelabrist.
B05171866Erik Satie, composer.
B05171956Sugar Ray Leonard.
B05181850Oliver Heaviside, physicist who predicted the existance of the ionosphere, used to reflect radio waves.
B05181918Pope John Paul II.
B05181937Brooks Robinson.
B05181946Reggie "Mr. October" Jackson.
B05191890Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer.
B05191918Mike Wallace.
B05201750Stephen Girard, bailed out US bonds during the War of 1812.
B05201799Honore de Balzac, novelist.
B05201818William George Fargo, helped to found Wells, Fargo & Co.
B05201913William Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard Co.
B05201915Moshe Dayan, Israeli general & politician.
B05211471Albrecht Durer, painter & printmaker, greatest German renaissance artist.
B05211860Willam Einthoven, invented the electrocardiograph.
B05211878Glenn Curtis, aircraft pioneer.
B05221828Albrecht Grafe, pioneer eye surgeon, founded modern ophthalmology.
B05221859Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, brought Sherlock Holmes to life (twice).
B05221907Laurence Olivier, actor.
B05221920Thomas Gold, astronomer, established the steady-state theory of the Universe.
B05231883Douglas Fairbanks, 1st & greatest of Hollywood's swashbucklers.
B05231910Artie Shaw, band leader and husband.
B05241686Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, invented the thermometer.
B05251803Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher.
B05251889Igor Sikorsky, developed a working helicopter.
B05251926Miles Davis, trumpeter, pioneered cool jazz.
B05251929Beverly Sills, soprano.
B05261877Isadora Duncan.
B05261886Al Jolson, jazz singer.
B05261907John Wayne, shootist, disliker of pilgrims.
B05271818Amelia Bloomer, suffragist known for her pantaloons.
B05271837Wild Bill Hickock.
B05271894Dashiell Hammett, author who created the hard-boiled detective.
B05271907Rachel Carson, ecologist.
B05271912Slammin' Sam Snead, golfer.
B05281886Jim Thorpe.
B05281908Ian Fleming, gave James Bond a job.
B05291903Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope, famous profile.
B05291917John F. Kennedy, 35th President (1960-1963).
B05291989Elvis' 1st granddaughter, to Lisa Marie Presley & Danny Keough.
B05301909Benny Goodman, swinger.
B05301943Gale Sayers.
B05311819Walt Whitman, poet.
B05311943Joe Namath.
E050118401st adhesive postage stamps (English "Penny Blacks") issued.
E050118601st school for the deaf founded.
E05011869Folies-Bergere opens in Paris.
E05011884construction begins in Chicago on the 1st skyscraper.
E05011928Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration).
E050119411st commissioner of the NFL, Elmer Layden.
E050119611st airplane hijacked to Cuba.
E050119751st Smokey the Bear retires, at age 25.
E05021925Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park opens.
E050219311st Jack Benny Show, radio.
E05021939Lou Gehrig sets record for being in most consecutive games (2,130).
E05021946Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die.
E050318301st regular steam train passenger service starts.
E05031919America's 1st passenger flight (New York-Atlantic City).
E05031971national noncommercial network radio begins programming.
E05041626Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons.
E050418511st of the major San Francisco fires.
E05041878Phonograph shown for 1st time at the Grand Opera House.
E05041970Ohio National Guard kills 4 students at Kent State.
E05051904Boston's Cy Young pitches 1st perfect game, Athletics lose 3-0.
E050519561st World Judo Championship..
E05051961Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (onboard Freedom 7).
E05061851Patent granted to Dr. John Farrie for a "refrigeration machine".
E05061860the Olympic Club, 1st athletic club in US, founded.
E05061989Guy Williams, died. He was Zorro.
E05071824Beethoven's Ninth Symphony presented for first time.
E05071945World War II ends in Europe.
E05071963Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles).
E05081541Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi River.
E05081945Germany surrendered, ending World War II in Europe.
E05091972Haiphong Harbor, North Vietnam, mined by US.
E05101775Continental Congress issues paper currency for 1st time.
E05101869the Driving of the Golden Spike, Promontory Point, Utah. The Trans-Continental Railroad is completed.
E051019081st Mother's Day.
E05101930first US planetarium opens, in Chicago.
E051117521st US fire insurance policy is issued, in Philadelphia.
E05111850Work starts on 1st brick building in San Francisco.
E051119281st actual TV broadcast.
E051119291st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week).
E05111951Jay Forrester patents computer core memory.
E05121986Antitrust trail of USFL against the NFL begins today.
E05131607English land to found Jamestown (1st permanent settlement).
E051318351st foreign embassy in Hawaii is established.
E05131846US declares war on Mexico.
E05131884Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) founded.
E05141811Paraguay gains it's independence.
E05141853Gail Borden applies for patent for making condensed milk.
E05141948State of Israel proclaimed.
E05141973United States launches space station "Skylab".
E051519301st airline stewardesses begin service, United Air Lines.
E051519401st nylon stockings are sold in America.
E051519421st gas rationing, 3 gallons per week.
E05151963last of the Mercury flights, the 'Faith 7', launched.
E05161866Congress authorizes nickel 5-cent piece (the silver half-dime was used up to this point).
E051619291st Oscars announced (best film was 'Wings').
E05161971First Class Mail now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents).
E0517179224 brokers meet to found the New York Stock Exchange.
E05171804Lewis & Clark begin their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase.
E05171872Bohemian Club incorporated.
E051718751st Kentucky Derby, won by Aristides, $2,850 purse.
E05171921President Harding opens (via telephone) 1st Valencia Orange show in Anaheim.
E05171954Supreme Court rules on Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, overthrowing the principle of "separate but equal".
E05181933TVA Act signed by President Roosevelt.
E05181980Mount St. Helens blew it's top in Washington State.
E05191862the Homestead Act becomes law.
E05201927at 7:40am, Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic.
E05201989Gilda Radner, 42, died. Emily Litella, Lise Loopner, Baba Wawa, and Roseanne Roseannadanna. It's always something...
E052118011st freight railway, Croydon England.
E052118461st steamship arrives in Hawaii.
E05211881the American Red Cross is founded.
E05211927Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo across Atlantic.
E052119731st athletic scholarship awarded to a woman, Lynn Geneska, U. Miami.
E05221846first steamer arrives in Hawaii.
E052218931st Stanley Cup game, Montreal beats Ottawa 2-1.
E052219311st sale of canned rattlesnake meat.
E05231785Ben Franklin invents bifocals, because he didn't like carrying two pairs of glasses around.
E05231873Postal Cards sold in San Francisco for 1st time.
E052318981st Phillipine Expeditionary Troops sail from San Francisco.
E05231908Dirigible explodes over SF Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die.
E05241844Samual F.B. Morse taps out "What Hath God Wrought".
E05241883The Brooklyn Bridge opened by Pres. Arthur & Gov. Cleveland.
E05241899in Boston, the 1st auto repair shop opens.
E05251787Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia.
E05251927Henry Ford stops producing the Model T car (begins Model A).
E05251935Jesse Owens sets 6 world records in 1 hour.
E05251948San Francisco receives its 1st telecast.
E05251951World Champion fencer Mogens Luchow kills Ilmari Vartia in a match.
E05251978"Star Wars" is released.
E05251983"Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) is released.
E05261868President Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote.
E052619231st 24 hours of Le Mans.
E05261937Golden Gate Bridge opens.
E05261946Patent filed in US for the H-Bomb.
E05261968Billy Martin's 1st managerial job, Minnesota Twins farm club, Denver.
E052718731st race at Pimlico MD. G. Barbee rides Survivor to win.
E05271907Bubonic Plague breaks out in San Francisco.
E05281926United States Customs Court created by Congress.
E05281989Dixon Terry, President of National Family Farm Coalition, struck by lightening while riding a hay wagon, died.
E05291453Constantinople falls to the Turks (some believe this signalled the end of the Middle Ages).
E05291953Hillary & Norkay reach top of Mount Everest.
E05291978First Class postage now 15 cents (was 13 cents for 3 years).
E053017831st daily newspaper, the Pennsylvania Evening Post.
E05301911Indianapolis 500 car race run for 1st time.
E053019671st time Evel Knievel jumps 16 cars with a motorcycle.
E05301976Fastest pitstop on record, Bobby Unser, Indy 500, 4 seconds.
E05311433Joan of Arc has a hot time at the stake...
E05311678Lady Godiva takes a ride through Coventry.
E053118681st recorded bicycle race, 2 kilometers in Paris.
E053118681st bicycle race, Paris.
E053118791st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition.
E05311889Johnstown Flood.
R05010000A shark swims a mile in the time it takes a man to swim 137 yards.
R05050000A tarantula can live 2 years without food, 7 months without water.
R050919601st public sale of birth control pills.
R05100000It is illegal for dogs to speed in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
R05150000There are more than 50 million monkeys in India.
R05200000There are 40,000 different muscles in an elephant's trunk.
R05250000The iquana is the only animal that can kill itself, by itself.
R05300000Mosquitos can't fly when the temperature is below 60 degrees.