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B09011875Edgar Rice Burroughs, novelist, Ah-ee-ah-ee-ah!
B09021838Queen Liliuokalani (last queen of Hawaii).
B09021952Jimmy Connors, tennis brat.
B09031856Louis Sullivan, father of modern US architecture.
B09041824Anton Bruckner, Wagner disciple.
B09051902Darryl F. Zanuck, Hollywood producer & motion picture executive.
B09061766John Dalton, developed the atomic theory of matter.
B09061811James Melville Gilliss, founded Naval Observatory in Washington.
B09071533Queen Elizabeth I.
B09071860Grandma Moses.
B09071914James Van Allen, discovered Van Allen radiation belts.
B09081841Anton Dvorak, composer.
B09081925Peter Sellers, (not now, Kato).
B09091949Joe Theismann, got in Lawrence Taylor's way.
B09101934Charles Kuralt, "On the road..." for CBS.
B09111862O Henry, pen name of William Sidney Porter, short story writer.
B09111885D.H. Lawrence, Taos pioneer.
B09111913Paul "Bear" Bryant, the Crimson Tide.
B09111924Tom Landry, well dressed Cowboy.
B09121818Richard Jordan Gatling, US inventor of hand-cranked machine gun.
B09121880H.L. Mencken, Baltimore's son.
B09121888Maurice Chevalier, thanked heaven for little girls.
B09121913Jesse Owens, spoiled Hitler's Olympic plans in 1936.
B09121948Terry Bradshaw, spent time behind a Steel Curtain.
B09131755Oliver Evans, pioneered the high-pressure steam engine.
B09131851Walter Reed, who proved mosquitos transmit yellow fever.
B09141867Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, drew the "Gibson Girl"
B09141883Margaret Sanger, feminist.
B09151789James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major American novelist.
B09151857William Howard Taft, 27th President (1909-1913).
B09151881Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, car builder.
B09151890Dame Agatha Christie.
B09151894Jean Renoir, cineaste.
B09151923Hank Williams, singer.
B09151961Dan Marino.
B09161924Lauren Bacall, whistler.
B09171730Baron Frederick von Steuben, made the Continental Army winners.
B09171927George Blanda.
B09181709Samuel Johnson, Boswell's tour guide.
B09191922Willie Pep.
B09191936Al Oerter.
B09201878Upton Sinclair.
B09211756John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt).
B09211866H.G. Wells, futurist.
B09211874Gustav Holst, composer of 'The Planets'.
B09221791Michael Faraday, discovered principle of the electric motor.
B09221885Erich von Stroheim, early film director.
B09231852William Stewart Halsted, established 1st surgical school in US.
B09231926John Coltrane, saxophonist.
B09231930Ray Charles.
B09241870Georges Claude, inventor of the neon light.
B09241936Jim Hensen, who made Kermit & Miss Piggy what they are today.
B09241946"Mean" Joe Green, lost his shirt for a Coke.
B09251725Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, designed & built 1st automobile.
B09251897William Faulkner, American author.
B09261774John Chapman, alias Johnny Appleseed.
B09261888T.S. Eliot, Anglican.
B09261898George Gershwin.
B09271722Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser.
B09271840Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America.
B09281909Al Capp, put Dogpatch, USA on the map.
B09291901Enrico Fermi, physicist, gone fission.
B09291912Gene Autry, cowpoke.
B09301924Truman Capote, a short short story writer.
E09011807Aaron Burr aquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire.
E090118781st woman telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston).
E09011939Germany invades Poland, starts World War II.
E09011983Soviet fighter downs Korean Air Lines flight 007, killing 269.
E09021620The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth with 102 Pilgrims.
E09021789US Treasury Department established by Congress.
E09021859gas lighting introduced to Hawaii.
E09031783Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War, is signed.
E09031939England declares war on Germany.
E09031989Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Truett Banks (Rip) Sewell, 82, died. He invented the "eephus" pitch.
E09041781Los Angeles founded in the Valley of Smokes (Indian Name).
E09041833the 1st newsboy in the US hired (Barney Flaherty), by the NY Sun.
E090418661st daily newspaper in Hawaii published.
E09041888George Eastman patents 1st rollfilm camera & registers "Kodak".
E090419531st woman to swim from France to England, Florence Chadwick.
E09051781Battle of Virginia Capes, where the French Fleet defeats the British rescue fleet, trapping Cornwallis at Yorktown.
E090518851st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer.
E09051977Voyager II launched.
E090617161st lighthouse in US built, in Boston.
E09061869the 1st westbound train arrives in San Francisco.
E09061966Star Trek appears on TV for the first time (on NBC).
E090718921st heavyweight championship using padded gloves, James J. Corbett KO's John L. Sullivan in the 21st.
E090815651st permanent settlement in US founded at St Augustine, Florida.
E09081858Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people.
E090819201st US Air Mail service begins.
E09081989A. Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, 51, died days after banning Pete Rose for life.
E09091776Continental Congress authorizes the name "United States".
E09091850California becomes the 31st state.
E09091926NBC created by the Radio Corporation of America.
E09091982"Conestoga I", 1st private rocket, is launched.
E09101608John Smith elected president of the Jamestown colony council.
E09101813"We have met the enemy and they are ours", by Lt. Oliver Hazard Perry.
E09101846Elias Howe receives patent for his sewing machine.
E09101913Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway.
E09101953Swanson sells it's first "TV Dinner".
E09101955"Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS television.
E09101960Mickey Mantle hits one out of the park, across the street, 643 ft.
E09101989Dallas Cowboys begin season with 2nd Coach ever and 1st openning day shutout loss ever.
E091118531st electric telegraph in use, Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos.
E091119101st commercially successful electric bus line opens, in Hollywood.
E09111912Eddie Collins steals 6 bases in a game, does it again 11 days later.
E09111926Aloha Tower dedicated (in Honolulu).
E091119511st woman to swim from England to France, Florence Chadwick.
E0911198920th anniversary of Monday Night Football. Thanks Roone.
E091219541st Lassie TV show. Went for 17 more years.
E09131788New York City becomes the capitol of the United States.
E091317891st loan is made. To the US, from Bank of New York, to pay for Congressional salaries.
E091319131st paved transcontinental highway completed, NY to SF.
E091417161st lighthouse in US is lit (in Boston Harbor).
E09141814Francis Scott Key inspired to write 'The Star-Spangled Banner'.
E09141886the typewriter ribbon is patented.
E09141892A.P. Giannini marries Clorinda Cuneo.
E09141899While in New York, Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality.
E09141940Congress passes 1st peace time draft law.
E09151821Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras & Nicaragua all gain their independence. (Sort of...)
E091518531st woman minister, Antoinette Brown.
E09151979Dan Marino's 1st game, Pitt beats Kansas 24-0.
E09161620the Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims.
E09161782Great Seal of the United States is used for 1st time.
E09161857Patent is issued for the typesetting machine.
E09161919the American Legion is incorporated.
E09161924Most RBI's in a game, 12, James L. Bottomley, St. Louis.
E09171776the Presidio of San Francisco was founded as Spanish fort.
E09171787US Constitution is adopted.
E091718191st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii.
E091719081st airplane fatality, Lt. Thomas Selfridge.
E09171927Charles Lindbergh in San Francisco.
E09181810Chile gains it's independence.
E091818301st locomotive built in US is beaten by a horse.
E09181851"The New York Times" goes on sale, at 2 cents a copy.
E09181882Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as the Local Security Board).
E09181927the Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
E091917831st time birds fly in a hot air balloon.
E091918491st commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California.
E09191873Black Friday: Jay Cooke & Co. fails, causing a securities panic.
E09191968Baby born on Golden Gate Bridge.
E09191982Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service.
E09201519Magellan starts 1st successful circumnavigation of the world.
E09201797US frigate "Constitution" (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston.
E09201859Patent granted on the electric range.
E09201884Equal Rights Party founding convention in San Francisco, nominates female candidates for President and Vice Pres.
E092117841st daily newspaper in US begins publication in Pennsylvania.
E092118951st auto manufacturer opens -- Duryea Motor Wagon Company.
E09211909Sigmund Freud leaves from New York Harbor after 1st (and only) visit.
E09211930Johann Ostermeyer patents his invention, the flashbulb.
E09211954the nuclear submarine "Nautilus" is commissioned.
E09211955Rocky Marciano's last fight, KO's Moore in 9, retires undefeated.
E09221789the US Post Office was established.
E09221863President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech.
E092218931st auto built in US runs in Springfield (built by Duryea brothers).
E09221903Patent is granted for the Ice Cream Cone.
E09221961Most Grand Slams in a season, 5, James Gentile, Baltimore.
E09231779Naval engagement between 'Bonhomme Richard' and 'HMS Serepis'.
E09231780John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point.
E092318801st man to literally disappear in full view of witnesses.
E092319121st Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie is released.
E092319521st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event.
E09241789Congress creates the Post Office.
E092418451st baseball team is organized.
E09241852a new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated.
E092418531st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt).
E09241869Black Friday: crashing gold prices causes stock market panic.
E092418951st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months).
E09241954"The Tonight Show" premieres.
E092419601st atomic powered aircraft carrier, the "Enterprise", is launched.
E092419892nd person to win auto racing's "Triple Crown", Emerson Fittipaldi.
E09251513Vasco Nunez de Balboa is the 1st European to see the Pacific Ocean.
E09251789Congress proposes the Bill of Rights.
E09251890Congress establishes Yosemite National Park.
E09261824Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) and lives.
E09261966the Staten Island is 1st icebreaker to enter San Francisco bay.
E09271787Constitution submitted to the states for ratification.
E09271825Railroad transportation is born with 1st track in England.
E09271989Johannesburg, S.A., desegregates buses, pools, and rec centers.
E09281542Juan Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay.
E09281781Siege of Yorktown begins, last battle of the the Revolutionary War.
E09291988Florence Griffith-Joyner wins 200m and breaks her own world record.
E093018461st tooth extraction under anesthetics, in Charlestown, Mass.
E093018781st immigrants from Portugal arrive in Hawaii.
E093019391st televised football game.