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B10011881William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft company.
B10011924Jimmy Carter, 39th President (1976-1980).
B10021851Ferdinand Foch, believed to be the leader responsible for the Allies winning World War I.
B10021869Mahatma Ghandi, pacifist.
B10031803John Gorrie, invented cold-air process of refrigeration.
B10031804Townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan.
B10031925Gore Vidal, writer.
B10041822Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President (1877-1881).
B10041895Buster Keaton.
B10041931Dick Tracy.
B10051829Chester A. Arthur, 21st President (1881-1884).
B10051882Robert Hutchings Goddard, father of modern rocketry.
B10051905Ray Kroc, who gave Ronald McDonald a job.
B10061820Jenny Lind, nightengale.
B10061846George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US.
B10061866Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music.
B10071885Niels Bohr, physicist & Nobel laureate, expanded quantum physics.
B10081869J. Frank Duryea, with his brother, invented 1st auto built & operatedin the U.S. (Apologies to Henry Ford and Lee Iaccoca.)
B10091958Mike Singletary.
B10101738Benjamin West, painter.
B10101813Giuseppe Verdi, composer of operas.
B10111844Henry John Heinz, founded a prepared-foods company.
B10111884Eleanor Roosevelt, crusader.
B10121935Luciano Pavarotti.
B10131769Horace H. Hayden, cofounder of 1st dental college.
B10131925Margaret Thatcher, Tory.
B10141857Elwood Haynes, auto pioneer, built one of the first US autos.
B10141890Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President (1953-1961).
B10141894e.e. cummings, poet.
B10141896Lillian Gish, actress.
B10151829Asaph Hall, astronomer, discovered the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos.
B10151844Friedrich Nietzsche, Ubermensch.
B10151858John L. Sullivan, famed pugelist.
B10151905C. P. Snow, British novelist and scientist.
B10161708Albrecht von Haller, the father of experimental physiology.
B10161854Oscar Wilde, wit.
B10161890Paul Strand, photographer.
B10171915Arthur Miller, playwright.
B10181919Pierre Trudeau, Canadian.
B10181939Mike Ditka.
B10191876Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown.
B10201632Sir Christopher Wren, astronomer, greatest English architect of his time, built many of the cathedrals in London. Williamsburg too.
B10201812Austin Flint, 19th century pioneer in US heart research.
B10201874Charles Ives, composer.
B10211833Alfred Bernhard Nobel, created dynamite and Peace Prizes.
B10211917Dizzy Gillespie, trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz.
B10221963Brian Boitano.
B10231835Adlai Stevenson, Veep.
B10231925Johnny Carson.
B10231940Edson Arantes Do Nascimento. (Pele.)
B10241926Y.A. Tittle.
B10251881Pablo Picasso, doodler.
B10261855Charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals.
B10271728Captain James Cook, discovered the Sandwich Islands.
B10271811Issac Merrit Singer, invented 1st practical home sewing machine.
B10271858Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President (1901-1909).
B10281466Erasmus, scholar, author of "In Praise of Folly".
B10281846Auguste Escoffier, "the king of chefs & the chef of kings".
B10281914Dr. Jonas Salk, who made polio a fear of the past.
B10291740James Boswell, Samuel Johnson's biographer.
B10301735John Adams, 2nd President (1797-1801).
B10301775US Navy.
B10311947Frank Shorter.
E100116611st yacht race for money. Someone challenged the King, the King won.
E100118691st postcards are issued in Vienna.
E10011896Yosemite becomes a National Park.
E100119031st World Series starts between the National & American Leagues.
E10011908Henry Ford introduces the Model T car.
E10011962Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show.
E100119621st black student at U. of Miss., James Meredith.
E10011964Cable Cars declared a National Landmark.
E10011966Julian Bond is refused seat in Georgia Senate.
E10011971Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens.
E10021608Hans Lippershey offers the Dutch government a new invention -- the telescope.
E10021836Darwin returns to England aboard the HMS Beagle.
E10021958Guinea gains it's independence.
E10021961Roger Maris's 61st home run in 162nd game, beats Babe Ruth's record.
E100219671st black Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall.
E10031789Washington proclaims the 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26.
E10031863Lincoln designates the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
E10031913Federal Income Tax is signed into law (at 1%).
E10031955Captain Kangaroo premieres. Good Morning, Captain!
E10031960San Francisco's White House department store is first to accept the Bankamericard in lieu of cash.
E100319891st black head coach in NFL in modern times, Art Shell, Raiders.
E10041957USSR launches Sputnik, the first artificial earth satellite.
E100419591st satellite to orbit moon, Luna 3.
E10051813Tecumseh, Indian warrior, leader of Shawnee, killed by Col. Johnson.
E10051871James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, marshal of Abilene, accidently shoots a passerby and his deputy.
E10051883The Orient Express begins service.
E100519211st radio broadcast of the World Series.
E10051970PBS becomes a network.
E100617801st American jailed in Tower of London, Henry Laurens.
E10061889Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
E10061927"The Jazz Singer", 1st movie with a sound track, premieres.
E10061973War starts in the Middle East.
E1006198424 hour sit-up world record, 43,418, Louis Scripa.
E10071826Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in US) begins operations.
E10071916Highest college football score, Georgia Tech beats Cumberland 222 - 0.
E10081865Earthquake.
E10081871The Great Fire destroys over 4 square miles of Chicago.
E10081896Dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks.
E10091000Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England).
E100919461st electric blanket sold.
E10091960Shortest touchdown pass, 2 inches, Dallas Cowboys.
E10101911the Manchu Dynasty is overthrown in China.
E10101980Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated.
E10111890Daughters of the American Revolution founded.
E10111968Apollo 7 launched, 1st manned flight of the Command & Service Modules together.
E10121933Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially).
E101219571st commercial flight between California and Antartica.
E10121966The Jimi Hendrix Experiemce was formed.
E101219681st woman to carry the Olympic torch, Norma Enriqueta Basilo Satelo.
E10131792George Washington lays the cornerstone of the Executive Mansion.
E101319031st World Series ends, Boston beats Pittsburgh 5 games to 3.
E10141066Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror wins England.
E101417741st declaration of colonial rights in America.
E101419471st supersonic flight, (Mach 1.015 - 42,000 feet), Capt. Chuck Yeager.
E10141964Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. receives Nobel Peace Prize.
E10151860Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard.
E10161859John Brown attacks the armory at Harper's Ferry.
E10161869a hotel in Boston becomes the 1st to have indoor plumbing.
E10161941Gordo (by Gus Arriola) 1st appeared in newspapers.
E10161964China explodes a-bomb, becomes 5th nuclear power.
E10171492Columbus sights the isle of San Salvador.
E10171781Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown.
E10181869the United States take possession of Alaska.
E10181873the Ivy League establishes rules for college football.
E101818921st commercial long-distance phone line opens (Chicago - New York).
E10181922British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) established. Monty Python, The Muppetts, etc.
E10181924Harold G. (Red) Grange, "Gallopping Ghost", 4 TD's, 12 min., 1st Qtr.
E10181977Reggie Jackson hits 3 homers in a game, ties Babe Ruth.
E10191781Cornwallis surrenders at 2PM, the fighting is over.
E10191845Wagner's opera 'Tannhauser' is performed for first time.
E101918531st flour mill in Hawaii begins operations.
E10191968Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars.
E10201600Battle of Sekigahara, which established the Tokugawa clan as rulers of Japan (Shogun) until 1865 (basis of Clavall's novel).
E10201820Spain gives Florida to the United States. Spring Break still years away...
E10201865Philadelphia Athletic's score 261 runs, double header, 101-8, 160-11.
E10201906Dr Lee DeForest gives a demonstration of his radio tube.
E10211805Battle of Trafalgar, where Nelson established British naval supremacy for the next century.
E10211868Severe earthquake at 7:53AM.
E102118691st shipment of fresh oysters comes overland from Baltimore to San Francisco.
E10211879Thomas Edison commercially perfects the light bulb.
E102219361st commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii.
E10221981US National debt topped $1 TRILLION (nothing to celebrate).
E10231956the ill-fated revolt in Communist Hungary starts, later crushed by Soviet tanks.
E102319771st age group record, NYC Marathon, Wesley Paul, 8yrs old, 26m, 3hrs.
E102418971st comic strip, "The Yellow Kid", New York Journal.
E10241932Plennie Wingo ends backward walk across US and Europe, 8,000 miles.
E10241945United Nations Charter goes into effect.
E10251415Battle of Agincourt, where the Welsh longbow defeats the armored knight.
E10251825Erie Canal opens for business in New York.
E10251854the Light Brigade charges (Battle of Balaklava).
E102519111st airplane used in combat, Capitano Piazza.
E10261861Telegraph service inaugurated in US (end of Pony Express).
E10261881Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Arizona.
E10261956International Atomic Energy Agency established.
E10261970the "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers
E10261972Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin.
E10271787The 'Federalist' letters started appearing in NY newspapers.
E10271858RH Macy & Co. opens 1st store, on 6th Avenue, New York City.
E102718961st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (the Pali is a cliff where the wind is so strong that streams flow up! Honest!)
E10271904New York opens 1st section of it's subway system.
E10281492Columbus discovers Cuba.
E10281636Harvard University founded.
E10281886Statue of Liberty dedicated.
E10281904St. Louis Police try a new investigation method - fingerprints.
E10281919Volstead Act passed by Congress, starting Prohibition.
E10281962Russia backs down, withdraws missles from Cuba.
E10281965the Gateway Arch (630 feet high) completed in St. Louis, Missouri.
E102918331st College Fraternity founded.
E10291863International Committee of the Red Cross founded.
E10291894first election of the Hawaiian Republic.
E10291923Turkey is proclaimed to have a republican government.
E10291929"Black Tuesday", the Stock Market crash.
E102919451st ballpoint pens go on sale, Gimbel's, NYC.
E102919471st cloud seeding for rain, Concord NH.
E10291956"Goodnight, David" "Goodnight, Chet" heard on NBC for 1st time. (Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, NBC News, team up.)
E10301864Helena, capital of Montana, founded.
E10301938Orson Welles panics a nation with his broadcast: 'War of the Worlds'
E10311956Brooklyn, NY ends streetcar service.