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- B12021906 Peter Carl Goldmark, developed color TV & LP records.
- B12031729 Antonio Soler, famed late 18th century Spanish composer.
- B12051782 Martin Van Buren, 8th President (1837-1841)
- B12051839 General George A. Custer
- B12051901 Walter Elias Disney, father of Mickey Mouse.
- B12061822 John Eberhard, built 1st large scale pencil factory in US.
- B12061870 William S. Hart, star of silent Western movies
- B12081861 William Durant, founded General Motors Corp.
- B12081865 Jean Sibelius, major Scandinavian composer.
- B12081894 James Thurber
- B12091848 Joel Chandler Harris, created the Uncle Remus stories
- B12091886 Clarence Birdseye, became the frozen vegatable king.
- B12101830 Emily Dickinson, poet
- B12101851 Melvil Dewey, created the Dewey Decimal System for libraries
- B12111918 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- B12121805 Henry Wells, founded American Express Co. and Wells Fargo & Co.
- B12121821 Gustave Flaubert, novelist, 'Madame Bovary'.
- B12121915 Old Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra.
- B12141546 Tycho Brahe, astronomer
- B12151832 Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, built a tower in Paris.
- B12151861 Charles Edgar Duryea, with his brother, invented 1st auto to be
- B12151861Cbuilt and operated in US.
- B12161770 Ludwig von Beethoven
- B12161863 George Santayana, philosopher, poet, humanist.
- B12161899 Sir Noel Coward, playwright
- B12161917 Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction author ('2001').
- B12171778 Sir Humphry Davy, discovered several chemical elements
- B1217 Arthur Fiedler
- B12181886 Ty Cobb
- B12181890 Edwin Armstrong, radio pioneer (invented FM).
- B12191849 Henry Clay Frick, industrialist; worked for Carnegie.
- B12201805 Thomas Graham, the father of colloid chemistry
- B12201819 John Geary, 1st Postmaster, 1st Mayor (May 1, 1850).
- B12201868 Harvey Firestone
- B12211911 Josh Gibson, in professional baseball, the "Negro Babe Ruth"
- B12221858 Giacomo Puccini, composer
- B12231790 Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics
- B12241809 Kit Carson, Western scout.
- B12241905 Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire.
- B12251899 Humphrey Bogart. Here's looking at you, kid.
- B12251918 Anwar Sadat
- B12271571 Johannes Kepler, discovered planets travel in eliptical orbits.
- B12281856 Woodrow Wilson, 28th President (1912-1921)
- B12291800 Charles Goodyear, invented vulcanization process for rubber
- B12291808 Andrew Johnson, 17th President (1865-1869)
- B12291809 William Ewart Gladstone, British statesman
- B12291876 Pablo Casals, cellist
- *mmddyyyy Events
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- S12011913 1st drive-up gasoline station opens, in Pittsburgh.
- S12011922 1st skywriting over the US - "Hello U.S.A." - by Capt Turner, RAF
- S12011951 Golden Gate Bridge closed because of high winds.
- S12021816 1st savings bank in US opens as the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society
- S12021823 President James Monroe declares his doctrine.
- S12021942 1st controlled nuclear reaction at University of Chicago.
- S12021981 Moscone Convention Center opens at 11:30 AM.
- S12021982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted.
- S12031621 Galileo invents the telescope.
- S12031866 Paid Fire Department takes over from volunteer companies.
- S12031952 1st television broadcast in Hawaii.
- S12031954 Joseph McCarthy goes too far in his attacks and is condemned
- S12031954Cby the U.S. Senate.
- S12031967 1st human heart transplant performed, in Capetown, South Africa
- S12041783 Gen. Washington bids his officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC
- S12041915 Panama Pacific International Exposition opens.
- S12051776 Phi Beta Kappa, 1st American scholastic fraternity, founded.
- S12061876 City of Anaheim incorporated for a second time.
- S12061917 Finland gains it's independence.
- S1206 Independence Day, celebrated in Finland
- S12071787 Delaware is the first state to ratify the Constitution.
- S12071941 Pearl Harbor was attacked.
- S12071972 Apollo 17, last of the Apollo moon series, launched.
- S12081913 Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts.
- S12081941 San Francisco has 1st blackout, at 6:15PM.
- S12091793 Noah Webster establishes New York's 1st daily newspaper.
- S12091907 1st Christmas Seals sold, in the Wilmington Post Office.
- S12091941 300 Montgomery opens as new Bank of America headquarters.
- S12101901 1st distribution of Nobel Peace Prizes
- S12101962 Hunters Point jitney ends service after 50 years.
- S1210 Human Rights Day, a United Nations observance.
- S12111914 Stockton Street Tunnel completed.
- S12111932 Snow falls in San Francisco.
- S12111975 First Class Mail now costs 13 cents (had been 10 cents).
- S12121901 Marconi receives 1st trans-Atlantic radio signal from England to US.
- S12121963 Kenya gains it's independence.
- S1212 Independence Day, celebrated in Kenya
- S1212 National Ding-a-ling Day
- S12131903 Wright brothers first airplane flight at Kittyhawk.
- S12131918 Wilson becomes 1st to make a foreign visit while President.
- S12131968 Playland at the Beach reopens.
- S12131976 Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur.
- S12131978 Susan B. Anthony dollar, 1st US coin to honor a woman, issued.
- S12141819 Alabama admitted to the Union.
- S12141911 South Pole 1st reached by Amundsen.
- S12141971 Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night from power failure.
- S12151791 Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gave its approval.
- S12151877 Patent granted to Mr. Edison for the phonograph.
- S12151965 1st rendevous in space: Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 link up.
- S12151969 SF Fire Dept. replaces leather helmets with plastic ones.
- S1215 Bill of Rights Day
- S12161773 Big Tea Party in Boston Harbor. Indians welcome.
- S12161905 "Variety", covering all phases of show business, 1st published.
- S12161907 Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise
- S12171791 New York City traffic regulation creates the 1st one-way street
- S12171852 first Hawaiian cavalry organized.
- S12171860 Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County.
- S12171903 at 10:35AM, for 12 seconds, 1st sustained motorized aircraft
- S12171903Cflight by Wright Brothers.
- S12171933 1st professional football game: Chicago Bears vs. NY Giants.
- S12171944 M-OceanView streetcar resumes service & is extended to Market St.
- S12181974 San Francisco Visitors Center at City Hall opens.
- S12191732 Benjamin Frankin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"
- S12191777 Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge for the winter.
- S12191859 Grading started for Market Street Railroad.
- S12191889 Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii.
- S12191962 Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission.
- S1219 Underdog Day
- S12201803 Louisiana Purchase officially transferred.
- S12201850 Hawaiian post office established.
- S12201929 Mt. Davidson dedicated as city park.
- S12211620 the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock
- S12211913 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues), printed in New York World
- S12211937 1st feature-length cartoon with color and sound premieres...
- S12211937C"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
- S12211952 Broadway Tunnel opens.
- S1221 the Winter Solstice (at 2:21 PM PDT), shortest day of the year.
- S12221850 Hawaiian Post Office established.
- S12231947 transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs
- S12241814 Treaty of Ghent signed, ending War of 1812 (this news did not
- S12241814Carrive until after the Battle of New Orleans).
- S12241906 1st known radio program in US is broadcast.
- S12241910 Luisa Tetrazzini sings to 250,000 people at Lotta's Fountain.
- S1224 Christmas Eve
- S12251776 Washington crosses the Delaware and surprises the Hessians.
- S1225 Christmas Day. Peace on Earth, good will towards men.
- S1225 Constitution Day, celebrated in Republic of China (Taiwan).
- S12261865 James Mason invents the 1st American coffee percolator.
- S12261925 1st East-West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans.
- S1226 EBoxing Day, celebrated in Canada, United Kingdom (except Scotland)
- S12271831 Darwin begins his voyage onboard the HMS Beagle.
- S12271850 Hawaiian Fire Department established.
- S12271903 "Sweet Adaline", a barbershop quartet favorite, is 1st sung.
- S12271932 Radio City Music Hall in New York City opens.
- S1227 2Boxing Day, celebrated in Canada, United Kingdom (except Scotland)
- S12281669 a patent for chewing gum is granted to William Semple.
- S12281902 Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US.
- S12281912 San Francisco Municipal Railway starts operation at Geary St.
- S12281912C(MUNI was the 1st municpally-owned transit system)
- S12281915 City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph.
- S1228 3Boxing Day, celebrated in Canada, United Kingdom (except Scotland)
- S12291864 Fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball.
- S12291911 San Francisco Symphony formed.
- S12291937 Pan Am starts San Francisco to Auckland, New Zealand service.
- S12301817 first coffee planted in Hawaii.
- S12301853 Gadsden Purchase signed.
- S12311879 Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US).
- S12311879 Edison gives public demonstration of his incandescent lamp.
- S12311921 Last San Francisco firehorses retired.