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- B10011881 William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft company.
- B10011924 Jimmy Carter, 39th President (1976-1980)
- B10021851 Ferdinand Foch, believed to be the leader responsible for
- B10021851CAllies winning World War I.
- B10021869 Mahatma Ghandi, pacifist.
- B10031803 John Gorrie, invented cold-air process of refrigeration
- B10031804 Townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan
- B10031925 Gore Vidal, writer.
- B10041822 Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President (1877-1881)
- B10041895 Buster Keaton
- B10041931 Dick Tracy
- B10051829 Chester A. Arthur, 21st President (1881-1884)
- B10051882 Robert Hutchings Goddard, father of modern rocketry
- B10051905 Ray Kroc, who gave Ronald McDonald a job.
- B10061820 Jenny Lind, nightengale
- B10061846 George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US.
- B10061866 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music
- B10071885 Niels Bohr, physicist & Nobel laureate, expanded quantum physics.
- B10081869 J. Frank Duryea, with his brother, invented 1st auto built &
- B10081869Coperated in the US.
- B10101738 Benjamin West, painter.
- B10101813 Giuseppe Verdi, composer of operas.
- B10111844 Henry John Heinz, founded a prepared-foods company
- B10111884 Eleanor Roosevelt, crusader
- B10121935 Luciano Pavarotti
- B10131769 Horace H. Hayden, cofounder of 1st dental college
- B10131925 Margaret Thatcher, Tory
- B10141857 Elwood Haynes, auto pioneer, built one of the first US autos
- B10141890 Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President (1953-1961)
- B10141894 e.e. cummings, poet
- B10141896 Lillian Gish, actress
- B10151829 Asaph Hall, astronomer, discovered the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos
- B10151844 Friedrich Nietzsche, Ubermensch
- B10151858 John L. Sullivan, famed pugelist.
- B10151905 C. P. Snow, British novelist and scientist.
- B10161708 Albrecht von Haller, the father of experimental physiology
- B10161854 Oscar Wilde, wit
- B10161890 Paul Strand, photographer
- B10171915 Arthur Miller, playwright
- B10181919 Pierre Trudeau, Canadien
- B10201632 Sir Christopher Wren, astronomer, greatest English architect
- B10201632Cof his time, built many of the cathedrals in London.
- B10201812 Austin Flint, 19th century pioneer in US heart research
- B10201874 Charles Ives, composer
- B10211833 Alfred Bernhard Nobel, created dynamite and Peace Prizes.
- B10211917 Dizzy Gillespie, trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz
- B10231835 Adlai Stevenson, Veep
- B10231925 Johnny Carson
- B10251881 Pablo Picasso, doodler
- B10261855 Charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals.
- B10271728 Captain James Cook, discovered the Sandwich Islands.
- B10271811 Issac Merrit Singer, invented 1st practical home sewing machine
- B10271858 Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President (1901-1909)
- B10281466 Erasmus, scholar, author of "In Praise of Folly"
- B10281846 Auguste Escoffier, "the king of chefs & the chef of kings"
- B10281914 Dr. Jonas Salk, who made polio a fear of the past.
- B10291740 James Boswell, Samuel Johnson's biographer.
- B10301735 John Adams, 2nd President (1797-1801)
- B10301775 US Navy
- *mmddyyyy Events
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- S10011851 1st Hawaiian stamps issued.
- S10011869 1st postcards are issued in Vienna.
- S10011896 Yosemite becomes a National Park.
- S10011898 Henry Huntington buys the Los Angeles Railway.
- S10011903 1st World Series starts between the National & American Leagues
- S10011908 Henry Ford introduces the Model T car.
- S10011960 Nigeria gains it's independence.
- S10011962 Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show.
- S10011964 Cable Cars declared a National Landmark.
- S10011971 Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens.
- S1001 Independence Day, celebrated in Nigeria.
- S10021608 Hans Lippershey offers the Dutch government a new invention --
- S10021608Cthe telescope.
- S10021836 Darwin returns to England aboard the HMS Beagle.
- S10021939 Birdbaths installed in Union Square.
- S10021958 Guinea gains it's independence.
- S1002 Independence Day, celebrated in Guinea.
- S10031789 Washington proclaims the 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26
- S10031863 Lincoln designates the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day
- S10031955 Captain Kangaroo premieres. Good Morning, Captain!
- S10031913 Federal Income Tax is signed into law (at 1%).
- S10031960 San Francisco's White House department store is first to accept
- S10031960Cthe BankAmericard in lieu of cash.
- S10041916 Market Street's "Path of Gold" lit for 1st time.
- S10041926 The dahlia is officially designated as the City Flower.
- S10041957 USSR launches Sputnik, the first artificial earth satellite.
- S10041977 Pier 39 opens.
- S10051875 Palace Hotel on Market Street opens.
- S10051921 1st radio broadcast of the World Series.
- S10051963 Hyde St. Pier re-opens as State Historical Park.
- S10051964 Fire Department Museum dedicated.
- S10051970 PBS becomes a network.
- S10061889 Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
- S10061927 "The Jazz Singer", 1st movie with a sound track, premieres.
- S10061935 Market Street Railway starts using trackless trolley coaches.
- S10061940 Zoological Gardens opens (on Sloat and Skyline).
- S1006 Universal Children's Day
- S10071826 Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in US) begins operations
- S10081840 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed.
- S10081860 Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.
- S10081865 Earthquake.
- S10081871 The Great Fire destroys over 4 square miles of Chicago.
- S10081896 Dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks.
- S10081933 Coit Tower dedicated.
- S1008 2Columbus Day. Join the parade down on Columbus Blvd.
- S1008 2Discoverer's Day (celebrated in Hawaii).
- S1008 2Canadian Thanksgiving Day
- S10091000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England)
- S10091776 Mission Delores founded.
- S10091975 Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits San Francisco.
- S1009 2Columbus Day. Join the parade down on Columbus Blvd.
- S1009 2Discoverer's Day (celebrated in Hawaii).
- S1009 2Canadian Thanksgiving Day
- S10101911 the Manchu Dynasty is overthrown in China.
- S10101980 Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated.
- S1010 2Columbus Day. Join the parade down on Columbus Blvd.
- S1010 2Discoverer's Day (celebrated in Hawaii).
- S1010 2Canadian Thanksgiving Day
- S1010 National Day, celebrated in Taiwan.
- S10111890 Daughters of the American Revolution founded.
- S10111968 Apollo 7 launched, 1st manned flight of the Command & Service
- S10111968Cmodules.
- S1011 2Columbus Day. Join the parade down on Columbus Blvd.
- S1011 2Discoverer's Day (celebrated in Hawaii).
- S1011 2Canadian Thanksgiving Day
- S10121933 Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially).
- S10121957 1st commercial flight between California and Antartica.
- S10121963 at 4AM, traffic on Bay Bridge is 1-way on each deck.
- S1012 the REAL Columbus Day
- S1012 2Discoverer's Day (celebrated in Hawaii).
- S1012 2Canadian Thanksgiving Day
- S10131792 George Washington lays the cornerstone of the Executive Mansion
- S1013 2Columbus Day. Join the parade down on Columbus Blvd.
- S1013 2Discoverer's Day (celebrated in Hawaii).
- S1013 2Canadian Thanksgiving Day
- S10141066 Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror wins England
- S10141774 1st declaration of colonial rights in America.
- S10141947 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015 at 42,000 feet).
- S1014 2Columbus Day. Join the parade down on Columbus Blvd.
- S1014 2Discoverer's Day (celebrated in Hawaii).
- S1014 2Canadian Thanksgiving Day
- S10151860 Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard.
- S10151863 Cliff House opens (1st of many on the site).
- S10151969 Bank of America World Headquarters (555 California) dedicated.
- S1015 Mushroom Day
- S1015 National Grouch Day
- S10161859 John Brown attacks the armory at Harper's Ferry.
- S10161869 a hotel in Boston becomes the 1st to have indoor plumbing.
- S10161941 Gordo (by Gus Arriola) 1st appeared in newspapers.
- S10161952 Woolworth's at Powell & Market opens.
- S10161971 Amphitheater in McLaren Park dedicated.
- S10171492 Columbus sights the isle of San Salvador.
- S10171781 Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown.
- S10171850 Knickerbocker Engine Co. Number 5 organized.
- S10171899 Sutro RR sold to Robert F. Morrow for $215,000.
- S10171904 Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors.
- S10181869 the United States take possession of Alaska.
- S10181873 the Ivy League establishes rules for college football.
- S10181892 1st commercial long-distance phone line opens (Chicago - New York)
- S10181922 British Broadcasting Corporation established.
- S1018 the start of the Moslem New Year.
- S10191781 Cornwallis surrenders at 2PM, the fighting is over.
- S10191845 Wagner's opera 'Tannhauser' is performed for first time.
- S10191853 1st flour mill in Hawaii begins operations.
- S10191968 Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars.
- S10201600 Battle of Sekigahara, which established the Tokugawa clan as
- S10201600Crulers of Japan (SHOGUN) until 1865 (basis of Clavell's novel).
- S10201820 Spain gives Florida to the United States.
- S10201906 Dr Lee DeForest gives a demonstration of his radio tube.
- S10201929 Bayshore Highway opens.
- S10211805 Battle of Trefalgar, where Nelson established British naval
- S10211805Csupremacy for the next century.
- S10211868 Severe earthquake at 7:53AM.
- S10211869 1st shipment of fresh oysters comes overland from Baltimore.
- S10211879 Thomas Edison commercially perfects the light bulb.
- S10221936 1st commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii.
- S10221981 US National debt topped $1 TRILLION (nothing to celebrate).
- S10231956 the ill-fated revolt in Communist Hungary starts, later crushed
- S10231956Cby Soviet tanks.
- R1023 6set your clock back 1 hour tomorrow night (Daylight Savings Time ends)
- S1023 United States Day
- S10241945 United Nations Charter goes into effect.
- R1024 6set your clock back 1 hour tomorrow night (Daylight Savings Time ends)
- S1024 United Nations Day
- S10251415 Battle of Agincourt, where the Welsh longbow defeats the
- S10251415Carmored knight.
- S10251825 Erie Canal opens for business in New York.
- S10251854 the Light Brigade charges (Battle of Balaklava).
- R1025 6set your clock back 1 hour tomorrow night (Daylight Savings Time ends)
- S1025 Saint Crispin's Day
- S10261861 Telegraph service inaugurated in US (end of Pony Express).
- S10261881 Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Arizona.
- S10261903 the "Yerba Buena" is 1st Key System ferry to cross San Francisco Bay.
- S10261956 International Atomic Energy Agency established.
- S10261970 the "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers
- S10261972 Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin.
- R1026 6set your clock back 1 hour tomorrow night (Daylight Savings Time ends)
- S10271787 The 'Federalist' letters started appearing in NY newspapers.
- S10271858 RH Macy & Co. opens 1st store, on 6th Avenue, New York City.
- S10271896 1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (the Pali is a cliff where
- S10271896Cthe winds are so strong streams flow UP! Honest!).
- S10271904 New York opens 1st section of it's subway system.
- S10271972 Golden Gate National Recreation Area created.
- R1027 6set your clock back 1 hour tomorrow night (Daylight Savings Time ends)
- S10281492 Columbus discovers Cuba.
- S10281636 Harvard University founded.
- S1028 Eli Whitney gets a patent for the Cotton Gin.
- S10281886 Statue of Liberty dedicated.
- S10281904 St. Louis Police try a new investigation method - fingerprints.
- S10281919 Volstead Act passed by Congress, starting Prohibition.
- S10281965 the Gateway Arch (630 feet high) completed in St. Louis, Missouri.
- R1028 6set your clock back 1 hour tomorrow night (Daylight Savings Time ends)
- S10291833 1st College Fraternity founded.
- S10291863 International Committee of the Red Cross founded.
- S10291894 first election of the Hawaiian Republic.
- S10291923 Turkey is proclaimed to have a republican government.
- S10291929 "Black Tuesday", the Stock Market crash.
- S10291939 Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure).
- S10291956 "Goodnight, David" "Goodnight, Chet" heard on NBC for 1st time.
- S10291956C(Chet Huntley & David Brinkley, NBC News, team up).
- S1029 Republic Day, celebrated in Turkey.
- R1029 6set your clock back 1 hour tomorrow night (Daylight Savings Time ends)
- S10301864 Helena, capital of Montana, founded.
- S10301938 Orson Welles panics a nation with his broadcast: 'War of the Worlds'
- S10311956 Brooklyn, NY ends streetcar service.
- S1031 All Hallows Eve (you know, Halloween)