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*UPDATED 05/22/91 HALEY
*mmddyyyy Birthdays
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B10011881 William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft company.
B10011924 Jimmy Carter, 39th President from 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, first Western consul to reside in Japan.
B10031925 Gore Vidal, writer.
B10041822 Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President from 1877 - 1881.
B10041895 Buster Keaton, clown.
B10041931 Dick Tracy, private detective.
B10051829 Chester A. Arthur, 21st President from 1881 - 1884.
B10051882 Robert Hutchings Goddard, father of modern rocketry.
B10051905 Ray Kroc, who gave Ronald McDonald a job.
B10061820 Jenny Lind, nightingale.
B10061846 George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US.
B10061866 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast first program of
B10061866Cvoice & music.
B10071885 Niels Bohr, physicist & Nobel laureate, expanded quantum physics.
B10081869 J. Frank Duryea, with his brother, invented first 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, tenor.
B10131769 Horace H. Hayden, cofounder of first dental college.
B10131925 Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister.
B10141857 Elwood Haynes, auto pioneer, built one of the first US autos.
B10141890 Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President from 1953 - 1961.
B10141894 e.e. cummings, poet.
B10141896 Lillian Gish, actress.
B10151829 Asaph Hall, astronomer, discovered the moons of Mars,
B10151829CPhobos & 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, Canadian Prime Minister.
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, U.S. Vice President.
B10231925 Johnny Carson, bedtime storyteller.
B10251881 Pablo Picasso, doodler.
B10261855 Charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals.
B10271728 Captain James Cook, discovered the Sandwich Islands.
B10271811 Isaac Merrit Singer, invented first practical home
B10271811Csewing machine.
B10271858 Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President from 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 from 1797 - 1801.
*mmddyyyy Events
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S10011851 First Hawaiian stamps issued.
S10011869 First postcards are issued in Vienna.
S10011896 Yosemite becomes a National Park.
S10011898 Henry Huntington buys the Los Angeles Railway.
S10011903 First World Series starts between the National & American Leagues/
S10011908 Henry Ford introduces the Model T car.
S10011960 Nigeria gains its independence.
S10011962 Johnny Carson hosts his first Tonight Show.
S10011964 San Francisco's Cable Cars declared a National Landmark.
S10011971 Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens.
R1001 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.
S10021958 Guinea gains its independence.
R1002 Independence Day, celebrated in Guinea.
S10031789 Washington proclaims the first national Thanksgiving Day
S10031789Cwill be observed on Nov 26.
S10031863 Lincoln one-ups Washington, designates the last Thursday
S10031863Cin November as Thanksgiving Day
S10031913 Federal Income Tax is signed into law (at 1%)
S10031955 Captain Kangaroo premieres. Good Morning, Captain!
S10031960 San Francisco's White House department store is first to accept
S10031960Cthe BankAmericard in lieu of cash.
S10041883 The 'Orient Express' begins its first run, linking Turkey to
S10041883CEurope by rail.
S10041957 USSR launches Sputnik, the first artificial earth satellite.
S10051921 First radio broadcast of the World Series.
S10051970 PBS becomes a network.
S10061889 Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
S10061927 "The Jazz Singer", first movie with a sound track, premieres.
R1006 Universal Children's Day
S10071826 Granite Railway (first chartered railway in US) begins
S10071826Coperations.
S10071916 Georgia Tech beats Cumberland University 222-0. (Football!)
S10081840 First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed.
S10081860 Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.
S10081871 The Great Fire destroys over 4 square miles of Chicago.
S10081896 Dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks.
S10081906 Karl Nessler demonstrates the first 'permanent wave' for hair,
S10081906Cin London.
S10081933 San Francisco's Coit Tower dedicated.
R1008 2Columbus Day. Join the parade.
R1008 2Discoverer's Day (celebrated in Hawaii.)
R1008 2Canadian Thanksgiving Day.
S10091000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England.)
S10091855 Joshua Stoddard patents the first calliope.
R1009 2Columbus Day. Join the parade.
R1009 2Discoverer's Day (celebrated in Hawaii.)
R1009 2Canadian Thanksgiving Day
S10101886 Griswold Lorillard wears the first dinner jacket to the
S10101886CAutumn Ball in Tuxedo Park. Thus the name 'tuxedo.'
S10101911 The Manchu Dynasty is overthrown in China.
S10101980 Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated.
R1010 2Columbus Day. Join the parade.
R1010 2Discoverer's Day (celebrated in Hawaii.)
R1010 2Canadian Thanksgiving Day.
R1010 National Day, celebrated in Taiwan.
S10111890 Daughters of the American Revolution founded.
S10111968 Apollo 7 launched, first manned flight of the Command & Service
S10111968Cmodules.
R1011 2Columbus Day. Join the parade.
R1011 2Discoverer's Day (celebrated in Hawaii.)
R1011 2Canadian Thanksgiving Day.
S10121823 Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling the raincoats.
S10121933 Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially.)
S10121957 First commercial flight between California and Antartica.
R1012 The REAL Columbus Day.
R1012 2Discoverer's Day (celebrated in Hawaii.)
R1012 2Canadian Thanksgiving Day.
S10131792 George Washington lays the cornerstone of the White House.
R1013 2Columbus Day. Join the parade.
R1013 2Discoverer's Day (celebrated in Hawaii.)
R1013 2Canadian Thanksgiving Day.
S10141066 Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror wins England.
S10141774 First declaration of colonial rights in America.
S10141947 First supersonic flight (Mach 1.015 at 42,000 feet.)
R1014 2Columbus Day. Join the parade.
R1014 2Discoverer's Day (celebrated in Hawaii.)
R1014 2Canadian Thanksgiving Day.
S10151520 King Henry Viii of England orders bowling lanes to be built
S10151520Cat Whitehall, in London.
S10151860 Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard.
R1015 Mushroom Day. Stay in the dark.
R1015 National Grouch Day. Cheer down!
S10161829 The Tremont Hotel, the first modern hotel in the U.S., opens
S10161829Cin Boston, featuring washbowls in each room, and 8 bathrooms
S10161829Cin the basement!
S10161859 John Brown attacks the armory at Harper's Ferry.
S10161941 Gordo (by Gus Arriola) first appears in newspapers.
S10171492 Columbus sights the isle of San Salvador.
S10171781 Cornwallis is defeated at Yorktown.
S10171860 First professional golf tournament is held, in Scotland.
S10171904 Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors.
S10181776 The back of a bar in New York is decorated with birds' tail
S10181776Cfeathers. A customer jokingly asked for a glass of those
S10181776C"cock tails," and a tradition was born!
S10181869 The United States take possession of Alaska.
S10181892 First commercial long-distance phone line opens
S10181892C(Chicago - New York.)
S10181922 British Broadcasting Corporation established.
R1018 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 First flour mill in Hawaii begins operations.
S10191874 The Ivy League establishes rules for college football.
S10201600 Battle of Sekigahara, which established the Tokugawa clan as
S10201600Crulers of Japan (SHOGUN) until 1865 (basis of Clavell's novel.)
S10201817 The first "Showboat" leaves Nashville, Tennessee to give shows
S10201817Calong the Mississippi. It was a converted keelboat.
S10201820 Spain gives Florida to the United States.
S10201906 Dr Lee DeForest gives a demonstration of his radio tube.
S10211805 Battle of Trefalgar, where Nelson established British naval
S10211805Csupremacy for the next century.
S10211869 First shipment of fresh oysters comes overland from Baltimore.
S10211879 Thomas Edison commercially perfects the light bulb.
S10221936 First commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii.
S10221981 US National debt topped $1 TRILLION (nothing to celebrate.)
S10231915 25,000 New York City women demonstrate, demanding voting rights.
S10231956 The ill-fated revolt in Communist Hungary starts, later crushed
S10231956Cby Soviet tanks.
R1023 United States Day.
R1023 6Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. ends at 2AM Sunday.
S10241945 United Nations Charter goes into effect.
R1024 6Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. ends at 2AM Sunday.
R1024 7Set your clock back 1 hour tonight (Daylight Savings Time ends.)
R1024 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.)
S10251939 Nylon stockings go on sale in the U.S. for the first time.
R1025 6Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. ends at 2AM Sunday.
R1025 7Set your clock back 1 hour tonight (Daylight Savings Time ends.)
R1025 Saint Crispin's Day.
S10261861 Telegraph service inaugurated in US (end of Pony Express.)
S10261881 Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Arizona.
S10261956 International Atomic Energy Agency established.
S10261970 The "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers.
S10261972 Guided tours of Alcatraz Prison (by Park Service) begin.
R1026 6Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. ends at 2AM Sunday.
R1026 7Set your clock back 1 hour tonight (Daylight Savings Time ends.)
S10271787 The 'Federalist' letters started appearing in NY newspapers.
S10271858 RH Macy & Co. opens first store, on 6th Avenue, New York City.
S10271896 First Pali Road completed in Hawaii (the Pali is a cliff where
S10271896Cthe winds are so strong streams flow UP! Honest!)
S10271904 New York opens first section of its subway system.
S10271916 The first published reference to "jazz" appears in an article
S10271916Cin "Variety" about the formation of "jazz bands" in Chicago.
R1027 6Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. ends at 2AM Sunday.
R1027 7Set your clock back 1 hour tonight (Daylight Savings Time ends.)
S10281492 Columbus discovers Cuba.
S10281636 Harvard University founded.
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 6Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. ends at 2AM Sunday.
R1028 7Set your clock back 1 hour tonight (Daylight Savings Time ends.)
S10291833 First College Fraternity founded.
S10291863 International Committee of the Red Cross founded.
S10291894 First election of the Hawaiian Republic.
S10291904 The first intercity trucking service goes into business with
S10291904Ca route between Colorado City and Snyder, Texas.
S10291923 Turkey is proclaimed to have a republican government.
S10291929 "Black Tuesday", the Stock Market crash.
S10291939 Golden Gate International Exposition closes (first closure.)
S10291956 "Goodnight, David" "Goodnight, Chet" heard on NBC for first time.
S10291956C(Chet Huntley & David Brinkley, NBC News, team up.)
R1029 Republic Day, celebrated in Turkey.
R1029 6Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. ends at 2AM Sunday.
R1029 7Set your clock back 1 hour tonight (Daylight Savings Time ends.)
S10301864 Helena, capital of Montana, founded.
S10301775 US Navy is created.
S10301938 Orson Welles panics a nation with his broadcast of
S10301938C'War of the Worlds.'
R1030 6Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. ends at 2AM Sunday.
R1030 7Set your clock back 1 hour tonight (Daylight Savings Time ends.)
S10311815 Sir Humphrey Davy of London patents the miner's safety lamp.
S10311956 Brooklyn, NY ends streetcar service.
R1031 All Hallows Eve (you know, Halloween.)
*mmddyyyy Log-offs
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L1001 Love is where there is no fear. Fear is where there is no love.
L1002 An entrepreneur is the kind of person who will work 16 hours a day
L1002 Cto avoid having to work 8 hours a day for someone else.
L1003 Indeed, the heaviest thing in the world is a heavy heart.
L1004 The two most engaging powers of an author: new things are made
L1004 Cfamiliar, and familiar things are made new.
L1005 Accuracy is a duty and not a virtue.
L1006 Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others
L1006 Ccannot keep it from themselves.
L1007 When the problem is not so much resisting temptation
L1007 Cas finding it, you may just be getting older.
L1008 Freedom is the cement that binds nations together.
L1009 There are two classes of travel: first class, and with children.
L1010 When we don't waste time, we always have enough.
L1011 A true friend will go right on liking you no matter how
L1011 Csuccessful either of you become.
L1012 If you live long enough, the venerability factor creeps in;
L1012 Cfirst, you get accused of things you never did,
L1012 Cand later, credited for virtues you never had.
L1013 Behold the turtle. He makes progress
L1013 Conly when he sticks his neck out.
L1014 Lucky parents who have fine children usually have
L1014 Clucky children who have fine parents.
L1015 Yesterday's scandal is today's nostalgia.
L1016 A house is made of walls and beams;
L1016 Ca home is built with love and dreams.
L1017 Those proud of keeping an orderly desk never know the thrill
L1017 Cof finding something you thought was irretrievably lost.
L1018 Youth, the more it is wasted the sooner it wears.
L1019 Camp life is just one canned thing after another.
L1020 The greatest ability is dependability.
L1021 It is a psychological paradox that those who are
L1021 Cmost afraid to die are most afraid to live; and in seeking
L1021 Cto cheat death, they defraud themselves of life.
L1022 A budget is a family's attempt to live below its yearnings.
L1023 The two things we never have enough of
L1023 Ctime and space - are infinite.
L1024 Access to power must be confined to men who are not in love with it.
L1025 May your house be still a garrison of smiling children.
L1026 Governments sometimes do the right thing,
L1026 Cbut only after they have exhausted all the alternatives.
L1027 New air for the lungs, new objects for the eye, new ideas for the brain
L1027 Cthese a vacation should always bring to man.
L1028 It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.
L1029 Affluence is that brief happy time between the last payment
L1029 Cand the first repair bill.
L1030 If you're dog-tired at night,
L1030 Cit may be because you growled all day.
L1031 The commonest and cheapest of all pleasures is conversation.
L1031 CIt is the greatest pastime of life.