mmddyyyy Birthdays
*mmddyyyy Birthdays
*-------- ------------------------------------------------------------
B08011770 William Clark, explored Pacific Northwest with Lewis.
B08011779 Francis Scott Key, wrote the 'Star-Spangled Banner'.
B08021986 Me! Do programs have life?
B08031811 Elisha Graves Otis, inventor of the safe elevator.
B08011815 Richard Henry Dana, spent 2 years before the mast.
B08041755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, invented the modern pencil.
B08051930 Neil Armstrong, 1st Moonwalker
B08061809 Lord Alfred Tennyson, poet laureate of England.
B08061881 Sir Alexander Fleming, cashed in on penicillin
B08071783 John Heathcoat, invented lace-making machinery
B08071886 Louis Alan Hazeltine, invented the neutrodyne circuit, making
B08071886Ccommercial radio possible.
B08081763 Charles Bullfinch, 1st US professional architect
B08081922 Rudi Gernreich, designed 1st women's topless swimsuit & the miniskirt
B08091930 Betty Boop
B08101874 Herbert Hoover, 31st President (1929-1933)
B08121881 Cecil B. deMille, directed God.
B08121911 Mario Moreno, alias Cantinflas.
B08131655 Johann Christoph Denner, invented the clarinet.
B08131818 Lucy Stone, pioneer in Woman's Rights.
B08131860 Annie Oakley
B08151769 Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba
B08151803 Sir James Douglas, father of British Columbia.
B08151912 Julia Child, chef.
B08161884 Hugo Gernsback, responsible for science fiction becoming an
B08161884Cindependent literary form.
B08161892 Harold Foster, cartoonist, created "Prince Valiant", known for
B08161892Cit's fine drawing and historical detail.
B08171786 Davy Crockett
B08171892 Mae West. Go up and see her sometime.
B08181618 Virginia Dare, 1st child born in America of English parents.
B08181834 Marshall Field, founded a Chicago-based store chain.
B08191646 John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England.
B08191785 Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks.
B08191871 Orville Wright
B08201833 Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President (1889-1893)
B08211660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building.
B08221862 Claude Debussy, composer
B08221920 Ray Bradbury, science fiction author.
B08231869 James "Sunny Jim" Rolph, Mayor (1912-1931), Muni backer.
B08241816 Sir Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful trans-Atlantic cables
B08241886 William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed the Liberty ships
B08251927 Althea Gibson, 1st black tennis champion (in a major event)
B08261873 Lee De Forest, invented the Audion vacuum tube (radio tube).
B08271882 Samuel Goldwyn, pioneer filmmaker
B08271899 C.S. Forester, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower
B08271908 Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President (1963-1969)
B08281749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, social philosopher
B08301797 Mary Shelley, wrote Frankenstein
*mmddyyyy Events
*-------- ---------------------------------------------------------------
S08011291 the Everlasting League forms, the basis of the Swiss Confederation.
S08011790 First U.S. Census
S08011794 Whisky Rebellion
S08011852 Black Methodists in SF establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist.
S08011881 US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island.
S08011901 Burial within San Francisco City limits prohibited.
S08011907 Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street.
S08011916 Hawaii National Park established.
S08011946 President Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission.
S08011953 California introduces it's Sales Tax (for Education).
S08011958 First Class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years).
S08011961 New San Francisco Hall of Justice opens.
S0801 6The start of the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California.
S0801 Confederation Day, celebrated in Switzerland
S08021873 1st trial run of an SF cable car, on Clay Street between
S08021873CKearny and Jones, downhill all the way, at 4AM.
S08021877 San Francisco Public Library opens with 5000 volumes.
S08021923 President Harding dies at the Palace Hotel.
S08031492 Columbus sets sail for 'the Indies'.
S08041693 Champagne is invented by Dom Perignon.
S08041790 United States Coast Guard founded.
S08051775 the 1st Spanish ship, 'San Carlos', enters San Francisco bay.
S08051861 US levies it's first Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800).
S08051864 the spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati.
S08051963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed.
S08061835 Bolivia gains it's independence
S08061926 the first woman swims the English Channel.
S08061945 the Atom Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the 'Enola Gay'.
S0806 Independence Day, celebrated in Bolivia.
S08071807 1st servicable steamboat, the Cleremont, goes on 1st voyage.
S08071820 Potatoes first planted in Hawaii.
S08091803 1st horses arrive in Hawaii.
S08091842 the US-Canada border defined by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
S08091945 Atom Bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
S08091974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency.
S08101809 Ecuador gains it's independence.
S08101973 1st BART train travels thru transbay tube to Montgomery St Station.
S08101981 Pete Rose tops Stan Musial's record of 3630 hits.
S0810 Independence Day, celebrated in Ecuador
S08111888 The California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store).
S08121851 Issac Singer granted a patent for his sewing machine.
S08131876 Reciprocity Treaty between US and Hawaii ratified.
S0813 International Left-handers Day
S08141846 Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance.
S08141945 VJ Day - Japan surrendered to end World War II.
S08151901 Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of
S08151901Cnitrogelatin (and that ain't jello).
S08151945 Riot in San Francisco celebrating end of World War II.
S08151945CSouth Korea liberated from Japanese rule.
S08151960 the Congo (Brazzaville) gains it's independence.
S0815 Independence Day, celebrated in the Congo.
S0815 Liberation Day, celebrated in South Korea.
S08161969 Woodstock festival begins in New York.
S08171858 1st bank in Hawaii opens.
S08171908 Bank of Italy opens it's new headquarters at Clay & Montgomery.
S08171950 Indonesia gains it's independence.
S0817 Independence Day, celebrated in Indonesia
S08191826 Canada Co. chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario).
S08191960 Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by USSR (U-2 incident)
S0819 Aviation Day
S0819 6Admission Day (celebrated in Hawaii).
S08201942 Dimout regulations implemented in San Francisco.
S08201956 Republicans start convention at the Cow Palace.
S08201977 Voyager II launched.
S0820 6Admission Day (celebrated in Hawaii).
S08211959 Hawaii became the 50th state.
S08211968 Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia.
S08221787 John Fitch's steamboat completes it's tests, years before
S08221787CFulton builds his steamboat.
S08231869 1st carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in San Francisco,
S08231869Cfrom Boston, after a 16-day rail trip.
S08231872 1st Japanese commercial ship visits San Francisco with a cargo of tea.
S08231889 1st ship-to-shore wireless message received in US:
S08231889CUS lightship to Cliff House.
S0824 79 Pompeii is buried.
S08241814 British sack Washington, DC.
S08241869 the Waffle Iron is invented.
S08241909 Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
S08241989 Voyager II flies past Neptune.
S08251825 Uruguay gains it's independence.
S08251864 Combination rail & ferry service available from SF to Alameda.
S08251929 Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco, headed for Los Angeles
S08251929Cafter trans-Pacific voyage from Tokyo.
S08251981 Voyager II flies past Saturn.
S0825 Independence Day, celebrated in Uruguay.
S08261629 Cambridge Agreement pledged. Massachusetts Bay Co. stockholders
S08261629Cagreed to emigrate to New England.
S08261791 John Fitch granted a US patent for his working steamboat.
S08261846 W. A. Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF).
S08261907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in
S08261907C57 seconds.
S08261920 19th Amendment passes - Women's Suffrage granted (about time!)
S08261937 Pumping to build Treasure Island finished.
S08261952 Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins.
S08271859 1st successful oil well drilled near Titusville, Penn.
S08271883 Krakatoa, WEST of Java, blew apart (Top that, St Helens).
S08271928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agreed to outlaw war.
S08291914 'Arizonan' is the 1st vessel to arrive in SF via the Panama Canal.
S08291954 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens.
S08301850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city.
S08301979 1st recorded occurrance of a comet hitting the sun (the energy
S08301979Creleased was about equal to 1 million hydrogen bombs).
S08311850 The California Pioneers organized at Montgomery & Clay Streets.
S08311886 Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized.
S08311980 Solidarity Labor Union in Poland is founded.
*-------- ------------------------------------------------------------
B08011770 William Clark, explored Pacific Northwest with Lewis.
B08011779 Francis Scott Key, wrote the 'Star-Spangled Banner'.
B08021986 Me! Do programs have life?
B08031811 Elisha Graves Otis, inventor of the safe elevator.
B08011815 Richard Henry Dana, spent 2 years before the mast.
B08041755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, invented the modern pencil.
B08051930 Neil Armstrong, 1st Moonwalker
B08061809 Lord Alfred Tennyson, poet laureate of England.
B08061881 Sir Alexander Fleming, cashed in on penicillin
B08071783 John Heathcoat, invented lace-making machinery
B08071886 Louis Alan Hazeltine, invented the neutrodyne circuit, making
B08071886Ccommercial radio possible.
B08081763 Charles Bullfinch, 1st US professional architect
B08081922 Rudi Gernreich, designed 1st women's topless swimsuit & the miniskirt
B08091930 Betty Boop
B08101874 Herbert Hoover, 31st President (1929-1933)
B08121881 Cecil B. deMille, directed God.
B08121911 Mario Moreno, alias Cantinflas.
B08131655 Johann Christoph Denner, invented the clarinet.
B08131818 Lucy Stone, pioneer in Woman's Rights.
B08131860 Annie Oakley
B08151769 Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba
B08151803 Sir James Douglas, father of British Columbia.
B08151912 Julia Child, chef.
B08161884 Hugo Gernsback, responsible for science fiction becoming an
B08161884Cindependent literary form.
B08161892 Harold Foster, cartoonist, created "Prince Valiant", known for
B08161892Cit's fine drawing and historical detail.
B08171786 Davy Crockett
B08171892 Mae West. Go up and see her sometime.
B08181618 Virginia Dare, 1st child born in America of English parents.
B08181834 Marshall Field, founded a Chicago-based store chain.
B08191646 John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England.
B08191785 Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks.
B08191871 Orville Wright
B08201833 Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President (1889-1893)
B08211660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building.
B08221862 Claude Debussy, composer
B08221920 Ray Bradbury, science fiction author.
B08231869 James "Sunny Jim" Rolph, Mayor (1912-1931), Muni backer.
B08241816 Sir Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful trans-Atlantic cables
B08241886 William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed the Liberty ships
B08251927 Althea Gibson, 1st black tennis champion (in a major event)
B08261873 Lee De Forest, invented the Audion vacuum tube (radio tube).
B08271882 Samuel Goldwyn, pioneer filmmaker
B08271899 C.S. Forester, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower
B08271908 Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President (1963-1969)
B08281749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, social philosopher
B08301797 Mary Shelley, wrote Frankenstein
*mmddyyyy Events
*-------- ---------------------------------------------------------------
S08011291 the Everlasting League forms, the basis of the Swiss Confederation.
S08011790 First U.S. Census
S08011794 Whisky Rebellion
S08011852 Black Methodists in SF establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist.
S08011881 US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island.
S08011901 Burial within San Francisco City limits prohibited.
S08011907 Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street.
S08011916 Hawaii National Park established.
S08011946 President Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission.
S08011953 California introduces it's Sales Tax (for Education).
S08011958 First Class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years).
S08011961 New San Francisco Hall of Justice opens.
S0801 6The start of the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California.
S0801 Confederation Day, celebrated in Switzerland
S08021873 1st trial run of an SF cable car, on Clay Street between
S08021873CKearny and Jones, downhill all the way, at 4AM.
S08021877 San Francisco Public Library opens with 5000 volumes.
S08021923 President Harding dies at the Palace Hotel.
S08031492 Columbus sets sail for 'the Indies'.
S08041693 Champagne is invented by Dom Perignon.
S08041790 United States Coast Guard founded.
S08051775 the 1st Spanish ship, 'San Carlos', enters San Francisco bay.
S08051861 US levies it's first Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800).
S08051864 the spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati.
S08051963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed.
S08061835 Bolivia gains it's independence
S08061926 the first woman swims the English Channel.
S08061945 the Atom Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the 'Enola Gay'.
S0806 Independence Day, celebrated in Bolivia.
S08071807 1st servicable steamboat, the Cleremont, goes on 1st voyage.
S08071820 Potatoes first planted in Hawaii.
S08091803 1st horses arrive in Hawaii.
S08091842 the US-Canada border defined by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
S08091945 Atom Bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
S08091974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency.
S08101809 Ecuador gains it's independence.
S08101973 1st BART train travels thru transbay tube to Montgomery St Station.
S08101981 Pete Rose tops Stan Musial's record of 3630 hits.
S0810 Independence Day, celebrated in Ecuador
S08111888 The California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store).
S08121851 Issac Singer granted a patent for his sewing machine.
S08131876 Reciprocity Treaty between US and Hawaii ratified.
S0813 International Left-handers Day
S08141846 Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance.
S08141945 VJ Day - Japan surrendered to end World War II.
S08151901 Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of
S08151901Cnitrogelatin (and that ain't jello).
S08151945 Riot in San Francisco celebrating end of World War II.
S08151945CSouth Korea liberated from Japanese rule.
S08151960 the Congo (Brazzaville) gains it's independence.
S0815 Independence Day, celebrated in the Congo.
S0815 Liberation Day, celebrated in South Korea.
S08161969 Woodstock festival begins in New York.
S08171858 1st bank in Hawaii opens.
S08171908 Bank of Italy opens it's new headquarters at Clay & Montgomery.
S08171950 Indonesia gains it's independence.
S0817 Independence Day, celebrated in Indonesia
S08191826 Canada Co. chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario).
S08191960 Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by USSR (U-2 incident)
S0819 Aviation Day
S0819 6Admission Day (celebrated in Hawaii).
S08201942 Dimout regulations implemented in San Francisco.
S08201956 Republicans start convention at the Cow Palace.
S08201977 Voyager II launched.
S0820 6Admission Day (celebrated in Hawaii).
S08211959 Hawaii became the 50th state.
S08211968 Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia.
S08221787 John Fitch's steamboat completes it's tests, years before
S08221787CFulton builds his steamboat.
S08231869 1st carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in San Francisco,
S08231869Cfrom Boston, after a 16-day rail trip.
S08231872 1st Japanese commercial ship visits San Francisco with a cargo of tea.
S08231889 1st ship-to-shore wireless message received in US:
S08231889CUS lightship to Cliff House.
S0824 79 Pompeii is buried.
S08241814 British sack Washington, DC.
S08241869 the Waffle Iron is invented.
S08241909 Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
S08241989 Voyager II flies past Neptune.
S08251825 Uruguay gains it's independence.
S08251864 Combination rail & ferry service available from SF to Alameda.
S08251929 Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco, headed for Los Angeles
S08251929Cafter trans-Pacific voyage from Tokyo.
S08251981 Voyager II flies past Saturn.
S0825 Independence Day, celebrated in Uruguay.
S08261629 Cambridge Agreement pledged. Massachusetts Bay Co. stockholders
S08261629Cagreed to emigrate to New England.
S08261791 John Fitch granted a US patent for his working steamboat.
S08261846 W. A. Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF).
S08261907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in
S08261907C57 seconds.
S08261920 19th Amendment passes - Women's Suffrage granted (about time!)
S08261937 Pumping to build Treasure Island finished.
S08261952 Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins.
S08271859 1st successful oil well drilled near Titusville, Penn.
S08271883 Krakatoa, WEST of Java, blew apart (Top that, St Helens).
S08271928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agreed to outlaw war.
S08291914 'Arizonan' is the 1st vessel to arrive in SF via the Panama Canal.
S08291954 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens.
S08301850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city.
S08301979 1st recorded occurrance of a comet hitting the sun (the energy
S08301979Creleased was about equal to 1 million hydrogen bombs).
S08311850 The California Pioneers organized at Montgomery & Clay Streets.
S08311886 Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized.
S08311980 Solidarity Labor Union in Poland is founded.
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