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- *mmddyyyy Birthdays
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- B04011883 Lon Chaney, man of a thousand faces
- B0402 742 Emperor Charlemagne
- B04021875 Walter Chrysler, founded a car company.
- B04021914 Sir Alec Guiness, thespian
- B04021920 Jack Webb, dum-de-dum-dum
- B04021924 Doris Day, girl next door
- B04031924 Marlon Brando, godfather
- B04041792 Thaddeus Stevens
- B04041802 Dorothea Dix, social reformer
- B04051856 Booker T. Washington
- B04051908 Bette Davis
- B04051954 Michael W. Butler, creator of this TODAY program.
- B04061810 Philip Henry Gosse, invented the institutional aquarium
- B04061866 Lincoln Steffens, muckraker.
- B04061890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, pioneer aircraft manufacturer
- B04061892 Donald Wills Douglas, founded an aircraft company.
- B04061892 Lowell Thomas, journalist
- B04071860 W.K. Kellogg, founded the cereal company.
- B04071915 Billie Holiday, blues singer
- B04071932 Mark Russell, satirist
- B04081889 Sir Adrian Boult, conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
- B04091830 Eadweard Muybridge, pioneered study of motion in photography.
- B04091865 Charles Proteus Steinmetz
- B04091879 W.C. Fields, Philadelphian
- B04091919 John Presper Eckert, co-inventor of first electronic computer (ENIAC)
- B04121777 Henry Clay, 'The Great Compromiser'
- B04121791 Francis P. Blair, helped found the Republican Party.
- B04121913 Lionel Hampton, orchestra leader & vibraphone improvisor
- B04131721 John Hanson, first US President under the Articles of Confederation.
- B04131743 Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President from 1801 - 1809.
- B04131852 F.W. Woolworth, the "five-and-ten" king.
- B04141889 Arnold Toynbee, historian
- B04151452 Leonardo da Vinci, factotum
- B04151707 Leonhard Euler, mathematician
- B04161867 Wilbur Wright, of aeroplane fame
- B04161889 Charlie Chaplin, tramp
- B04161947 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, tall person
- B04171837 J.P. Morgan, financed the US.
- B04171897 Thornton Wilder, American novelist
- B04181857 Clarence Darrow, lawyer
- B04191877 Ole Evinrude, invented the outboard marine engine.
- B04201889 Adolf Hitler, in Braunau, Austria.
- B04201893 Harold Lloyd, early film comedian.
- B04211926 Queen Elizabeth II of Britain.
- B04211838 John Muir, naturalist.
- B04221904 J. Robert Oppenheimer.
- B04231564 William Shakespeare, bard
- B04231791 James Buchanan, 15th President from 1857 - 1861.
- B04231813 Stephen Douglas, the "Little Giant", debated Lincoln
- B04231928 Shirley Temple, child actress
- B04241620 John Graunt, statistician, founded the science of demography
- B04241942 Barbra Streisand, profile
- B04251874 Guglielmo Marconi, made radio possible
- B04251908 Edward R. Murrow, set the standard for TV correspondents.
- B04261785 John James Audubon, birdwatcher
- B04261900 Charles Richter, he tells us how bad the quakes are.
- B04271791 Samuel F. B. Morse
- B04271822 Ulyssses S. Grant, 18th President from 1869 - 1877.
- B04271896 Wallace Hume Carothers, invented nylon.
- B04281758 James Monroe, 5th President from 1816 - 1824.
- B04291830 Adolph Sutro, SF mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels...
- B04291863 William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher (SF Examiner)
- B04291899 Duke Ellington
- B04301777 Carl Friedrich Gauss, one of the greatest mathematician of all time.
- B04301912 Eve Arden, Our Miss Brooks
- *mmddyyyy Events
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- S04011778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans Businessman, creates the "$" symbol.
- S04011889 The first dishwashing machine is marketed in Chicago.
- S04011941 Navy takes over San Francisco Bay's Treasure Island.
- S04011960 TIROS I (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) launched
- S04011960Cto improve weather prediction.
- R0401 April Fool's Day... but you knew that!
- R0401 7Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. begins tomorrow morning.
- S04021792 Congress establishes Coin denominations of United States.
- S04021877 The first Easter Egg Roll is held on the White House lawn --
- S04021877CRutherford B. Hayes was president.
- S04021935 Watson Watt granted a patent for RADAR.
- R0402 International Children's Book Day observed.
- R0402 7Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. begins tomorrow morning.
- S04031860 The first Pony Express riders simultaneously left Sacramento, CA
- S04031860Cand St. Joseph, MO.
- R0403 7Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. begins tomorrow morning.
- S04041914 The movie "The Perils of Pauline" was shown for the first time,
- S04041914Cin Los Angeles.
- R0404 7Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. begins tomorrow morning.
- S04051614 Pocahontas marries John Rolfe in Virginia.
- R0405 7Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. begins tomorrow morning.
- S04061862 Battle of Shiloh.
- S04061868 Brigham Young marries number 27, his final wife.
- S04061896 The first modern Olympic Games were opened in Greece.
- S04061906 First animated cartoon is copyrighted.
- S04061926 4 planes take off on first successful around-the-world flight.
- S04061957 New York City ends trolley car service.
- R0406 7Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. begins tomorrow morning.
- S04071933 Prohibition ends.
- S04071948 World Health Organization is established.
- S04081513 Ponce de Leon arrives in Florida.
- S04081766 The first patent is granted for a fire escape ... a wicker
- S04081766Cbasket on a pully and a chain, designed by a London watchmaker.
- S04081913 17th Amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified.
- S04081974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th home run, beats Babe Ruth's record.
- R0408 Kambutsue, celebration of Buddha's birthday, in Japan
- S04091865 Lee surrenders at Appomattox.
- S04091928 Mae West makes her New York City debut in a daring new play,
- S04091928C"Diamond Lil."
- S04091953 TV Guide publishes its first issue.
- S04091955 United Nations Charter hearing.
- S04101825 First hotel in Hawaii opens.
- S04101849 Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt of New York City. He
- S04101849Cimmediately sold the patent rights for $100.
- S04101882 Matson founds his shipping company, serving San Francisco & Hawaii.
- S04101953 House of Wax, first 3-D movie, released in New York.
- S04111876 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks organized.
- S04111895 Anaheim completes its new electric light system.
- S04111947 Jackie Robinson becomes first black in major league baseball.
- R0411 Barber Shop Quartet Day.
- S04121861 Fort Sumter, S. C., shelled by Confederacy, starts Civil War.
- S04121961 Yuri A. Gagarin becomes first man to orbit Earth.
- S04121981 First launch of the Space Shuttle "Columbia."
- S04131796 The first elephant arrives in the U.S. from Bengal, India.
- S04131976 $2 bill is re-introduced as United States currency.
- S04141828 First edition of Noah Webster's dictionary is published.
- S04141860 First Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St. Joseph, Missouri.
- S04141865 Abraham Lincoln assasinated in Ford's Theater.
- S04141928 Regular air passenger flights between San Francisco and
- S04141928CLos Angeles started, by Maddux Air Lines.
- S04151850 City of San Francisco incorporated.
- S04151912 Titanic sinks at 2:20 AM. And the band plays on . . .
- S04151923 Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics.
- S04151928 Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf opens for business.
- S04151955 Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants.
- R0415 Income Taxes are due today. Keep the IRS happy...
- S04161866 Nitroglycerine at the Wells Fargo & Co. office explodes.
- S04161926 The "Book-of-the-Month" Club opens for business.
- S04171524 New York Harbor discovered by Giovanni Verrazano.
- S04171875 The game of "snooker" -- a variation of pool -- is invented
- S04171875Cby Sir Neville Chamberlain, while on duty in India.
- S04171895 Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends first Sino-Japanese War (1894-95).
- S04171941 Office of Price Administration established (handled rationing)
- S04171961 U.S. invades Cuba's Bay of Pigs.
- S04181775 'The British are Coming!' declares Paul Revere from horseback.
- S04181906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire.
- S04181934 First "Washateria" (laundromat) is opened, in Fort Worth, Texas.
- S04181936 Pan-Am's "Clipper" starts providing regular passenger flights
- S04181936Cbetween San Francisco and Honolulu.
- S04191775 At Lexington Common, they fired the shot 'heard round the world'.
- S04191852 California Historical Society founded.
- S04191892 Charles Duryea takes the first American-made auto out for a spin.
- S04191939 Connecticut finally approves the Bill of Rights . . .
- S04191939C(only 148 years late).
- S04191956 American actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III.
- R0419 Patriot's Day.
- S04201902 Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the element Radium.
- S04201836 Territory of Wisconsin established by Congress.
- S04201879 The first "mobile home" (horse drawn) was used for a journey
- S04201879Cbetween London and Cyprus.
- S04201971 Supreme Court first upheld busing for school racial desegragation.
- S04201978 Korean Airlines flight 007 shot down by Soviets in Russian airspace.
- S0421 756 B.C., that is! According to legend, Rome was founded.
- S04211836 Texans lead by Sam Houston defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto.
- S04211862 Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Colorado.
- S04211918 The Red Baron (von Richthofen) shot down and killed in air battle.
- S04211940 Quiz show "Take It or Leave It" first asked the $64 question on CBS.
- S04211972 Apollo 16's John Young & Charles Duke walked on the moon's surface.
- S04211975 South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned after 10 years.
- S04221769 Madame Du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress.
- R0422 Earth Day.
- S04231896 First "moving pictures" are shown on a public screen in New York.
- R0423 National Secretary Day.
- S04241800 Library of Congress founded.
- S04241833 A patent is granted for the first soda fountain.
- S04251684 A patent is granted for the thimble.
- S04251901 New York becomes first state requiring license plates for cars.
- S04251945 United Nations Conference starts.
- S04251961 Robert Noyce granted a patent for the integrated circuit.
- R0425 Arbor Day. Plant a tree.
- S04261607 First British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va.
- S04261906 First motion pictures shown in Hawaii.
- S04261954 Nationwide test of the Salk anti-polio begins.
- S04271565 First Spanish settlement in Phillipines, Cebu City, founded.
- S04271897 Grant's Tomb (famed of song & legend) is dedicated.
- S04271937 US Social Security system makes its first benefit payment.
- S04271945 Founding of the Second Republic, in Austria.
- R0427 Union Day, celebrated in Tanzania.
- S04281754 Mutiny on the HMS Bounty occurs.
- S04281919 First successful parachute jump is made.
- S04281922 WOI, Ames, Iowa, becomes the country's first licensed
- S04281922Ceducational radio station.
- S04281974 Last Americans evacuated from Saigon.
- S04291553 A Flemish woman introduces the practice of starching linen
- S04291553Cinto England.
- S04291913 The all-purpose zipper is patented.
- R0429 The Emperor's Birthday, celebrated in Japan.
- S04301789 George Washington inaugurated as first president of the U.S.
- S04301798 Department of the Navy established.
- S04301803 US more than doubles its size thru the Louisiana Purchase.
- S04301808 The first practical typewriter was finished by Italian Pellegrini
- S04301808CTurri. He built it for a blind friend.
- S04301857 Founding of what would become San Jose State University.
- S04301869 The Hawaiian YMCA organized.
- S04301939 NBC makes first US demo of TV at opening of NY World's Fair.
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