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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 from 1837 - 1841.
- B12051839 General George A. Custer, lost to Indians.
- B12051901 Walter Elias Disney, father of Mickey Mouse.
- B12061822 John Eberhard, built first 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, humorist.
- 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 first auto
- B12151861Cto be built 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.
- 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, first Postmaster, first Mayor (May 1, 1850.)
- B12201868 Harvey Firestone
- B12211911 Josh Gibson, in professional baseball, the "Negro Babe Ruth."
- B12221858 Giacomo Puccini, opera 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
- B12271571Corbits.
- B12281856 Woodrow Wilson, 28th President from 1912 - 1921.
- B12291800 Charles Goodyear, invented vulcanization process for rubber.
- B12291808 Andrew Johnson, 17th President from 1865 - 1869.
- B12291809 William Ewart Gladstone, British statesman.
- B12291876 Pablo Casals, cellist.
- *mmddyyyy Events
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- S12011887 Sherlock Holmes first appears in print: "A Study In Scarlet."
- S12011913 First drive-up gasoline station opens, in Pittsburgh.
- S12011922 First skywriting over the US - "Hello U.S.A." - by Capt.
- S12011922CTurner, RAF.
- S12021816 First savings bank in US opens as the Philadelphia Savings
- S12021816CFund Society.
- S12021823 President James Monroe declares his doctrine.
- S12021887 Charles Dickens' first public reading in U.S., in New York
- S12021887CCity.
- S12021942 First controlled nuclear reaction at University of Chicago.
- S12021982 First permanent artificial heart successfully implanted.
- S12031586 Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from
- S12031586CColombia.
- S12031621 Galileo invents the telescope.
- S12031952 First television broadcast in Hawaii.
- S12031954 Joseph McCarthy goes too far in his attacks and is condemned
- S12031954Cby the U.S. Senate.
- S12031967 First human heart transplant performed, in Capetown, South
- S12031967CAfrica.
- S12041674 Father Marquette builds first dwelling in what is now Chicago.
- S12041783 Gen. Washington bids his officers farewell at Fraunce's
- S12041783CTavern, New York City.
- S12041915 Panama Pacific International Exposition opens.
- S12051776 Phi Beta Kappa, first American scholastic fraternity, founded.
- S12051933 Prohibition is ended in U.S. by ratification of 21st Amendment.
- S12061768 First edition of Encyclopaedia Brittanica is published in
- S12061768CScotland.
- S12061876 City of Anaheim incorporated for a second time.
- S12061917 Finland gains its independence.
- R1206 Independence Day, celebrated in Finland.
- S12071787 Delaware is the first state to ratify the Constitution.
- S12071868 Pearshall Brothers open a school in New York City ... to teach
- S12071868Cthe art of riding a bicycle!
- S12071941 Pearl Harbor is attacked. A day that will live in infamy.
- S12071972 Apollo 17, last of the Apollo moon series, launched.
- S12081886 American Federation of Labor is organized in Columbus, Ohio.
- S12081987 President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a
- S12081987Ctreaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles.
- S12091640 Settler Hugh Bewitt is banished from colony of Massachusetts.
- S12091640Cwhen he declares himself to be free of original sin.
- S12091793 Noah Webster establishes New York's first daily newspaper.
- S12091907 First Christmas Seals sold, in the Wilmington, Delaware
- S12091907CPost Office.
- S12101901 First awarding and distribution of Nobel Peace Prizes.
- S12101927 Grand Ole Opry makes its first radio broadcast, in
- S12101927CNashville, TN.
- R1210 Human Rights Day, a United Nations observance.
- S12111936 King Edward VIII of England abdicates, brother George VI
- S12111936Cascends throne.
- S12121901 Marconi receives first trans-Atlantic radio signal from
- S12121901CEngland to US.
- S12121925 Arthur Heinman coins the term "motel," opens one in
- S12121925CSan Luis Obispo.
- S12121963 Kenya gains its independence.
- R1212 National Ding-a-ling Day (honest!)
- S12131903 Wright brothers first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, NC.
- S12131903 Italo Marcioni patents the ice cream cone ... in New Jersey.
- S12131918 Wilson becomes first to make a foreign visit while President.
- S12131978 Susan B. Anthony dollar, first US coin to honor a woman,
- S12131978Cissued.
- S12141656 Artificial pearls first manufactured by M. Jacquin in Paris,
- S12141656Cmade of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales.
- S12141819 Alabama admitted to the Union.
- S12141911 South Pole first reached by Amundsen.
- S12151791 Bill of Rights is ratified when Virginia gives its approval.
- S12151877 Patent granted to Mr. Edison for the phonograph.
- S12151939 World Premiere of "Gone With The Wind" in Atlanta, GA.
- S12151965 First rendevous in space: Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 link up.
- R1215 Bill of Rights Day.
- S12161773 Big Tea Party in Boston Harbor. Indians welcome.
- S12161905 "Variety", covering all phases of show business, first
- S12161905Cpublished.
- S12161907 Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on its World
- S12161907CCruise.
- S12171791 New York City traffic regulation creates the first one-way
- S12171791Cstreet.
- S12171843 "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published in London.
- S12171852 First Hawaiian cavalry organized.
- S12171860 Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County.
- S12171903 First sustained motorized aircraft flight by Wright Brothers.
- S12171903Cat 10:35AM, for 12 seconds.
- S12171933 First professional football game: Chicago Bears vs. NY Giants.
- S12181899 George Grant wins patent for his golf tee.
- S12191732 Benjamin Frankin begins publication of "Poor Richard's
- S12191732CAlmanack."
- S12191777 Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge for the winter.
- S12191889 Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii.
- R1219 Underdog Day. Awwwwww . . .
- S12201803 Louisiana Purchase officially transferred.
- S12201850 Hawaiian post office established.
- S12201880 New York's Broadway lighted by electricity, becomes known as
- S12201880Cthe "Great White Way."
- S12211620 The Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock.
- S12211913 First crossword puzzle (with 32 clues), printed in New York
- S12211913CWorld.
- S12211937 First feature-length cartoon with color and sound premieres.
- S12211937C"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
- R1221 The Winter Solstice, shortest day of the year.
- S12221850 Hawaiian Post Office established.
- S12221895 United States Golf Association is formed.
- S12231834 Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs.
- S12231947 Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain & Shockley in Bell
- S12231947CLabs.
- S12241814 Treaty of Ghent signed, ending War of 1812 (this news did not
- S12241814Carrive until after the Battle of New Orleans.)
- S12241906 First known radio program in US is broadcast.
- R1224 Christmas Eve. No fair peeking 'till morning.
- S12251776 Washington crosses the Delaware and surprises the Hessians.
- S12251843 First theatre matinee given at Olympic Theatre, New York City.
- R1225 Christmas Day. Peace on Earth, good will toward all men.
- R1225 Constitution Day, celebrated in Republic of China (Taiwan.)
- S12261865 James Nason invents the first American coffee percolator.
- R1226 1Boxing Day, celebrated in Canada, United Kingdom (except Scotland.)
- S12271831 Darwin begins his voyage onboard the HMS Beagle.
- S12271850 Hawaiian Fire Department established.
- S12271871 World's first Cat Show held at Crystal Palace in London.
- S12271903 "Sweet Adaline", a barbershop quartet favorite, is first sung.
- S12271932 Radio City Music Hall in New York City opens.
- R1227 2Boxing Day, celebrated in Canada, United Kingdom (except Scotland.)
- S12281669 A patent for chewing gum is granted to William Semple.
- S12281849 Dry-cleaning process accidentally discovered when M. Jolly-Bellin,
- S12281849Ca tailor, upsets a lamp, containing turpentine and oil,
- S12281849Con his clothing and noticed it had a cleaning effect.
- S12281902 Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US.
- R1228 3Boxing Day, celebrated in Canada, United Kingdom (except Scotland.)
- S12291852 Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants!
- S12301817 First coffee planted in Hawaii.
- S12301853 Gadsden Purchase signed; U.S. acquires Arizona and New Mexico.
- S12311776 Rhode Island establishes wage & price controls to curb inflation:
- S12311776CLimit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors.
- S12311879 Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US.)
- S12311879 Edison gives public demonstration of his incandescent lamp.
- S12311921 Last San Francisco Fire Dept. horses retired.
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