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- B07041753 Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard, first balloon flights
- B07041753Cin England, US.
- B07041804 Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- B07041826 Stephen Foster, American composer, "Oh, Susanna."
- B07041872 Calvin Coolidge, 30th President from 1923 - 1929.
- B07041878 George M. Cohan.
- B07041883 Rube Goldberg, made the easy outrageously difficult.
- B07041900 Louis Armstrong, 'Satchmo.'
- B07051794 Sylvester Graham, inventor of the Graham cracker.
- B07051810 P.T. Barnum.
- B07061747 John Paul Jones, "I have not yet begun to fight."
- B07071752 Joseph-Marie Jacquard, invented the programmable loom.
- B07071907 Robert A. Heinlein, author who helped develop Science Fiction.
- B07071907Cas a sophisticated mode of literary expression.
- B07081839 John D. Rockefeller.
- B07091802 Thomas Davenport, invented first commercially successful
- B07091802Celectric motor.
- B07101834 James Whistler, mama's boy.
- B07101867 Finley Peter Dunne, journalist/humorist who created Mr. Dooley.
- B07111767 John Quincy Adams, 6th President from 1825 - 1829.
- B07121817 Henry David Thoreau, always had Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- B07121817Caround to bail him out of trouble.
- B07121854 George Eastman, created the Kodak camera.
- B07121895 R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome.
- B07121895 Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers.
- B07121908 Milton Berle, "Uncle Miltie."
- B07141912 Woodie Guthrie.
- B07141913 Gerald R. Ford, 38th President from 1974 - 1976.
- B07141918 Jay Wright Forrester, invented random-access magnetic core memory.
- B07151606 Rembrandt, Dutch painter.
- B07171744 Elbridge Gerry, father of the "gerrymander."
- B07171900 James Cagney, hold that grapefruit.
- B07181811 William Makepeach Thackeray, Victorian novelist, wrote
- B07181811C 'Vanity Fair.'
- B07181848 William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer.
- B07181913 Red Skelton, clown to the world.
- B07181906 S. I. Hayakawa.
- B07181921 John Glenn, Jr., first American in orbit.
- B07191814 Samuel Colt, inventor of the Colt Revolver.
- B07211899 Ernest Hemingway, never asked for whom the bell tolled...
- B07221844 Rev. William Archibald Spooner, invented 'spoonerisms.'
- B07221849 Emma Lazarus, whose poem was inscribed on the Statue of Liberty.
- B07221890 Rose Kennedy, mother of Jack, Robert, and Ted.
- B07241783 Simon Bolivar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule.
- B07241802 Alexandre Dumas, told the Count of Monte Christo how to escape.
- B07241898 Amelia Earhart, into the wild blue yonder.
- B07251978 Louise Brown, first test-tube baby (born under the sign of Pyrex.)
- B07261856 George Bernard Shaw.
- B07261943 Mick Jagger, never gathers moss.
- B07281929 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, redecorator.
- B07291869 Booth Tarkington, novelist.
- B07291871 Rasputin, the mad Russian monk.
- B07291907 Melvin Belli, San Francisco's 'King of Torts.'
- B07301863 Henry Ford.
- *mmddyyyy Events
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- S07011867 Dominion of Canada formed.
- S07011898 Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill.
- S07011899 San Francisco City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years
- S07011899Cof building.
- S07011919 First Class Postage DROPS to 2 cents from 3 cents.
- S07011931 Ice vending machines introduced in Los Angeles. 25 lbs, 15 cents.
- S07011944 Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing world-wide
- S07011944Cfinancial systems (like the IMF and the World Bank.)
- S07011961 Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii.
- R0701 Dominion Day -- Canada.
- S07021900 First flight of a Zeppelin (the LZ-1.)
- S07021940 The Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge was opened.
- S07021964 President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act.
- S07031608 Quebec is founded.
- S07031775 Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass.
- S07031806 Michael Keens exhibits the first cultivated strawberry.
- S07031819 First savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors.
- S07031861 Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from New York.
- S07041054 Brightest known super-nova starts shining, for 23 days.
- S07041845 Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond.
- S07041863 Boise, Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho.)
- S07041873 Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens.
- S07041894 Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of the first US autos.
- S07041903 Pacific Cable (San Francisco, Hawaii, Guam, Phillipines) opens.
- S07041903CPresident Roosevelt sends a message to the Phillipines,
- S07041903Cthen a message around the world in 12 minutes.
- S07041933 Work begins on the Oakland Bay Bridge.
- R0704 Independence Day. Are fireworks legal where YOU live?
- S07051811 Venezuela gains independence from Spain.
- S07051841 Thomas Cook opens first travel agency. They were first involved
- S07051841Cin organizing trips for groups opposed to alchololic beverages.
- S07051865 William Booth founds the Salvation Army, in London, England.
- S07051935 First 'Hawaii Calls' radio program is broadcast.
- R0705 Independence Day, celebrated in Venezuela.
- S07061885 First inoculation (for rabies) of a human being, by Louis Pasteur.
- S07061886 Horlick's of Wisconsin offers first malted milk to the public.
- S07061928 Preview of first all-talking motion picture took place in NYC.
- S07061932 First Class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents.
- S07061933 First All-Star baseball game. American League won 5-2.
- S07071891 A patent was granted for the travelers' cheque.
- S07071898 Hawaii annexed to the US.
- S07071908 The Great White Fleet leaves San Francisco Bay.
- R0707 Annual Running of the Bulls at Pamplona, Spain.
- S07081796 First American Passport issued by the US State Department.
- S07081835 The Liberty Bell cracks (again.)
- S07081889 Vol 1, No 1, of "The Wall Street Journal" published.
- S07081896 William Jennings Bryan makes his 'cross of gold' speech at the
- S07081896CDemocratic Convention in Chicago.
- S07081897 Harbor Hospital formally opens.
- S07081905 Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center.
- S07091800 Mt. Vernon Gardens becomes site of first summer theatre in U.S.
- S07091816 Argentina gains its independence.
- S07091846 Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (San Francisco) for the U.S.
- S07091979 Voyager II flies past Jupiter.
- R0709 National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
- R0709 Independence Day, celebrated in Argentina.
- S07101890 Wyoming becomes the 44th state.
- S07101892 First concrete-paved street built - in Bellefountaine, Ohio.
- S07101925 The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial starts.
- S07101962 Telstar, first geosynchonous communications satelite launched.
- S07111804 Burr and Hamilton duel. Hamilton loses.
- S07111962 First transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I.)
- R0711 National Holiday of the People's Republic of Outer Mongolia.
- R0711 C(Celebrated mainly in Ulan Bator, yurt capital of Asia.)
- S07121543 Henry VIII marries Catharine Parr (his 6th & last wife.)
- S07121812 US forces lead by Gen. Hull invade Canada (War of 1812.)
- S07121817 First flower show was held at Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland.
- S07121933 Congress passes first minimum wage law ($0.33 per hour.)
- S07121934 US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned.
- S07131568 The Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer.
- S07131865 Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west."
- S07131898 SF Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street opens.
- R0713 The start of the Bon Festival in Japan.
- S07141789 The citizens of Paris storm the Bastille prison.
- S07141850 First public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration.
- S07141853 Commodore Perry requests trade relations with the Japanese.
- S07141865 The first ascent of the Matterhorn.
- S07141868 Patent granted for a tape measure enclosed in a circular case.
- S07141927 First commercial airplane flight in Hawaii.
- R0714 Bastille Day -- France.
- S07151867 SF Merchant's Exchange opens.
- S07151869 Margarine is patented in Paris, for use in the French Navy.
- R0715 National Ice Cream Day.
- R0715 Saint Swithin's Day.
- S07161769 Father Serra founds Mission San Diego, first mission in Calif.
- S07161790 Congress establishes the District of Columbia.
- S07161861 First major battle of the Civil War -- Bull Run.
- S07161935 Oklahoma City becomes first in U.S. to use parking meters.
- S07161945 First atomic blast, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico.
- S07161946 Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (first time in SF history.)
- S07161969 Apollo 11, first manned ship to land on the moon, launched.
- R0716 The National Blueberry Festival.
- S07171879 First railroad opens in Hawaii.
- S07171917 British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor.
- S07171954 Construction begins on Disneyland...
- S07171955 ...Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County.
- R0717 Constitution Day, celebrated in South Korea.
- S0718 64 The Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle.)
- S07181872 Britain introduces voting by secret ballot.
- S07181938 Wrong Way Corrigan lands in Ireland (not California??.)
- S07181968 Intel Corporation is incorporated.
- R0718 National Day, celebrated in Spain.
- S07191848 First Women's Rights Convention. Seneca Falls, NY ... featuring
- S07191848Cthe introduction of the first Bloomers.
- S07191880 SF Public Library allows patrons to start borrowing books.
- S07191955 The "Balclutha" ties up at Pier 43 & becomes a floating museum.
- S07191961 First In-flight movie is shown (on TWA.)
- S07201810 Columbia gains its independence.
- S07201859 Admission fee first charged to see a baseball game (50 cents.)
- S07201872 Mahlon Loomis receives patent for wireless ... the radio is born.
- S07201878 First telephone introduced in Hawaii.
- S07201969 Man landed on the Moon, 4:18PM EDT. (Armstrong, Aldrin walk
- S07201969Cwhile Collins orbits above.)
- S07201970 First baby born on Alcatraz Island.
- S07201976 First pictures from Mars surface received (courtesy Viking 2.)
- R0720 Independence Day, celebrated in Columbia.
- S07211831 Belgium gains its independence.
- S07211867 City Gardens on Folsom opens.
- S07211873 World's first train robbery, by Jesse James.
- S07211969 Neil Armstrong steps on the moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT.)
- R0721 Independence Day, celebrated in Belgium.
- S07221933 Wiley Post completes first round-the-world solo flight.
- S07231829 Typewriter is patented.
- S07231852 First interment in US National Cemetary at Presidio.
- S07231877 First telephone and telegraph line in Hawaii is completed.
- S07231904 The Ice Cream Cone is invented.
- R0723 National Day, in Egypt.
- S07241824 The Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results
- S07241824Cof first public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson.
- S07251903 Castle on top of Telegraph Hill closes.
- S07251909 First airplane flight across the English Channel.
- S07251946 First bikini is shown at a Paris fashion show.
- S07261775 Benjamin Franklin becomes Postmaster General.
- S07261835 First sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii.
- S07261847 Liberia gains its independence.
- R0726 The start of the Black-Eyed Peas Jamboree in Athens, Texas.
- R0726 Independence Day, celebrated in Liberia.
- S07271586 Sir Walter Raleigh brings first tobacco to England from Virginia.
- S07271866 Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long.)
- S07271940 Billboard magazine starts publishing best-seller's charts.
- S07281821 Peru gains its independence.
- S07281849 "Memmon" is first clipper to reach San Francisco, 120 days out
- S07281849Cof New York Harbor.
- S07281900 The Hamburger is created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut.
- S07281914 The Foxtrot is first danced at the New Amsterdam Roof Garden.
- S07281914Cin New York City. Music by Harry Fox (who else?)
- S07281931 Congress makes "The Star-Spangled Banner" our 2nd National Anthem.
- S07281933 First Singing Telegram is delivered (to Rudy Vallee.)
- R0728 Independence Day, celebrated in Peru.
- S07291835 First sugar plantation in Hawaii begun.
- S07291858 First commercial treaty between US and Japan is signed.
- S07291914 First transcontinental phone link made. It's between NYC and
- S07291914CSan Francisco.
- S07291920 First transcontinental airmail flight from New York to
- S07291920CSan Francisco.
- S07291958 Southern Pacific Bay Ferries stop running.
- S07291981 The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana.
- R0729 6The start of the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California.
- S07301619 The House of Burgesses in Virginia is formed. First elective
- S07301619Cgoverning body in a British colony.
- S07301733 Society of Freemasons opens its first American lodge in Boston.
- S07301836 First English newspaper published in Hawaii.
- R0730 6The start of the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California.
- S07311790 First US Patent granted (for a potash process.)
- S07311922 18 year old Ralph Samuelson rides world's first water skis
- S07311922Cat Lake City, Minnesota.
- S07311970 Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ending 'Huntley-Brinkley Report'
- S07311970C(No more "Goodnight, David" "Goodnight, Chet.")
- R0731 6The start of the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California.
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