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- B09011875 Edgar Rice Burroughs, novelist, Ah-ee-ah-ee-ah!
- B09021838 Queen Liliuokalani (last queen of Hawaii.)
- B09021866 Hiram Johnson, Calif governor, Progressive.
- B09021952 Jimmy Connors, tennis brat.
- B09031856 Louis Sullivan, father of modern US architecture.
- B09041824 Anton Bruckner, Wagner disciple.
- B09051902 Darryl F. Zanuck, Hollywood producer & motion picture executive.
- B09061766 John Dalton, developed the atomic theory of matter.
- B09061811 James Melville Gilliss, founded Naval Observatory in Washington.
- B09071533 Queen Elizabeth I.
- B09071860 Grandma Moses.
- B09071914 James Van Allen, discovered Van Allen radiation belts.
- B09081841 Anton Dvorak, composer.
- B09081925 Peter Sellers, (not now, Kato.)
- B09101934 Charles Kuralt, "On the road..." for CBS.
- B09111862 O Henry, pen name of William Sidney Porter, short story writer.
- B09111885 D.H. Lawrence, Taos pioneer.
- B09111913 Bear Bryant, keeps the Crimson Tide winning...
- B09121818 Richard Jordan Gatling, US inventor of hand-cranked machine gun.
- B09121880 H.L. Mencken, Baltimore's son.
- B09121888 Maurice Chevalier, thanked heaven for little girls.
- B09131755 Oliver Evans, pioneered the high-pressure steam engine.
- B09121913 Jesse Owens, spoiled Hitler's Olympic plans in 1936.
- B09131851 Walter Reed, who proved mosquitos transmit yellow fever.
- B09141867 Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, drew the "Gibson Girl."
- B09141883 Margaret Sanger, feminist.
- B09151789 James Fenimore Cooper, first major American novelist.
- B09151857 William Howard Taft, 27th President from 1909 - 1913.
- B09151881 Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, car builder.
- B09151890 Dame Agatha Christie, novelist.
- B09151894 Jean Renoir, cineaste.
- B09161822 Charles S. Crocker, of Southern Pacific fame.
- B09161924 Lauren Bacall, whistler.
- B09171730 Baron Frederick von Steuben, made the Continental Army winners.
- B09181709 Samuel Johnson, Boswell's tour guide.
- B09201878 Upton Sinclair, author.
- B09211756 John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt.)
- B09211866 H.G. Wells, futurist.
- B09211874 Gustav Holst, composer of 'The Planets.'
- B09221791 Michael Faraday, discovered principle of the electric motor.
- B09221885 Erich von Stroheim, early film director.
- B09231852 William Stewart Halsted, established first surgical school in US.
- B09231926 John Coltrane, saxophonist.
- B09231930 Ray Charles, singer.
- B09241870 Georges Claude, inventor of the neon light.
- B09241936 Jim Hensen, who made Kermit & Miss Piggy what they are today.
- B09251725 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, designed & built first automobile.
- B09251897 William Faulkner, American author.
- B09261774 John Chapman, alias Johnny Appleseed.
- B09261888 T.S. Eliot, Anglican poet.
- B09261898 George Gershwin, composer.
- B09271722 Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser.
- B09271840 Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America.
- B09281909 Al Capp, put Dogpatch, USA on the map.
- B09291901 Enrico Fermi, physicist, gone fission.
- B09291912 Gene Autry, cowpoke and enterpreneur.
- B09301924 Truman Capote, a short short story writer.
- *mmddyyyy Events
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- S09011807 Aaron Burr aquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire.
- S09011849 California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey.
- S09011878 First woman telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston.)
- S09011896 Chop Suey is devised to appeal to both American and Chinese
- S09011896Ctastes. The word means 'hash' in Chinese.
- S09011939 Germany invades Poland, starts World War II.
- R0901 2Labor Day, a legal holiday
- S09021620 The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth with 102 Pilgrims.
- S09021789 US Treasury Department established by Congress.
- S09021859 Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii.
- S09021924 Rudolf Friml's "Rose Marie" opens to rave reviews in New York
- S09021924CCity, including the fames "Indian Love Call."
- R0902 2Labor Day, a legal holiday.
- S09031783 Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War, is signed.
- S09031912 World's first cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy.
- S09031939 England declares war on Germany.
- R0903 2Labor Day, a legal holiday.
- S09041781 Los Angeles founded in the Bahia de las Fumas, (Bay of Smokes.)
- S09041833 The first newsboy in the US hired (Barney Flaherty), by the NY Sun.
- S09041866 First daily newspaper in Hawaii published.
- S09041885 The first cafeteria opens for business, in New York City.
- S09041888 George Eastman patents first rollfilm camera & registers "Kodak."
- R0904 2Labor Day, a legal holiday.
- S09051781 Battle of Virginia Capes, where the French Fleet defeats the
- S09051781CBritish rescue fleet, trapping Cornwallis at Yorktown.
- S09051836 Sam Houston is elected president of the Republic of Texas.
- S09051885 First gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer.
- S09051977 Voyager II launched.
- R0905 2Labor Day, a legal holiday.
- S09061716 First lighthouse in US built, in Boston.
- S09061869 The first westbound train arrives in San Francisco.
- S09061876 Southern Pacific line from Los Angeles to San Francisco completed.
- S09061966 Star Trek appears on TV for the first time (on NBC.)
- R0906 The National Holiday of Swaziland.
- R0906 2Labor Day, a legal holiday.
- S09071880 George Ligowsky of Cincinnati is granted a patent for his
- S09071880Cdevice to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters.
- R0907 2Labor Day, a legal holiday.
- R0907 Independence Day, celebrated in Brazil.
- S09081565 First permanent settlement in US founded at St Augustine, Florida.
- S09081858 Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people.
- S09081920 First US Air Mail service begins.
- S09081924 Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes first woman ambassador.
- R0908 International Literacy Day.
- S09091776 Continental Congress authorizes the name "United States."
- S09091850 California becomes the 31st state.
- S09091895 The American Bowling Congress is formed in New York City.
- S09091926 NBC created by the Radio Corporation of America.
- S09091982 "Conestoga I", first private rocket, is launched.
- R0909 Admission Day, a California Holiday.
- S09101608 John Smith elected president of the Jamestown colony council.
- S09101846 Elias Howe receives patent for his sewing machine.
- S09101847 First theater opens in Hawaii.
- S09101869 A Baptist minister invents the rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan
- S09101869Cto help his invalid wife get about.
- S09101913 Lincoln Highway opens as first paved coast-to-coast highway.
- S09101953 Swanson sells its first "TV Dinner." It tasted like a rerun!
- S09101955 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS television.
- S09111850 Swedish Nightingale Jenny Lind gives her first concert.
- S09111853 First electric telegraph in use, Merchant's Exchange to Pt. Lobos.
- S09111910 First commercially successful electric bus line opens, in
- S09111910CHollywood.
- S09111926 Aloha Tower dedicated (in Honolulu Harbor.)
- S09111929 Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system.
- S09121928 Katharine Hepburn makes her New York stage debut in
- S09121928C"Night Hostess."
- S09131788 New York City becomes the capitol of the United States.
- S09141848 Alexander Stewart opens the first department store in the U.S.
- S09141716 First lighthouse in US is lit (in Boston Harbor.)
- S09141814 Francis Scott Key writes 'The Star-Spangled Banner.'
- S09141886 The typewriter ribbon is patented.
- S09141892 A.P. Giannini marries Clorinda Cuneo.
- S09141899 While in New York, Henry Bliss becomes first automobile fatality.
- S09141940 Congress passes first peace time draft law.
- S09151821 Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras & Nicaragua all
- S09151821Cgain their independence.
- S09151930 The first international bridge match is held in London. The
- S09151930CU.S. team defeats Great Britain.
- R0915 Independence Day, for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala,
- R0915 CHonduras and Nicaragua.
- R0915 Felt Hat Day, when men of fashion put away their straw hats.
- S09161630 Shawmut, Massachussetts, changes its name to Boston.
- S09161782 Great Seal of the United States is used for first time.
- S09161857 Patent is issued for the typesetting machine.
- S09161919 The American Legion is incorporated.
- R0916 Independence Day, celebrated in Mexico.
- S09171776 The Presidio of San Francisco was founded as Spanish fort.
- S09171787 US Constitution is adopted.
- S09171819 First whaling ship arrives in Hawaii.
- S09171911 C.P. Rogers begins the first transcontinental airplane flight.
- S09171911CHe travels from New York City to Pasadena in 82 hours.
- R0917 Constitution Day.
- S09181810 Chile gains its independence.
- S09181851 "The New York Times" goes on sale, at 2 cents a copy.
- S09181882 Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as the Local Security Board.)
- S09181895 D.D. Palmer of Davenport, Iowa, becomes the first Chiropractor.
- S09181927 The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
- R0918 Independence Day, celebrated in Chile.
- R0918 The start of the Jewish New Year.
- S09191849 First commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California.
- S09191873 Black Friday: Jay Cooke & Co. fails, causing a securities panic.
- S09191928 Mickey Mouse makes his screen debut in "Steamboat Willie."
- S09191968 Baby born on Golden Gate Bridge (those Marin County folk!)
- S09201519 Magellan starts first successful circumnavigation of the world.
- S09201797 US frigate "Constitution" (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston.
- S09201859 Patent granted on the electric range.
- S09201860 The Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VII, becomes
- S09201860Cthe first British royalty to visit the United States.
- S09201884 Equal Rights Party founding convention is held in San Francisco,
- S09201884Cand nominates female candidates for President, Vice President.
- S09211784 First daily newspaper in US begins publication in Pennsylvania.
- S09211895 First auto manufacturer opens -- Duryea Motor Wagon Company.
- S09211915 Those famous stones at Stonehenge, England, is sold at auction
- S09211915Cto C.H.E. Chubb of Salisbury, England for 6,600 pounds.
- S09211930 Johann Ostermeyer patents his invention, the flashbulb.
- S09211954 The nuclear submarine "Nautilus" is commissioned.
- S09221789 The US Post Office was established.
- S09221863 President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech.
- S09221893 First auto built in US runs in Springfield (built
- S09221893Cby Duryea brothers)
- S09221903 A Patent is granted for the Ice Cream Cone.
- R0922 The Autumn Harvest Festival is held in Wheaton, Illinois.
- S09231780 John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point.
- S09231779 Naval engagement between 'Bonhomme Richard' and 'HMS Serepis.'
- S09231779CCapt. John Paul Jones declares "I have not yet begun to fight!"
- S09231912 First Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie is released.
- S09231952 First closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event.
- R0923 The first full day of Fall.
- S09241845 First baseball team is organized.
- S09241852 A new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated.
- S09241853 First round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt.)
- S09241869 Black Friday: crashing gold prices causes stock market panic.
- S09241895 First round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle --
- S09241895C(took 15 months.)
- S09241954 "The Tonight Show" premieres.
- S09241960 First atomic aircraft carrier, the "Enterprise", is launched.
- S09251513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa is the first European to see
- S09251513Cthe Pacific Ocean.
- S09251789 Congress proposes the Bill of Rights.
- S09251890 Congress establishes Yosemite National Park.
- S09261542 Cabrillo discovers California.
- S09261824 Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) and lives.
- S09271787 Constitution submitted to the states for ratification.
- S09271825 Railroad transportation is born with first track in England.
- S09281542 Juan Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay.
- S09281781 Siege of Yorktown begins, last battle of the the Revolution.
- S09291650 Henry Robinson opens the first marriage bureau, in England.
- S09301846 First tooth extraction under anesthetics, in Charlestown, Mass.
- S09301878 First immigrants from Portugal arrive in Hawaii.
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