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*mmddyyyy Birthdays
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B06011924 William Sioane Coffin Jr.
B06011926 Marilyn Monroe
B06011934 Pat Boone
B06021740 Marquis de Sade
B06021835 Pope Pius X
B06021857 Sir Edward Elgar, composer (Pomp and Circumstance)
B06031808 Jefferson Davis, President of Confederacy (1861-1865)
B06031864 Ransom Eli Olds (auto manufacturer).
B06031865 George V
B06031931 Raul Castro
B06041911 Rosalind Russell (that full figured gal).
B06041916 Gaylord Nelson
B06041936 Bruce Dern
B06051723 Adam Smith, economist
B06051883 John Maynard Keynes, another economist
B06051900 Dennis Gabor, inventor of holography (3D laser photography)
B06051939 Joe Clark (Who ???).
B06061599 Velasquez
B06061625 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, astronomer
B06061755 Nathan Hale, had but one life to give for his country.
B06061756 John Trumbull, painter.
B06061900 Dennis Gabor (inventor of holography - 3D laser photography).
B06061935 Dalai Lama
B06061956 Bjorn Borg
B06071778 Beau Brummel, English Dandy.
B06071848 Paul Gauguin, painter
B0608 570 Mohammed, prophet
B06081625 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, astronomer
B06081869 Frank Lloyd Wright, master builder
B06081923 Malcom Boyd
B06081944 Boz Scaggs
B06091672 Peter the Great
B06091781 George Stephenson, principal inventor of the railroad locomotive.
B06091892 Cole Porter
B06091915 Les Paul, guitarist
B06091934 Donald Duck
B06091940 Nancy Sinatra
B06101895 Immanuel Velikovsky
B06101904 Frederick Loewe, composer
B06101922 Judy Garland
B0611 Gene Wilder
B06111572 Ben Johson, playwright
B06111847 Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader of English women's movement
B06111867 Charles Fabry, discovered the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere
B06111910 Jacques Costeau
B06121519 Cosimo de Medici
B06121915 David Rockefeller, International Power Broker
B06121924 George Bush
B06121929 Anne Frank, diarist
B06131865 William Bulter Yeats
B06131903 Harold "Red" Grange, the "Galloping Ghost" of football.
B06141811 Harriet Beecher Stowe, authoress (Uncle Tom's Cabin).
B06141909 Burl Ives
B06141928 Che Guevara
B06141958 Eric Heiden
B06151914 Yuri Andropov
B06151937 Waylon Jennings
B06161889 Nelson Doubleday
B06161890 Stan Laurel
B06171870 George Cormack, the inventor of "Wheaties" cereal
B06171882 Igor Stravinsky, has the rite of spring
B06171946 Barry Manilow
B06181877 James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator, best known for his
B06181877C"I want you" Uncle Sam recruiting poster.
B06181939 Lou Brock
B06181942 Paul McCartney
B06191623 Blaise Pascal, mathematician.
B06191886 Duchess of Windsor, divorcee
B06191903 Henry Louis Gehrig, the "Iron Horse" of the Yankees.
B06191978 Garfield the cat. "Big fat hairy deal".
B06211732 Martha Washington
B06211921 Jane Russell (that full figure gal)
B06221906 Anne Moorow Lindbergh
B06231846 George Sax, inventor of the saxophone.
B06231912 Alan Turing, mathematician, pioneer in computer theory.
B06231929 June Carter Cash
B06241839 Gustavus Franklin Swift, founder of Swift & Co.
B06241931 Billy Casper
B06251894 Hermann Oberth (founder of modern astronautics).
B06251903 George Orwell
B06261819 Abner Doubleday (credited with inventing American Baseball).
B06261824 Lord Kelvin
B06261892 Pearl Buck, authoress (The Good Earth)
B06261913 Maurice Wilkes (invented the stored program concept for computers).
B06271880 Helen Keller
B06271927 Bob Keeshan, a.k.a. Captain Kangaroo (Good Morning Captain)
B06281491 Henry VIII of England. Don't lose your head over him.
B06281712 Jean Jacques Rousseau, social contractor
B06281914 Lester Flatt
B06281946 Gilda Radner
B06281947 Patrick Kincaid, send him a card.
B06291858 George Washington Goethals, engineer who built the Panama Canal
B06291861 William Mayo
B06291919 Slim Pickens
B06301917 Lena Horne
B06301919 Susan Hayward
*mmddyyyy Events
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S06011638 Plymouth Plantation experiences earthquake.
S06011880 Pay Phone service begins (New Haven, Conn.).
S06011925 Lou Gehrig starts in 1st of 2130 consecutive games, a record.
S06011944 Siesta abolished in Mexico.
S06011968 Helen Keller dies.
S0602 Republic (Constitution) Day, celebrated in Italy
S06021773 British Parliment passes Tea Act.
S06021858 the Donati Comet 1st seen, named after it's discoverer.
S06021873 Ground broken on Clay Street for world's 1st cable railroad.
S06021886 Grover Cleveland weds in White House.
S06021924 Indians become citizens of USA.
S06021941 Lou Gehrig dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
S0603 Egg Day
S06031888 "Casey at the Bat" is 1st published (by the SF Examiner)
S06031932 Lou Gehrig hits 4 consecutive homers in one game.
S06031946 Bikini unveiled in France.
S06031949 "Dragnet" is first broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles).
S06031953 Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge....
S06031979 IXTOC I blows lid in Gulf of Mexico - 2.3 Million barrels spilled.
S0604 Old Maid's Day
S06041070 Roquefort cheese developed (tastes like it to).
S06041850 Empire Engine Company No. 1 organized.
S06041976 Teton Dam bursts killing 11 leaving 30,000 homeless.
S06051833 Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage.
S06051849 Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy.
S06051855 National convention of the Know-Nothing Party convenes
S06051875 formal opening of the Pacific Stock Exchange.
S06051920 1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell.
S06051943 Zoot Suit Riots begin in L.A.
S06051981 TODAY ran for 1st time
S06061816 10" of snow falls in New England beginning year of no summer.
S06061882 Electric Iron patented (1st shirt scorched).
S06061900 New York Herald reports "magistrate holds there is no special legal
S06061900Csauce for geese who gamble" - it is legal for women to bet on races.
S06061933 1st drive-in theatre opens, in Camden, New Jersey.
S06061944 D-Day - Allied forces invade Europe.
S06062012 transit of Venus (between Earth and Sun) occurs.
S06071839 The Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed.
S06071860 workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad.
S06081786 1st commercially-made ice cream sold in New York.
S06081889 Cable Cars begin service in Los Angeles.
S06082004 transit of Venus (between Earth and Sun) occurs.
S06091851 the San Francisco Committee of Vigilence forms.
S06091868 1st meeting of the Board of Regents, University of California.
S0610 National Day, celebrated in Portugal.
S06101772 Burning of the Gaspee, British revenue cutter by Rhode Islanders
S06101869 The 'Agnes' arrives in New Orleans with the 1st ever shipment of
S06101869Cfrozen beef.
S06101898 US Marines land at Cuba in Spanish-American War.
S06101902 Window envelope patented.
S06101954 PBS reaches San Francisco KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting.
S06101977 Apple Computer ships its first Apple II.
S06101977 James Earl Ray escapes from prison.
S0611 Kamehameha Day (celebrated in Hawaii).
S06111184 BC Greeks seize Troy (I bet he was in pain).
S06111864 300 feet of Meigg's Wharf washed away in storm.
S06111895 1st auto race.
S06111917 Can. Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden introduces conscription.
S06111923 King George V of Great Britain knights Benito Mussolini.
S06111935 Constitution announced for Soviet Union.
S06111939 King & Queen taste their 1st hot dog.
S06111979 The Duke (John Wayne) dies.
S06111980 K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service.
S06121839 Abner Doubleday invents baseball.
S06121839 the 1st baseball game is played in America. Thanks Abner!
S06121898 Phillipines gains its independence from Spain
S06121939 Baseball Hall of Fame dedicated (Cooperstown N.Y.).
S06121979 1st manpowered flight across English Channel - Gossamer Conder.
S06121981 the 3rd baseball strike starts.
S06121982 Biggest disarmament rally in US history (Central Park).
S0613 Kitchen Klutzs of America Day
S0613 The National Asparagus Festival
S0613 323 BC Alexander the Great dies of fever and fatigue at age 33.
S06131900 Boxer Rebellion begins (China).
S06131927 Lucky Lindy's ticker tape parade.
S06131948 Babe Ruth gives farewell speech.
S06131963 Vostok 6 launched, pilot is 1st woman cosmonaut.
S06131983 Pioneer 10 is 1st man-made object to leave the Solar System.
S0614 Flag Day
S0614 510 BC Rome becomes a republic.
S06141777 Stars and Stripes adopted as US flag, replacing Grand Union flag.
S06141846 California (Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed in Sonoma.
S06141847 Bunson invents a gas burner.
S06141850 Fire destroys part of San Francisco.
S06141876 California Street Cable Car Railroad Co. gets it's franchise.
S06141877 Stars and Stripes becomes official US flag.
S06141900 Hawaiian Territorial Government begins.
S06141919 1st direct airplane crossing of the Atlantic.
S06141952 Keel laid for 1st nuclear powered submarine, the Nautilus.
S06151215 King John signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede.
S06151215 Magna Carta signed.
S06151752 Ben Franklin flies his kite in a thunderstorm (Energize me...).
S06151775 Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the American Army.
S06151857 San Francisco Water Works organized.
S06151878 1st attempt at motion pictures (using 12 cameras, each taking one
S06151878Cpicture (done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground
S06151878Cduring a gallop. Leland Stanford bet they didn't. He lost).
S06151940 France surrendered to Hitler.
S06151977 1st free election in Spain in 41 years.
S06151982 British overcome Argentines in the Falklands.
S06161775 the Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill).
S06161963 Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova is 1st women in space.
S06161976 Seweto uprising in S. Africa kills over 600 persons.
S06171775 Battle of Bunker Hill between British and Americans.
S06171928 Amelia Earhart becomes 1st women to fly across Atlantic Ocean.
S06171933 Explosion and fire on the oil tanker Cymbelin in Montreal kills 30.
S06171944 Republic of Iceland proclaimed at Thingvallir, Iceland.
S06171950 1st Kidney transplant performed.
S06171972 the Watergate Break-in.
S06181621 First Dual fought in New England.
S06181812 US Congress declares war on Great Britain.
S06181812 War of 1812 begins.
S06181815 Napoleon defeated at Waterloo.
S06181872 Woman's Sufferage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall.
S06181892 Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii.
S06181979 SALT II signed by Carter and Brezhnev.
S06181986 Kate (God Bless America) Smith dies.
S06191778 Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge.
S06191861 Anaheim Post Office established.
S06191875 formal opening of US Marine Hospital at the Presidio.
S06191910 First observance of father's day.
S06191932 1st concert given in San Francisco's Stern Grove.
S06191939 Pinball machines outlawed in Atlanta Ga.
S06191980 President Carter approves sale of 38 tons of enriched uranium
S06191980Cto India.
S06201782 The United States chooses the Eagle as it's symbol.
S06201855 Commissioners appointed to lay out streets west of Larkin.
S06201867 Territory of Alaska purchased from Russia for $7.2 million.
S06201910 Krazy Kat debuts in comic strip.
S06201923 Pancho Villa murdered.
S06201948 Ed Sullivan has his first really big 'shoe' on Sunday night TV.
S06201967 All white jury finds Mohammed Ali guilty of refusing to serve
S06201967Cin the U.S military.
S06201982 It's National Bald Eagle Day
S0621 the longest day of the year, the Summer Solstice.
S06211788 U.S. Constitution takes effect.
S06211834 Cyrus McCormick patents reaper.
S06211879 F. W. Woolworth opens his 1st store (failed almost immediately,
S06211879Cso he found a new location and you know the rest...)
S06211917 Hawaiian Red Cross founded.
S06211960 Chinese-Russian idealogical split.
S06211982 John Hinckly Jr. found innocent by reason of insanity.
S06221808 Zebulon Pike reaches his peak.
S06221847 The doughnut is invented.
S06221849 Stephen C. Massett opens at courthouse as 1st professional
S06221849Centertainer, using the (allegedly) only piano in California.
S06221851 Fire destroys part of San Francisco.
S06221940 France falls to Nazi Germany.
S06221957 Kansas City stops using streetcars in it's transit system.
S06221977 John Mitchell become first U.S. attorney General to go to jail.
S06221978 the planet Pluto's partner, Charon, is discovered.
S06221983 1st time a satellite is retrieved from orbit (via Space Shuttle).
S06231772 Slavery abolished in England.
S06231860 U.S. Secret Service Established.
S06231868 Typewriter patented
S0624 Midsummer Day, celebrated in Europe.
S0624 St. Jean Baptiste Day -- Canada
S06241497 Cabot discovers Canada.
S06241817 1st coffee planted in Hawaii, on the Kona coast.
S06241947 First UFOs reported in formation over Mt. Ranier.
S06251178 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on the Moon
S06251178C(only known observation).
S06251630 The Fork is introduced to American dining by Gov. Winthrop.
S06251835 Pueblo founded with construction of 1st building (start of
S06251835CYerba Buena, later to be called San Francisco).
S06251910 Mann Act passes - it is now illegal to bring women across state
S06251910Clines for immoral purposes.
S06251962 Supreme Court (USA) rule prayer in public schools is
S06251962Cunconstitutional.
S06251982 San Francisco holds its 1st County Fair.
S06260363 Julian the Apostate assassinated.
S06261541 Pizzaro assassinated.
S06261934 FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions.
S06261945 UN Charter written in San Francisco.
S0627 National Fink Day
S06271787 Edward Gibbon finished writting The Decline and Fall of the
S06271787CRoman Empire.
S06271867 Bank of California opens its doors.
S06271950 35 U.S. Advisors go to South Vietnam.
S06281820 the tomato is proved to be nonpoisonous.
S06281918 in Hawaii, the 1st inter-island flight.
S06281919 the Treaty of Versailles, ending World War I, was signed.
S06291613 Globe Theater burn down in London.
S06291776 Mission Dolores founded by San Francisco Bay.
S06291854 Congress ratifies Gadsden Purchase, adds parts of New Mexico, Arizona
S06291863 the very first 1st National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa.
S06291927 first flight from the West Coast arrives in Hawaii.
S06291967 Jane Mansfield decapitated in auto wreck (New Orleans).
S06301859 Emile Blondin crosses Niagra Falls on a tight rope.
S06301893 the Excelsior diamond (blue-white, 995 carats) discovered.
S06301908 a giant fireball impacts in Central Siberia (the Tunguska Event).
S06301914 Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, in campaign for Indian equal
S06301914Crights in South Africa.
S06301960 Zaire gains it's independence.
S06301974 Martin Luther King's mother shot while playing organ in church.