*mmddyyyy Birthdays *-------- ------------------------------------------------------------ B03011810 Frederic Chopin B03011848 Augustus Saint-Gaudens, US sculptor, designed 1907 $20 gold piece. B03031847 Alexaner Graham Bell B03041394 Prince Henry the Navigator, sponsored Portuguese voyages of discovery B03041678 Antonio Vivaldi, late Baroque violin virtuoso and composer. B03051824 James Merritt Ives, lithographer (of Currier & Ives fame) B03051908 Rex Harrison B03061619 Cyrano de Bergerac B03061756 Aaron Burr, dualist B03061812 Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking. B03061906 Lou Costello B03061937 Valentina Tereshkova, 1st woman cosmonaut B03071849 Luther Burbank, plant breeder B03071875 Maurice Ravel B03081787 Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, helped create modern plastic surgery B03081859 Kenneth Grahame, author, "The Wind in the Willows" B03081879 Otto Hahn, co-discoverer of nuclear fission B03091824 Leland Stanford, Governor, Senator, founded Stanford Univ. B03091934 Yuri Gagarin, 1st man into space B03101928 James Earl Ray B03111903 Lawrence Welk B03121831 Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer. B03121832 Charles Boycott, estate manager in Ireland, caused boycotts. B03141681 Georg Philipp Telemann, leading German late baroque composer. B03141864 Casey Jones B03141879 Albert Einstein B03151767 Andrew Jackson, 7th President (1828-1836) B03161751 James Madison, 4th President (1809-1817) B03161836 Andrew S. Hallidie, inventor of the Cable Car. B03161912 Pat Nixon B03171804 James Bridger, scout, fur trader, mountain man par excellance. B03171834 Gottlieb Daimler, automobile pioneer B03171917 Nat King Cole B03181782 John C. Calhoun, statesman B03181837 Grover Cleveland, President (1885-1889, 1893-1897) B03181858 Rudolf Diesel, invented an engine. B03181869 Neville Chamberlain B03181932 John Updike, poet and novelist. B03181939 Charlie Pride B03181961 Pillsbury Dough Boy B03191623 Blaise Pascal B03191849 Wyatt Earp B03191860 William Jennings Bryan, 'The Great Commoner' B03191921 Louis Jourdan B03201856 Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management. B03201904 B. F. Skinner, psychologist, pioneer in Behaviorism. B03201928 Mr. Rogers (remember his neighborhood ?) B03201948 Bobby Orr B03211685 Johann Sebastian Bach B03211768 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician & Egyptologist B03211869 Florenz Ziegfeld, of Follies fame. B03221947 L.B. McCuskee B03231908 Joan Crawford B03231912 Werner von Braun, rocketeer B03241930 Steve McQueen B03251920 Howard Cosell B03261874 Robert Frost, poet B03261911 Tennessee Williams B03261925 Pierre Boulez, French composer. B03261931 Leonard Nimoy, beam him up, Mr. Scott. B03271813 Nathaniel Currier, lithographer (of Currier & Ives) B03271845 Wilhelm Roentgen (X-rays man !). B03271863 Sir Henry Royce, one of the founders of Rolls-Royce. B03291790 John Tyler, 10th President (1841-1845) B03291819 Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive oil well in US. B03291867 Cy Young, winningest baseball pitcher ever (509 wins, 1890-1911). B03291937 Billy Carter B03301719 Sir John Hawkins, wrote 1st history of music in English B03301853 Vincent van Gogh, artist who always lent an ear B03301945 Eric Clapton B03311596 Rene Descartes, he thought, therefore he was B03311732 Joseph Haydn, composer, helped develop the Classical style. B03311809 Edward FitzGerald, writer, "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" B03311854 Sir Dugald Clerk, inventor of the 2-stroke motorcycle engine. *mmddyyyy Events *-------- ------------------------------------------------------------ S03011761 American colonies adopt "Articles of Confederation" S03011859 Present seal of San Francisco adopted (2nd seal for city). S03011864 patent issued for taking & projecting motion pictures to Louis S03011864CDucos du Hauron (he never did build such a machine, though). S03011867 Nebraska becomes a state. S03011879 Library of Hawaii founded. S03011927 Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank. S03011932 Lindbergh baby kidnapped. S03021818 Sedon pyramid of Gizah opened. S03021861 Congress creates the Territory of Nevada. S03021889 Several calfs and a horse electrocuted to test equipment for electric S03021889Cchair. S03021901 U.S. Forest Service formed. S03021901 first telegraph company in Hawaii opens. S03021929 US Court of Customs & Patent Appeals created by US Congress. S03021974 First Class postage raised to 10 cents from 8 cents. S03021985 Bob Jackson gets married. S0303 Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival), celebrated in Japan. S0303 Independence Day, celebrated in Morocco. S03031582 Pope Gregory's calendar begins. S03031791 Congress passed a resolution ordering U.S. Mint be established. S03031812 Congress passes 1st foreign aid bill. S03031849 Gold Coinage Act passed, allowing gold coins to be minted. S03031851 Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin, the 3-cent piece. S03031863 America's first conscription law passed. S03031875 a 20-cent coin was authorized by Congress (It only lasted 3 years). S03031885 American Telephone and Telegraph incorporated. S03031923 Time magazine publishes their 1st issue. S03031931 Star Spangled banner becomes U.S. Anthem. S03031956 Morocco gains it's independence. S03031972 Pioneer 10 launched. S03031976 Largest recorded meteorite recorded falls in Kirin China. S03041789 Congress declares the Constitution to be in effect. S03041792 Oranges introduced to Hawaii. S03041826 1st railroad in US chartered, the Granite Railway in Quincy, Mass S03041841 William Harrison catches cold during a drizzle at his inauguration S03041841Cand becomes first U.S. president to die in office. S03041861 Lincoln inaugurated. S03041933 Roosevelt inaugurated, said "We have nothing to fear but fear itself" S03041934 Easter Cross on Mt. Davidson dedicated. S03051770 Boston Massacre S03051845 Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US. S03051979 Voyager I flies past Jupiter. S03061665 "The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society" was 1st S03061665Cpublished, and is still published today. S03061836 "Remember the Alamo" S03061857 Supreme court (U.S.) declares blacks as citizens. S03061886 First A.C. power plant begins operation. S03071848 in Hawaii, the Great Mahele (division of lands) is signed. S03071870 First male/female grand jury impanelled (U.S.). S03071906 U.S. Marines wipe out an entire Moro tribe and are congratulated by S03071906CPres. Teddy Roosevelt. S03071933 the game "Monopoly" is invented. S03071967 Jimmy Hoffa goes to jail. S03081618 Kepler discovers "Third law of Planetary Motion". S03081862 the Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched. S03081894 New York becomes first state to license dogs. S03081911 Finger printing used for the 1st time in a criminal conviction. S03091796 Napoleon marries Josephine. S03091822 Artificial teeth patented. S03091862 the ironclads "Monitor" (Union) & "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle S03091862Cin Hampton Roads. It was a standoff. S03091961 Russia first to send a dog into space. S03101410 Wire invented. S03101847 First money minted in Hawaii. S03101849 Lincoln applies for patent for "bouying vessels over shoals" S03101876 the 1st telephone call made by Alexander Graham Bell S03101933 Big earthquake in Long Beach (W.C. Fields was making a movie when S03101933Cit struck & the cameras kept running). S03111302 Romeo marries Juliet. S03111779 Army Corps of Engineers established. S03111867 Great Mauna Loa eruption (volcano in Hawaii). S03111892 1st public game of basketball. S03121850 1st $20 Gold piece issued. S03121930 Gandhi begins 200 mile salt march to the sea to protest salt tax. S03121936 FDR conducts his first "Fireside Chat" S03121966 Pioneer Plaza dedicated. S03131877 Earmuffs Patented. S03131884 Standard time established in U.S.A. S03131964 Kitty Genovese stabbed to death on a New York street as 37 people S03131964Cstand idly by. S03131970 4-day strike by SF city employees starts. S03131970 Digital Equipment Corp introduces the PDP-11 minicomputer. S03141794 Eli Whitney patents cotton gin. S03141870 Legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible. S03141896 Sutro Baths opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952). S03141903 First U.S. game preserve established. S03141935 the 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars. S03141948 Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco. S03141950 New York hires an official rainmaker after a prolonged drought. S0315 The day the buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio. S0315 SBeware the Ides of March S03151913 Woodrow Wilson holds the 1st Presidential Press Conference. S03151934 U.S. information service opens. S03151968 US Mint stops buying and selling gold. S03151999 Pluto again becomes the outermost planet. S031544BC Julius Caesar assassinated S03161964 347 Vietnamese civilians massacred at My Lai. S0317 Evacuation Day (celebrated in Boston) S0317 St. Patrick's Day S03171845 Stephen Perry invents rubber bands. S03171860 Japanese Embassy arrives aboard the "Candinmarruh" . S03171938 Franco bombs Barcelona. S03171959 Dalai Lama flees from Tibet to India. S03181850 American Express founded. S03181881 Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens in Madison S03181881CSquare Garden in New York City. S03181965 First walk in space. S0319 The day the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano. S03191895 Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service. S03191920 U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles. S03191928 'Amos and Andy' debut on radio. S03191950 Edgar Rice Burroughs died. S03191986 Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Prince Andrew and S03191986CSarah Freguseon. S0320 Vernal Equinox, Spring Begins 10:03 Universal Time. S03201751 Act of Parliment changes calendar - new year to begin on Jan 1. S03201899 First woman executed in the United States. S0321 The First Day of Spring... Tra-la Tra-la S0321 The start of the Persian New Year. S03211891 Hatfields and McCoys end feud with intermarriage after 150 members S03211891Cof both families killed. S03211907 U.S. Marines land in Honduras to protect American plantations. S03211935 Persia renamed Iran by Reza Shah. S03221733 Joseph Priestly (father of soda pop) invents carbonated water. S03221765 Stamp Act becomes law. S03221841 Cornstarch patented. S03221934 U.S. grants Phillipines independance. S03221957 Earthquake gives San Francisco the shakes. S03221968 President Johnson's daughter, Lynda, ordered off Cable Car S03221968Cbecause she was eating an ice cream cone (no food on cars!). S03221978 Robert Frost Plaza, at California, Drumm & Market, dedicated. S03221981 First Class Postage raised to 18 cents from 15 cents. S03231752 First newspaper printed in Canada (Halifax Gazette). S03231775 Patrick Henry asks "Give me Liberty or give me death." S03231794 Rivet patented. S03231901 Melba toast recipie disclosed by Nellie Melba. S03231929 1st telephone installed in the White House. S03231937 Los Angeles Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars. S03231962 President John F. Kennedy visits San Francisco. S03231965 Gemini 3 launched, 1st US 2-man space flight. S03241860 Clipper "Andrew Jackson" arrives in 89 days from New York. S03251821 Greece gains it's independence. S03251900 Socialist party organized in U.S. S03251943 Jimmy Durante Show premiers on radio. S03251953 Polio Vaccine announced by Dr. Salk. S03251954 RCA manufactures the first COLOR television set. S0326 Prince Kuhio Day (celebrated in Hawaii). S03261827 Beethoven dies in Vienna. S03261878 Hastings College of Law founded. S03261970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory made a City Landmark. S03261979 Egypt and Israel sign peace treaty in Washington D.C. S03271855 Kerosene patented. S03271917 Hockey team from Seattle wins first U.S. Stanley Cup. S03271964 Alaska earthquake kills 114. S03271968 Japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated. S03281794 Nathan Briggs gets patent for the washing machine. S03281871 San Francisco Art Association holds opening reception at 430 Pine. S03281969 Ike dies. S03281979 Emmett Kelly dies, Three Mile Island nuclear plant develops trouble. S03281980 Mt. St. Helens Volcano in Washington erupts for the first time in S03281980Cmore than a century. S03291848 Niagara Falls dries up for 30 hours because of ice jam on the river. S03291886 Coca-Cola is created (with cocaine) S03291968 3,000 Hippies take over New York's Grand Central Station. S03301853 Patent granted to Hyman Lipman for a pencil with an attached ERASER! S03301870 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race. S03301932 Amelia Earhart is 1st woman to make solo crossing of the Atlantic. S03301981 President Reagan wounded in assassination attempt (Washington D.C.). S03311849 Col. John W. Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of San Francisco. S03311868 Chinese Embassy arrives aboard the steamship "China". S03311870 First Black votes after the passage of the 15th amendment. S03311889 Eiffel Tower completed. S03311941 Ground broken for Union Square Garage. S03311959 Dalai Lama granted political asylum in India. S03311963 First Black selected for astronaut training. S03311963 Los Angeles ends streetcar service after nearly 90 years. S03311976 Court rules that Karen Quinlan may die.