*mmddyyyy Birthdays *-------- ------------------------------------------------------------ B09011866 Gentleman Jim Corbett B09011875 Edgar Rice Burroughs B09011933 Conway Twitty B09011936 Lily Tomlin B09021838 Queen Liliuokalani (last queen of Hawaii). B09021866 Hiram Johnson, Calif governor, Progressive. B09021918 Martha Mitchell B09021948 Terry Bradshaw B09021952 Jimmy Connors B09031856 Louis Sullivan, father of modern US architecture. B09031943 Valerie Perrine B09041530 Ivan the Terrible B09041824 Anton Bruckner, Wagner disciple B09041908 Richard Wright B09041917 Henry Ford II B09041932 Thomas Eagleton B09051638 King Louis XIV B09051847 Jesse James B09051902 Darryl F. Zanuck, Hollywood producer & motion picture executive B09051929 Bob Newhart B09051936 Joan Kennedy B09051940 Raquel Welch B09061757 Marquis de Lafayette B09061766 John Dalton, developed the atomic theory of matter B09061811 James Melville Gilliss, founded Naval Observatory in Washington B09061888 Joseph Kennedy B09071533 Queen Elizabeth I B09071860 Grandma Moses B09071914 James Van Allen, discovered Van Allen radiation belts. B09071936 Buddy Holly B09081474 Ariosto B09081841 Anton Dvorak, composer B09081896 Howard Dietz B09081922 Sid Caeser B09081925 Peter Sellers, (not now, Kato) B09081932 Patsy Cline B09091585 Cardinal Richelieu B09091828 Leo Tolstoy B09091925 Cliff Robertson B09091941 Otis Redding B09101907 Fay Wray B09101929 Arnold Palmer B09101934 Charles Kuralt, "On the road..." for CBS. B09101934 Roger Maris B09101945 Jose Feliciano (come on baby light my fire...). B09111547 Cervantes 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... B09111919 Charles Percy 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. B09121913 Jesse Owens, spoiled Hitler's Olympic plans in 1936. B09131755 Oliver Evans, pioneered the high-pressure steam engine. 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, 1st major American novelist. B09151857 William Howard Taft, 27th President (1909-1913) B09151881 Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, car builder B09151890 Dame Agatha Christie 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 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 1st surgical school in US B09231926 John Coltrane, saxophonist B09231930 Ray Charles 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 1st automobile. B09251897 William Faulkner, American author B09261774 John Chapman, alias Johnny Appleseed B09261888 T.S. Eliot, Anglican B09261898 George Gershwin B09271722 Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser B09271840 Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America. B09281909 Al Capp, put Dogpatch, USA on the map B09281934 Brigette Bardot B09291901 Enrico Fermi, physicist, gone fission. B09291907 Gene Autry B09291935 Jerry Lee Lewis B09291942 Madeline Khan B09301924 Truman Capote B09301935 Johnny Mathis *mmddyyyy Events *-------- ------------------------------------------------------------ S09011806 Capt. Zebulon Pike sets out to explore the West. S09011807 Aaron Burr aquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire. S09011849 California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey. S09011863 Railroad & Ferry connection with Oakland inaugurated. S09011878 1st woman telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston). S09011923 Worst earthquake in Japanese history - 150,000 dead. S09011939 Germany invades Poland, starts World War II. S09011952 Sutro Baths purchased by George Whitney. S09011972 Bobby Fisher defeats Boris Spassky to become S09011972C1st American Chess Champ. S09021620 The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth with 102 Pilgrims. S09021752 Great Britain adopts Gregorian calendar. S09021789 US Treasury Department established by Congress. S09021859 gas lighting introduced to Hawaii. S09021945 Japan signs unconditional surrender. S09021956 Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service. S09021964 Norman Manley hits 2 consecutive hole-in-ones in a single golf game. S09031783 Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War, is signed. S09031849 California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey S09031939 Great Britain declares war on Germany. S09031957 270 National Gaurdsmen circle school in Little Rock Ark. to S09031957Cprevent black students from entering. S09031969 Ho Chi Minh dies. S09041781 Los Angeles founded in the Valley of Smokes (Indian Name) S09041833 the 1st newsboy in the US hired (Barney Flaherty), by the NY Sun. S09041862 North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized. S09041866 1st daily newspaper in Hawaii published. S09041888 George Eastman patents 1st rollfilm camera & registers "Kodak". S09051670 William Penn acquited for holding Quaker meeting in London. S09051781 Battle of Virginia Capes, where the French Fleet defeats the S09051781CBritish rescue fleet, trapping Cornwallis at Yorktown. S09051819 Hans Christian Anderson arrives in Cophenhagen. S09051885 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer. S09051892 1st USA Labour Day Parade. S09051977 Voyager II launched. S0906 the National Holiday of Swaziland. S09061620 Mayflower departs from Plymouth England with 149 Pilgrims. S09061716 1st lighthouse in US built, in Boston. S09061869 the 1st westbound train arrives in San Francisco. S09061873 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street. S09061876 Southern Pacific line from Los Angeles to San Francisco completed. S09061901 President McKinley shot. S09061966 Star Trek appears on TV for the first time (on NBC) S0907 Independence Day, celebrated in Brazil. S09071907 Sutro's ornate Cliff House destroyed by fire. S09071918 James Scott Fitzgerald meets Zelda. S0908 International Literacy Day S09081565 1st permanent settlement in US founded at St Augustine, Florida S09081565 Spanish settlers establish St. Augustine Florida S09081565C(oldest settlement in North America.) S09081858 Crimean War ends. S09081858 Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people. S09081920 1st US Air Mail service begins. S09081954 SEATO formed. S09081966 Star Trek's TV debut. S09081974 Pres. Ford pardons Richard Nixon. S0909 Admission Day, a California Holiday. S09091776 Continental Congress authorizes the name "United States". S09091825 Beethoven makes his final appearance attending a performance S09091825Cof his own Sting Quartet in B Flat, Opus 130. S09091836 Abraham Lincoln recieves his license to practise law. S09091850 California becomes the 31st state. S09091875 Lotta's Fountain (Kearny & Market) dedicated. S09091880 President Hayes visits San Francisco. S09091895 American Bowling Congress organized S09091926 NBC created by the Radio Corporation of America. S09091943 Italy surrenders to allies. S09091976 Chairman Mao dies. S09091982 "Conestoga I", 1st private rocket, is launched. S09101608 John Smith elected president of the Jamestown colony council. S09101846 Elias Howe receives patent for his sewing machine. S09101847 1st theater opens in Hawaii. S09101913 Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway. S09101953 Swanson sells it's first "TV Dinner". S09101955 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS television. S09111853 1st electric telegraph in use, Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos. S09111910 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens, in Hollywood. S09111926 Aloha Tower dedicated (in Honolulu). S09111929 Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system. S09111972 BART begins service with a 26 mile line from Oakland to Fremont S09131788 New York City becomes the capitol of the United States. S09141716 1st lighthouse in US is lit (in Boston Harbor). S09141814 Francis Scott Key inspired to write '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 1st automobile fatality S09141940 Congress passes 1st peace time draft law. S0915 Felt Hat Day, when men of fashion put away their straw hats. S09151821 Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras & Nicaragua all S09151821Cgain their independence. S09151937 WPA extends the L-Taraval streetcar to the Zoo (at Sloat Blvd). S09151957 San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game. S0916 Independence Day, celebrated in Mexico. S09161620 the Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims. S09161782 Great Seal of the United States is used for 1st time. S09161857 Patent is issued for the typesetting machine. S09161919 the American Legion is incorporated. S09161974 BART begins regular transbay service. S09171776 the Presidio of San Francisco was founded as Spanish fort. S09171787 US Constitution is adopted. S09171819 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii. S0918 the start of the Jewish New Year. S09181810 Chile gains it's independence. S09181851 "The New York Times" goes on sale, at 2 cents a copy. S09181882 Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as the Local Security Board). S09181927 the Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air. S09191849 1st commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California. S09191873 Black Friday Jay Cooke & Co. fails, causing a securities panic S09191968 Baby born on Golden Gate Bridge (those Marin County folk!). S09191982 Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service S09201519 Magellan starts 1st successful circumnavigation of the world. S09201797 US frigate "Constitution" (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston. S09201859 Patent granted on the electric range. S09201884 Equal Rights Party founding convention in San Francisco, nominates S09201884Cfemale candidates for President, Vice President. S09211784 1st daily newspaper in US begins publication in Pennsylvania. S09211895 1st auto manufacturer opens -- Duryea Motor Wagon Company. S09211930 Johann Ostermeyer patents his invention, the flashbulb. S09211954 the nuclear submarine "Nautilus" is commissioned. S09211982 Cable Cars cease operations for 2 years of repairs. S0922 the Autumn Harvest Festival in Wheaton, Illinois. S09221789 the US Post Office was established. S09221863 President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech. S09221893 1st auto built in US runs in Springfield (built by Duryea brothers) S09221903 Patent is granted for the Ice Cream Cone. S0923 the first day of Fall. S09231779 Naval engagement between 'Bonhomme Richard' and 'HMS Serepis'. S09231780 John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point. S09231912 1st Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie is released. S09231952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event. S09241789 Congress creates the Post Office. S09241845 1st baseball team is organized. S09241852 a new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated. S09241853 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt). S09241865 James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks. S09241869 Black Friday crashing gold prices causes stock market panic. S09241895 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months). S09241954 "The Tonight Show" premieres. S09241960 1st atomic powered aircraft carrier, the "Enterprise", is launched. S09251513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa is the 1st European to see the 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. S09261966 the Staten Island is 1st icebreaker to enter San Francisco bay. S09271787 Constitution submitted to the states for ratification. S09271825 Railroad transportation is born with 1st track in England. S0928 Confucius' Birthday, celebrated in the Republic of China (Taiwan). S09281542 Juan Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay. S09281781 Siege of Yorktown begins, last battle of the the Revolutionary War. S09281850 Flogging of sailors abolished in U.S. Navy. S09281904 Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car S09281904Con 5th ave. in New York. S0929 18 BC Pompey the Great murdered (Egypt). S09291789 1st regular army established in U.S. 700 men (birth of Star Wars..). S09291923 Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public. S09301630 1st crimnal execution in U.S. S09301659 Robinson Crusoe shipwrecked. S09301846 1st tooth extraction under anesthetics, in Charlestown, Mass. S09301878 1st immigrants from Portugal arrive in Hawaii. S09301902 Rayon patented. S09301955 James Dean dies in car crash. S09301967 Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition). S09301976 California 1st state to pass Right to Die law.