*updated 3/22/88 MAC
*mmddyyyy Birthdays
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B04011883 Lon Chaney, man of a thousand faces
B04011939 Ali Macgraw, actress in New York City
B0402 742 Emperor Charlemagne
B04021875 Walter Chrysler, founded a car company.
B04021914 Sir Alec Guiness, thespian
B04021920 Jack Webb, dum-de-dum-dum
B04021924 Doris Day, girl next door
B04031924 Marlon Brando, godfather
B04041792 Thaddeus Stevens
B04041802 Dorothea Dix, social reformer
B04051856 Booker T. Washington
B04051908 Bette Davis
B04051908 Bette Davis, actress in Lowell, Mass
B04051954 Michael W. Butler, creator of this TODAY program.
B04061810 Philip Henry Gosse, invented the institutional aquarium
B04061866 Lincoln Steffens, muckraker.
B04061890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, pioneer aircraft manufacturer
B04061892 Donald Wills Douglas, founded an aircraft company.
B04061892 Lowell Thomas, journalist
B04071860 W.K. Kellogg, founded the cereal company.
B04071915 Billie Holiday, blues singer
B04071928 James Garner (born James Bumgarner), actor in Norman, Ok
B04071932 Mark Russell, satirist
B04071939 Francis Ford Coppolla, director in Detroit, Mich
B04081889 Sir Adrian Boult, conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
B04091830 Eadweard Muybridge, pioneered study of motion in photography.
B04091865 Charles Proteus Steinmetz
B04091879 W.C. Fields, Philadelphian
B04091919 John Presper Eckert, co-inventor of first electronic computer (ENIAC)
B04091926 Hugh Hefner, publisher in Chicago, Ill
B04101903 Clair Booth Luce, playwright and ambassador in New York City
B04101921 Chuck Connors, actor in Brooklyn, NY
B04111932 Joel Grey (born Joel Katz), actor in Cleveland, Oh
B04121777 Henry Clay, 'The Great Compromiser'
B04121791 Francis P. Blair, helped found the Republican Party.
B04121913 Lionel Hampton, orchestra leader & vibraphone improvisor
B04131721 John Hanson, first US President under the Articles of Confederation.
B04131743 Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President from 1801 - 1809.
B04131852 F.W. Woolworth, the "five-and-ten" king.
B04141889 Arnold Toynbee, historian
B04141904 Sir John Gielgud, actor in London, England
B04141935 Loretta Lynn, singer in Butchers Hollow, Ky
B04141941 Julie Christie, actress in Chukua, India
B04151452 Leonardo da Vinci, factotum
B04151707 Leonhard Euler, mathematician
B04161867 Wilbur Wright, of aeroplane fame
B04161889 Charlie Chaplin, tramp
B04161924 Henry Mancini, composer and conductor in Cleveland, OH
B04161929 Edie Adams, actress in Kingston, Pa
B04161947 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, tall person
B04171837 J.P. Morgan, financed the US.
B04171897 Thornton Wilder, American novelist
B04181857 Clarence Darrow, lawyer
B04191877 Ole Evinrude, invented the outboard marine engine.
B04191927 Don Adams, actor in New York City
B04201889 Adolf Hitler, in Braunau, Austria.
B04201893 Harold Lloyd, early film comedian.
B04211838 John Muir, naturalist.
B04211926 Queen Elizabeth II of Britain.
B04221904 J. Robert Oppenheimer.
B04221938 Glen Campbell, singer in Delight, Ark
B04231564 William Shakespeare, bard
B04231791 James Buchanan, 15th President from 1857 - 1861.
B04231813 Stephen Douglas, the "Little Giant", debated Lincoln
B04231924 Sandra Dee (born Alexandra Zuk), actress in Bayonne, NJ
B04231928 Shirley Temple Black, actress in Santa Monica, ca
B04231928 Shirley Temple, child actress
B04241620 John Graunt, statistician, founded the science of demography
B04241934 Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty), actress in Richmond, Va
B04241942 Barbra Streisand, profile
B04251874 Guglielmo Marconi, made radio possible
B04251908 Edward R. Murrow, set the standard for TV correspondents.
B04261785 John James Audubon, birdwatcher
B04261900 Charles Richter, he tells us how bad the quakes are.
B04271791 Samuel F. B. Morse
B04271822 Ulyssses S. Grant, 18th President from 1869 - 1877.
B04271896 Wallace Hume Carothers, invented nylon.
B04281758 James Monroe, 5th President from 1816 - 1824.
B04281989 Ann Margret, actress in Valsjobyn, Sweden
B04291830 Adolph Sutro, SF mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels...
B04291863 William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher (SF Examiner)
B04291899 Duke Ellington
B04291901 Hirohito, emperor in Tokyo, Japan
B04301777 Carl Friedrich Gauss, one of the greatest mathematician of all time.
B04301912 Eve Arden, Our Miss Brooks
*mmddyyyy Events
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R0401     April Fool's Day... but you knew that!
R0401    7Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. begins tomorrow morning.
S04011778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans Businessman, creates the "$" symbol.
S04011889 The first dishwashing machine is marketed in Chicago.
S04011941 Navy takes over San Francisco Bay's Treasure Island.
S04011960 TIROS I (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) launched
S04011960Cto improve weather prediction.
R0402     International Children's Book Day observed.
R0402    7Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. begins tomorrow morning.
S04021792 Congress establishes Coin denominations of United States.
S04021877 The first Easter Egg Roll is held on the White House lawn --
S04021877CRutherford B. Hayes was president.
S04021935 Watson Watt granted a patent for RADAR.
R0403    7Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. begins tomorrow morning.
S04031860 The first Pony Express riders simultaneously left Sacramento, CA
S04031860Cand St. Joseph, MO.
R0404    7Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. begins tomorrow morning.
S04041914 The movie "The Perils of Pauline" was shown for the first time,
S04041914Cin Los Angeles.
S04041968 Martin Luther King killed by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tenn
R0405    7Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. begins tomorrow morning.
S04051614 Pocahontas marries John Rolfe in Virginia.
R0406    7Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. begins tomorrow morning.
S04061862 Battle of Shiloh.
S04061868 Brigham Young marries number 27, his final wife.
S04061896 The first modern Olympic Games were opened in Greece.
S04061906 First animated cartoon is copyrighted.
S04061926 4 planes take off on first successful around-the-world flight.
S04061957 New York City ends trolley car service.
S04071933 Prohibition ends.
S04071948 World Health Organization is established.
R0408     Kambutsue, celebration of Buddha's birthday, in Japan
S04081513 Ponce de Leon arrives in Florida.
S04081766 The first patent is granted for a fire escape ... a wicker
S04081766Cbasket on a pully and a chain, designed by a London watchmaker.
S04081913 17th Amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified.
S04081974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th home run, beats Babe Ruth's record.
S04091865 Lee surrenders at Appomattox.
S04091928 Mae West makes her New York City debut in a daring new play,
S04091928C"Diamond Lil."
S04091953 TV Guide publishes its first issue.
S04091955 United Nations Charter hearing.
S04101825 First hotel in Hawaii opens.
S04101849 Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt of New York City.  He 
S04101849Cimmediately sold the patent rights for $100.
S04101882 Matson founds his shipping company, serving San Francisco & Hawaii.
S04101953 House of Wax, first 3-D movie, released in New York.
R0411     Barber Shop Quartet Day.
S04111876 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks organized.
S04111895 Anaheim completes its new electric light system.
S04111947 Jackie Robinson becomes first black in major league baseball.
S04121861 Fort Sumter, S. C., shelled by Confederacy, starts Civil War.
S04121961 Yuri A. Gagarin becomes first man to orbit Earth.
S04121961 Yuri Gagarin (USSR). 1st manned orbital spaceflight.
S04121981 First launch of the Space Shuttle  "Columbia."
S04131796 The first elephant arrives in the U.S. from Bengal, India.
S04131976 $2 bill is re-introduced as United States currency.
S04141828 First edition of Noah Webster's dictionary is published.
S04141860 First Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St. Joseph, Missouri.
S04141865 Abraham Lincoln assasinated in Ford's Theater.
S04141865 Pres Abraham Lincoln killed by John Wilkes Booth in Washington DC
S04141928 Regular air passenger flights between San Francisco and
S04141928CLos Angeles started, by Maddux Air Lines.
R0415     Income Taxes are due today.  Keep the IRS happy...
S04151850 City of San Francisco incorporated.
S04151912 Titanic sinks at 2:20 AM. And the band plays on  . . .
S04151923 Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics.
S04151928 Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf opens for business.
S04151955 Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants.
S04161866 Nitroglycerine at the Wells Fargo & Co. office explodes.
S04161926 The "Book-of-the-Month" Club opens for business.
S04171524 New York Harbor discovered by Giovanni Verrazano.
S04171875 The game of "snooker" -- a variation of pool -- is invented
S04171875Cby Sir Neville Chamberlain, while on duty in India.
S04171895 Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends first Sino-Japanese War (1894-95).
S04171941 Office of Price Administration established (handled rationing)
S04171961 U.S. invades Cuba's Bay of Pigs.
S04181775 'The British are Coming!' declares Paul Revere from horseback.
S04181906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire.
S04181934 First "Washateria" (laundromat) is opened, in Fort Worth, Texas.
S04181936 Pan-Am's "Clipper" starts providing regular passenger flights 
S04181936Cbetween San Francisco and Honolulu.
R0419     Patriot's Day.
S04191775 At Lexington Common, they fired the shot 'heard round the world'.
S04191852 California Historical Society founded.
S04191892 Charles Duryea takes the first American-made auto out for a spin.
S04191939 Connecticut finally approves the Bill of Rights . . .
S04191939C(only 148 years late).
S04191956 American actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III.
S04201836 Territory of Wisconsin established by Congress.
S04201879 The first "mobile home" (horse drawn) was used for a journey
S04201879Cbetween London and Cyprus.
S04201902 Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the element Radium.
S04201971 Supreme Court first upheld busing for school racial desegragation.
S04201978 Korean Airlines flight 007 shot down by Soviets in Russian airspace.
S0421 756 B.C., that is! According to legend, Rome was founded.
S04211836 Texans lead by Sam Houston defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto.
S04211862 Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Colorado.
S04211918 The Red Baron (von Richthofen) shot down and killed in air battle.
S04211940 Quiz show "Take It or Leave It" first asked the $64 question on CBS.
S04211972 Apollo 16's John Young & Charles Duke walked on the moon's surface.
S04211975 South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned after 10 years.
R0422     Earth Day.
S04221769 Madame Du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress.
R0423     National Secretary Day.
S04231896 First "moving pictures" are shown on a public screen in New York.
S04241800 Library of Congress founded.
S04241833 A patent is granted for the first soda fountain.
R0425     Arbor Day.  Plant a tree.
S04251684 A patent is granted for the thimble.
S04251901 New York becomes first state requiring license plates for cars.
S04251945 United Nations Conference starts.
S04251961 Robert Noyce granted a patent for the integrated circuit.
S04261607 First British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va.
S04261906 First motion pictures shown in Hawaii.
S04261954 Nationwide test of the Salk anti-polio begins.
R0427     Union Day, celebrated in Tanzania.
S04271565 First Spanish settlement in Phillipines, Cebu City, founded.
S04271897 Grant's Tomb (famed of song & legend) is dedicated.
S04271937 US Social Security system makes its first benefit payment.
S04271945 Founding of the Second Republic, in Austria.
S04281754 Mutiny on the HMS Bounty occurs.
S04281919 First successful parachute jump is made.
S04281922 WOI, Ames, Iowa, becomes the country's first licensed
S04281922Ceducational radio station.
S04281974 Last Americans evacuated from Saigon.
R0429     The Emperor's Birthday, celebrated in Japan.
S04291553 A Flemish woman introduces the practice of starching linen
S04291553Cinto England.
S04291913 The all-purpose zipper is patented.
S04301789 George Washington inaugurated as first president of the U.S.
S04301798 Department of the Navy established.
S04301803 US more than doubles its size thru the Louisiana Purchase.
S04301808 The first practical typewriter was finished by Italian Pellegrini
S04301808CTurri.  He built it for a blind friend.
S04301857 Founding of what would become San Jose State University.
S04301869 The Hawaiian YMCA organized.
S04301939 NBC makes first US demo of TV at opening of NY World's Fair.