*updated 03/22/88 MAC *mmddyyyy Birthdays *-------- ------------------------------------------------------------ B12021906 Peter Carl Goldmark, developed color TV & LP records. B12031729 Antonio Soler, famed late 18th century Spanish composer. B12051782 Martin Van Buren, 8th President from 1837 - 1841. B12051839 General George A. Custer, lost to Indians. B12051901 Walter Elias Disney, father of Mickey Mouse. B12061822 John Eberhard, built first large scale pencil factory in US. B12061870 William S. Hart, star of silent Western movies. B12081861 William Durant, founded General Motors Corp. B12081865 Jean Sibelius, major Scandinavian composer. B12081894 James Thurber, humorist. B12091848 Joel Chandler Harris, created the Uncle Remus stories. B12091886 Clarence Birdseye, became the frozen vegatable king. B12101830 Emily Dickinson, poet. B12101851 Melvil Dewey, created the Dewey Decimal System for libraries. B12111918 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. B12121805 Henry Wells, founded American Express Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. B12121821 Gustave Flaubert, novelist, 'Madame Bovary.' B12121915 Old Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra. B12141546 Tycho Brahe, astronomer B12151832 Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, built a tower in Paris. B12151861 Charles Edgar Duryea, with his brother, invented first auto B12151861Cto be built and operated in US. B12161770 Ludwig von Beethoven B12161863 George Santayana, philosopher, poet, humanist. B12161899 Sir Noel Coward, playwright B12161917 qqǸpq0dq2dq33lq qsqard Prexrom 1889 - 1893. B08211660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote first book on bridge building. B08221862 Claude Debussy, composer B08221920 Ray Bradbury, science fiction author. B08231869 James "Sunny Jim" Rolph, Mayor (1912-1931), Muni backer. B08241816 Sir Daniel Gooch, laid first successful trans-Atlantic cables. B08241886 William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed the Liberty ships. B08251927 Althea Gibson, first black tennis champion (in a major event.) B08261873 Lee De Forest, invented the Audion vacuum tube (radio tube.) B08271882 Samuel Goldwyn, pioneer filmmaker. B08271899 C.S. Forester, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower. B08271908 Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President from 1963 - 1969. B08281749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, social philosopher. B08301797 Mary Shelley, wrote 'Frankenstein.' *mmddyyyy Events *-------- --------------------------------------------------------------- S08011291 The Everlasting League forms, the basis of the Swiss Confederation. S08011790 First U.S. Census is taken. S08011794 Whisky Rebellion begins. S08011852 Black Methodists in SF establish first black church, Zion Methodist. S08011873 San Francisco's first cable car begins service. S08011881 US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island. S08011901 Burial within San Francisco City limits prohibited. S08011916 Hawaii National Park established. S08011946 President Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission. S08011953 California introduces its Sales Tax (for Education.) S08011958 First Class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years.) S08011961 New San Francisco Hall of Justice opens. R0801 6The start of the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California. R0801 Confederation Day, celebrated in Switzerland. S08021876 Wild Bill Hickok is shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall. S08021876CThe poker hand he was holding has since been known as the S08021876CDead Man's Hand: A pair of Aces, and a pair of 8's. S08031492 Columbus sets sail for 'the Indies.' S08041693 Champagne is invented by Dom Perignon. S08041777 Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes the S08041777Cfirst circus. S08041790 United States Coast Guard founded. S08051775 The first Spanish ship, 'San Carlos', enters San Francisco bay. S08051861 US levies its first Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800.) S08051864 The spectrum of a comet observed for first time, by Giovanni Donati. S08051963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed. S08061835 Bolivia gains its independence. S08061926 The first American woman, Gertrude Ederle, swims the S08061926CEnglish Channel in 14 hours, 34 minutes. S08061945 The Atom Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the 'Enola Gay.' R0806 Independence Day, celebrated in Bolivia. S08071807 First servicable steamboat, the Cleremont, goes on first voyage. S08071820 Potatoes first planted in Hawaii. S08071888 Theophilus Van Kannel of Philadelphia receives a patent for S08071888Chis revolving door -- described as a storm door structure. S08081860 The Queen of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in New York S08081860CCity, the first queen to visit the United States. S08091638 Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes the first European settler S08091638Cin what is now known as the Bronx. S08091803 First horses arrive in Hawaii. S08091842 The US-Canada border defined by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. S08091945 Atom Bomb dropped on Nagasaki. S08091974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency in wake of Watergate scandal. S08101809 Ecuador gains its independence. S08101900 First Davis Cup Tennis Tournament is held in Massachusetts. S08101900CThe U.S. defeats Great Britain. S08101981 Pete Rose tops Stan Musial's record of 3630 hits. R0810 Independence Day, celebrated in Ecuador. S08111866 The world's first roller rink opens its doors, in Newport, R.I. S08121851 Isaac Singer granted a patent for his sewing machine. S08121888 Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes the first motor tour. S08121888CWithout her husband's knowledge, she borrow one of his cars and S08121888Ctravels 180km to visit relatives for 5 days. S08131876 Reciprocity Treaty between US and Hawaii ratified. R0813 International Left-handers Day. S08141846 Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance. S08141893 France issues first driving licenses, including a required test. S08141945 VJ Day - Japan surrendered to end World War II. S08151945 Riot in San Francisco celebrating end of World War II. S08151945CSouth Korea liberated from Japanese rule. S08151960 The Congo (Brazzaville) gains its independence. R0815 Independence Day, celebrated in the Congo. R0815 Liberation Day, celebrated in South Korea. S08161896 GOLD !!!! is discovered in the Klondike. S08161969 Woodstock festival begins in New York. S08171858 First bank in Hawaii opens. S08171870 Mrs. Esther Morris becomes the first woman magistrate -- S08171870Cappointed Justice of the Peace in South Pass, Wyoming. S08171950 Indonesia gains its independence. R0817 Independence Day, celebrated in Indonesia. S08181817 Gloucester, Massachussetts, newspapers carry accounts of a wild S08181817Csea serpent seen offshore. 3 feet in diameter, 100 feet long. S08191826 Canada Co. chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario.) S08191888 The first beauty contest is held, in Spa, Belgium. The winner S08191888Cis an 18 year old girl from the West Indies. S08191960 Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by USSR (U-2 incident.) S08191960CPowers later dies at the controls of the KNBC-TV helicopter in S08191960CLos Angeles after running out of fuel returning from a fire. R0819 Aviation Day. R0819 6Admission Day (celebrated in Hawaii.) S08201940 Churchill utters famous line "Never before in the history of S08201940Chuman conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." He was S08201940Cspeaking about the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain. S08201977 Voyager II launched. R0820 6Admission Day (celebrated in Hawaii.) S08211887 Mighty (Dan) Casey STRUCK OUT in a game with the N.Y. Giants! S08211959 Hawaii becomes the 50th state. S08211968 Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia. S08221787 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before S08221787CFulton builds his steamboat. S08221851 The yacht 'America' wins the first Royal Yacht Squadron Cup, now S08221851Cknown as the America's Cup, at a regatta in England. S08231617 The first one-way streets are established -- in London. S08231872 First Japanese commercial ship visits San Francisco S08231872Cwith a cargo of tea. S08231889 First ship-to-shore wireless message received in US: S08231889C'US lightship to Cliff House.' S0824 79 Pompeii is buried. S08241814 British sack Washington, DC. S08241853 The first potato chips are prepared by Chef George Crum in S08241853CSaratoga Springs, New York. Nobody could eat just one! S08241869 The Waffle Iron is invented. S08241909 Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal. S08241989 Voyager II flies past Neptune. S08251804 Alice Meynell becomes the first woman jockey, in England. S08251825 Uruguay gains its independence. S08251981 Voyager II flies past Saturn. R0825 Independence Day, celebrated in Uruguay. S08261629 Cambridge Agreement pledged. Massachusetts Bay Co. stockholders S08261629Cagree to emigrate to New England. S08261791 John Fitch granted a US patent for his working steamboat. S08261846 W. A. Bartlett appointed first US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF.) S08261907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in S08261907C57 seconds. S08261920 19th Amendment passes - Women's Suffrage granted. S08261973 University of Texas at Arlington becomes the first accredited S08261973Cschool to offer a course in belly dancing. S08271859 First successful oil well drilled near Titusville, Penn. S08271883 Krakatoa, WEST of Java, blew apart (Top that, Mt. St. Helens.) S08271928 60 nations sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact, agreeing to outlaw war. S08281938 Northwestern University awards an honorary degree to Edgar S08281938CBergen's dummy Charlie McCarthy. S08291885 Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle. S08291954 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens. S08381837 Pharmacists John Lea a