*REVISED/COMBINED 5/12/88 CONLEY
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*mmddyyyy Birthdays
B03031887 Rupert Brooke in England, Poet
B08011770 William Clark, explored Pacific Northwest with Lewis.
B08011779 Francis Scott Key, wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner."
B08011815 Richard Henry Dana, spent 2 years before the mast.
B08011922 Arthur Hill, Actor
B08011933 Dom De Luise, Comedian
B08011942 Karen Black in Illinois, actress
B08011973 Tempestt Bledsoe, Actress, "The Cosby Show"
B08021905 Myrna Loy, Actress, in Montana.
B08021924 Carroll O'Conner, Actor
B08021924 James Baldwin, Writer
B08021926 Betsy Bloomingdale, Department Store mogul. 
B08021932 Peter O'Toole, Actor
B08021960 Apollonia Kotero, Actress
B08031811 Elisha Graves Otis, inventor of the safe elevator.
B08031901 Sen John Stennis, D-Miss
B08031905 Dolores Del Rio, Actress
B08031921 Marilyn Maxwell
B08031923 Anne Klein, Fashion designer 
B08031924 Leon Uris, Writer
B08031926 Tony Bennett, Singer
B08031940 Martin Sheen, Actor
B08041755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, invented the modern pencil.
B08041792 Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet
B08041906 John Huston, Actor
B08041930 Neil Armstrong, Astronaut
B08041943 Tina Cole, in Hollywood California
B08041946 Loni Anderson, Actress
B08041958 Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, Track star 
B08051850 Guy de Maupassant in France, writer
B08051930 Neil Armstrong, first Moonwalker.
B08051933 Joan Weldon, singer, "The GoGos."
B08051953 Samantha Sang, Singer 
B08061809 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England
B08061881 Sir Alexander Fleming, cashed in on penicillin.
B08061911 Lucille Ball, Actress/Comedienne, in New York NY
B08061917 Robert Mitchum, Actor
B08061927 Rep William David Ford, D-Mich
B08061930 Abbey Lincoln
B08061947 Sally Eaton in Illinois
B08061952 Rep Carl C Perkins, D-Ky
B080619?? Stephane Krammer
B08071783 John Heathcoat, invented lace-making machinery.
B08071876 Mata Hari, spy
B08071886 Louis Hazeltine invented neutrodyne circuit, making radio possible
B08071886Ccommercial radio possible.
B08071904 Ralph J. Bunche, statesman
B08071923 Esther Williams, Swimmer/Actress
B08071929 Don Larsen, on what must have been a perfect day
B08071932 Ann Harding
B08071937 Dustin Hoffman, Actor
B08071942 Anjanette Comer in Dawson Texas
B08071943 Lana Cantrell in Sydney Australia
B08071944 Loni Anderson in St Paul Minnesota
B08081763 Charles Bullfinch, first US professional architect.
B08081884 Sara Teasdale, poet
B08081910 Sylvia Sydney
B08081922 Rudi Gernreich, designed first women's topless swimsuit, 
B08081922Cthe "thong," and the miniskirt. 
B08081938 Connie Stevens in Brooklyn NY
B08091923 Rhonda Fleming, Actress
B08091928 Eddie Fisher, Actor
B08091928 Jimmy Dean, Actor
B08091930 Betty Boop.
B08091942 David Steinberg, comedian
B08091957 Melanie Griffith
B08101874 Herbert Hoover, 31st President from 1929 - 1933.
B08101900 Norma Shearer
B08101911 Jane Wyatt in Campgaw NJ
B08101924 Martha Hyer
B08101925 Mike Douglas, TV Host
B08101933 Jerry Falwell, Evangelist
B08101938 Diana Muldaur
B08101942 Betsy Johnson
B08101943 Ronnie Spector in New York City
B08111833 Robert G. Ingersoll
B08111902 Lloyd Nolan, actor
B08111924 Arlene Dahl in Minnesota
B08111937 Anna Massey
B08111941 Elizabeth Holtzman, Congresswoman & Brooklyn Bkln Attorney 
B08111941CGeneral.
B08121862 Julius Rosenwald, philanthropist.
B08121876 Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer.
B08121881 Cecil B. deMille, directed God.
B08121911 Mario Moreno, Actor, alias Cantinflas.
B08121921 Majorie Reynolds in Buhl Idaho
B08121941 Deborah Walley in Bridgeport Ct
B08131655 Johann Christoph Denner, invented the clarinet.
B08131818 Lucy Stone, pioneer in Woman's Rights.
B08131860 Annie Oakley, sharpshooter.
B08131899 Alfred Hitchcock, Film Director
B08131912 Ben Hogan, Golfing Great
B08131927 Fidel Castro, Cuban political leader
B08131967 Quinn Cummings
B08141867 John Galsworthy in England, author
B08141926 Alice Ghostly in Montana
B08141941 Connie Smith in Elkhart, Indiana, singer
B08141946 Susan St. James, Actress, in Los Angeles Calif
B08141952 Debbie Meyer, Swimmer 
B08151769 Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba.
B08151803 Sir James Douglas, father of British Columbia.
B08151879 Ethel Barrymore, actress
B08151888 T. E.  Lawrence, writer (aka Lawrence of Arabia)
B08151912 Julia Child in Pasadena Calif, Chef/TV Personality
B08151912 Wendy Hiller, Actress
B08151924 Phyllis Schlafly, News Correspondent, in St Louis
B08151925 Mike Conners, Actor
B08151931 Janice Rule in Norwood Ohio
B08151933 Lori Nelson
B08151935 Abby Dalton in Las Vegas
B08151935 Jim Dale, Actor/Singer/Dancer
B08151943 Barbara Bouchet
B08151950 Princess Anne of England
B08161884 Hugo Gernsback, responsible for science fiction becoming an
B08161884Cindependent literary form.
B08161892 Harold Foster, cartoonist, created "Prince Valiant", known for
B08161892Cits fine drawing and historical detail.
B08161925 Fess Parker, Actor, "Davy Crockett."
B08161928 Ann Blyth in Mt Kisko NY
B08161930 Frank Gifford, Sportscaster
B08161930 Robert Culp, Actor
B08161931 Betsy Von Furstenberg in Germany
B08161932 Eydie Gorme in Bronx NY
B08161935 Julie Newmar
B08161936 Anita Gillette in Baltimore Md
B08161939 Carole Shelley in London
B08161946 Leslie Ann Warren in New York City
B08161958 Madonna (Ciccone) in Bay City Michigan
B08171786 Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier.
B08171892 Mae West in Brooklyn NY. "Go up and see her sometime!"
B08171921 Maureen O'Hara, Actress, in Dublin Ireland
B08171943 Robert De Niro, Actor
B08171958 Belinda Carlisle (The GoGos lead singer)
B08181618 Virginia Dare, first child born in America of English parents.
B08181774 Merriwether Lewis, searched the Louisiana territory
B08181834 Marshall Field, founded a Chicago-based store chain.
B08181904 Max Factor Jr., Son of the make-up king
B08181922 Shelley Winters, Actress, in St Louis Mo
B08181927 Rosalynn Carter, First Lady
B08181933 Roman Polanski, Director
B08181935 Gail Fisher in Orange NJ
B08181937 Robert Redford, Actor
B08191646 John Flamsteed, first astronomer royal of England.
B08191765 Robert Fulton, inventor
B08191785 Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks.
B08191871 Orville Wright, famed brother and aviator.
B08191902 Ogden Nash, poet
B08191931 Willie Shoemaker, Jockey
B08191933 Debra Paget
B08191940 Jill St. John, Actress, in Los Angeles California
B08191956 Sue Barker
B08201833 Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President from 1889 - 1893.
B08201881 Edgar A. Guest, poet
B08201921 Jacqueline Susann, author of "Valley of the Dolls."
B08201925 Lola Albright in Ohio
B08201946 Connie Chung, NBC's news anchor.
B08211660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote first book on bridge building.
B08211906 Count Basie, musician
B08211930 Princess Margaret of England
B08211936 Mart Crowley, Playwright
B08211936 Wilt Chamberlain, Basketball Player
B08211938 Kenny Rogers, Singer
B08211944 Jackie DeShannon in Kentucky
B08211945 Patty McCormack
B08221862 Claude Debussy in France, composer
B08221920 Ray Bradbury, science fiction author.
B08221929 Honor Blackman in London England
B08221933 Sylvia Koscina
B08221934 Diana Sands
B08221940 Valerie Harper in Sufferin NY. "Rhoda."
B08221942 Kathy Lennon in Santa Monica 
B08221948 Cindy Williams in Van Nuys California
B08221949 Diana Nyad, Swimmer 
B08231785 Oliver Hazard Perry, naval leader
B08231869 Edgar Lee Masters, poet
B08231869 James "Sunny Jim" Rolph, S.F. Mayor (1912-1931), Muni backer.
B08231912 Gene Kelly, Dancer/Actor
B08231930 Vera Miles, Actress
B08231934 Barbara Eden, Arizona, I dream of Jeannie
B08231942 Patricia McBride
B08231948 Ron Blomberg future designated hitter
B08231949 Shelley Long in Fort Wayne Indiana
B08241816 Sir Daniel Gooch, laid first successful trans-Atlantic cables.
B08241872 Aubrey Beardsley, Artist
B08241872 Max Beerbohm, Writer
B08241886 William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed the Liberty 
B08241886Cships.
B08241956 Gerry Cooney, Boxer
B08251836 Bret Harte, western writer
B08251909 Michael Rennie, Actor
B08251910 Ruby Keeler, Dancer, in Halifax NS
B08251916 Van Johnson, Actor
B08251918 Leonard Bernstein, conductor-composer
B08251919 George Wallace, Governor
B08251927 Althea Gibson, first black tennis champion (in a major event.)
B08251930 Sean Connery, Actor
B08261873 Lee De Forest, invented the Audion vacuum tube (radio tube.)
B08261906 Dr Albert Sabin, polio vaccine discoverer
B08261927 Francois Leydet, Yosemite Calendar
B08261947 Candy Moore in Maplewood NJ
B08261948 Valerie Simpson in Bronx New York, singer, Ashford's partner
B08271871 Theodore Dreiser, author
B08271882 Samuel Goldwyn, pioneer filmmaker.
B08271899 C.S. Forester, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower
B08271899 C.S. Forester, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower.
B08271908 Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President from 1963 - 1969.
B08271916 Martha Raye, Comedienne/Actress/Denture wearer, in Butte, MT.
B08271943 Susan 'Tuesday' Weld in New York City.
B08281749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Germany, social philosopher
B08281921 Nancy Kulp in Pennsylvania
B08281925 Donald O'Connor, Comedian/Actor
B08281939 Cassie Mackin, NBC News reporter
B08281950 Ron 'Louisana Lightning' Guidry
B08281960 Emma Samms, The Colby's star
B08291809 Oliver Wendell Holmes, jurist
B08291912 Barry Sullivan, actor
B08291915 Ingrid Bergman in Sweden
B08291916 George Montgomery, Actor
B08291916 Ingrid Bergman, Actress
B08291938 Elliot Gould, Actor
B08291941 Robin Leach, TV's "Life Styles of the Rich and Famous"
B08291945 Wyomia Tyus, (Olympic Runner)
B08291958 Michael Jackson, Singer
B08301797 Mary Shelley, wrote "Frankenstein."
B08301871 Ernest Rutherford in England, phycist
B08301896 Raymond Massey, Actor
B08301901 John Gunther, Writer
B08301901 Roy Wilkins, Black Leader
B08301907 Shirley Booth in New York - "Hazel."
B08301908 Fred MacMurray, Actor
B08301909 Joan Blondell in New York
B08301909 Shirley Booth, Actress
B08301918 Ted Williams, Baseball Player
B08301941 Elizabeth Ashley in Florida
B08301943 Jean-Claude Killy, Skier
B08301943 R. Crumb, Cartoonist
B08301947 Peggy Lipton in New York City - The Mod Squad
B08311870 Maria Montessori, educator
B08311903 Arthur Godfrey, entertainer
B08311908 William Sarayon, writer
B08311918 Alan Jay Lerner, composer
B08311924 Buddy Hackett, Comedian
B08311928 James Coburn, Actor
B08311935 Eldridge Cleaver, Writer
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*mmddyyyy Reminders
R0801     Confederation Day, celebrated in Switzerland.
R0801     Sandwich Month.
R0801    6The start of the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California.
R0806     Independence Day, celebrated in Bolivia.
R0810     Independence Day, celebrated in Ecuador.
R0813     International Left-handers Day.
R0815     Independence Day, celebrated in the Congo.
R0815     Liberation Day, celebrated in South Korea.
R0817     Independence Day, celebrated in Indonesia.
R0819     Aviation Day.
R0825     Independence Day, celebrated in Uruguay.
R0829     "According to Hoyle" Day.

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*mmddyyyy Events
S08011291 the Everlasting League forms, the basis of the Swiss 
S08011291CConfederation.
S08011790 First U.S. Census is taken.
S08011794 Whisky Rebellion begins.
S08011852 Black Methodists in SF establish first black church, 
S08011852CZion Methodist.
S08011869 First voyage down the Colorado River.
S08011873 San Francisco's first cable car begins service.
S08011876 Colorado becomes the 38th state.
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.)
S08011957 First commercial building heated by sun, Albuquerque NM.
S08011958 First Class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years.)
S08011966 Charles Whitman climbs the U of Texas tower and shoots 12 dead.
S08011971 CBS presents "The Six Wives of Henry VIII."
S08011981 MTV premieres
S08021776 Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence.
S08021858 First street mailboxes - Boston, Mass.
S08021873 First trial run of an SF cable car, on Clay Street between
S08021873CKearny and Jones, downhill all the way, at 4AM.
S08021876 Wild Bill Hickok is shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall.
S08021876CThe poker hand he is holding has since been known as the
S08021876CDead Man's Hand:  A pair of Aces, and a pair of 8's.
S08021909 First Lincoln head pennies minted.
S08021923 President Harding dies at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
S08021934 Hitler takes over presidency when Paul Von Hindenburg dies at 86.
S08021965 Morley Safer's first Vietnam report, indicating we are losing.
S08021979 Thurmon Munson killed in a plane crash at Akron Ohio at age 32.
S08021992 Ron Simmons defeats Leon "Big Van Vader" White for NWA World
S08021992CHeavyweight Championship - Baltimore, MD.  Becomes first
S08021992Cblack heavyweight champion of the world.
S08031492 Columbus sets sail from Spain for 'the Indies.'
S08031678 Robert LaSalle builds the first ship in America, the Griffon.
S08031958 First underwater crossing of North Pole completed, 
S08031958Csubmarine Nautilus.
S08031984 365.7 million shares traded in the New York Stock Exchange.
S08041693 Champagne is invented by Dom Perignon.
S08041777 Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes the
S08041777Cfirst circus.
S08041790 United States Coast Guard founded.
S08041927 Peace Bridge between US and Canada opened.
S08041958 Dumont TV Network crumbles.
S08041985 Phil Rizzuto day at Yankee Stadium retiring uniform Ë10.
S08051775 The first Spanish ship, 'San Carlos', enters San Francisco bay.
S08051861 US levies its first Income Tax (3Ì of incomes over $800.)
S08051864 The spectrum of a comet observed for first time, by 
S08051864CGiovanni Donati.
S08051884 Cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty laid.
S08051957 "American Bandstand" goes on network TV.
S08051962 Marilyn Monroe dies at age 36.
S08051963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed.
S08051966 Beatles release "Revolver" album.
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 is dropped on Hiroshima by the 'Enola Gay.'
S08061961 Gherman S. Titov, second Russian in space aboard Vostok 2
S08061965 Beatles release "Help" album.
S08061985 Nineteenth Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 8 returns to Earth.
S08071807 First serviceable 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.
S08071929 Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games.
S08071942 Marines land on Guadalcanal.
S08071959 First satellite to transmit photographs to Earth launched, 
S08071959Cfrom Cape Canaveral.
S08071964 Congress passes Tonkin Resolution, official start of Vietnam war.
S08071971 Apollo 15 returns to Earth.
S08071972 Joi Lansing dies at age 43.
S08071984 Jim Deshales becomes the 1000th playing Yankee.
S08081814 Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium.
S08081860 The Queen of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in New York
S08081860CCity, the first queen to visit the United States.
S08081900 First Davis Cup tennis matches, held in Boston.
S08081920 Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes.
S08081929 Salem Oregon airport dedicated.
S08081940 Battle of Britain begins as Germany launches air attacks.
S08081972 Yanks sign a 30 year lease with New York City.
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.
S08091956 First state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, 
S08091956Cdebuts in Alabama.
S08091969 The Manson family commits the Tate-LaBianca murders.
S08091974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency in wake of Watergate scandal.
S08101809 Ecuador gains its independence.
S08101821 Missouri becomes the 24th state.
S08101846 Smithsonian Institute established.
S08101866 Transatlantic cable laid - President Buchanan speaks to 
S08101866CBritain's Queen Victoria.
S08101900 First Davis Cup Tennis Tournament is held in Massachusetts.
S08101900CThe U.S. defeats Great Britain.
S08101948 ABC enters network TV at 7 PM - WJZ, New York.
S08101973 First BART train travels thru transbay tube to 
S08101973CMontgomery St. Station.
S08101981 Pete Rose tops Stan Musial's NL record of 3630 hits
S08101986 Billy Martin day at Yankee Stadium, uniform retired.
S08111866 The world's first roller rink opens its doors, in Newport, R.I.
S08111929 Babe Ruth hits his 500th homer.
S08111951 First color telecast of baseball game - NY city.
S08111962 Andrian G. Nikolayev, third Russian in space, aboard Vostok 3.
S08111965 Watts riots in Los Angeles, $200 million in damages.
S08111980 Reggie Jackson hits his 400th homer.
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.
S08121934 Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand.
S08121953 Ann Davidson -first woman to sail solo across Atlantic
S08121953Carrives in Miami.
S08121959 First ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island.
S08121960 First communications satellite launched from Cape Canaveral.
S08121962 Pavel R. Popovich, fourth  Russian in space aboard Vostok 4.
S08121964 Mantle hits the longest shot in Yankee Stadium, 502 feet.
S08121972 Last combat troops leave Vietnam.
S08121974 First time 2 teammates elected to Hall of Fame on same day, 
S08121974Cthey are Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford.
S08121977 First test of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
S08121992 Masahiro Chono defeats Rick Rood in final round of tournament
S08121992Cto fill vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship (Tokyo, Japan)
S08131876 Reciprocity Treaty between US and Hawaii ratified.
S08131961 Berlin Wall erected in East Germany.
S08141846 Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance.
S08141893 France issues first driving licenses, including a required test.
S08141935 US Social Security Law enacted.
S08141945 VJ Day - Japan surrendered to end World War II.
S08151901 Arch Rock, danger to SF Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of
S08151901Cnitrogelatin (and that ain't jello).
S08151914 First ship through the Panama Canal.
S08151935 Will Rogers & Wiley Post die in a plane crash.
S08151945 South Korea liberated from Japanese rule.
S08151960 The Congo (Brazzaville) gains its independence.
S08161777 Britain loses Battle of Bennington.
S08161863 Emancipation Proclamation signed.
S08161896 GOLD !!!! is discovered in the Klondike.
S08161948 Baseball great Babe Ruth dies at age 53.
S08161969 Woodstock festival begins in New York.
S08171807 Fulton's first real steamboat trip, New York City to Albany, 
S08171807C150 miles in 32 hours.
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.
S08171960 Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow.
S08171961 Alliance for Progress established.
S08181817 Gloucester, Massachussetts, newspapers carry accounts of a wild
S08181817Csea serpent seen offshore. 3 feet in diameter, 100 feet long.
S08181835 The last of the Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago.
S08181958 Investigation starts of TV Game show scandal.
S08181960 First photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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.
S08191942 First American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, 
S08191942CSolomon Islands.
S08191942 First American pilot to shoot down German fighter plane, 
S08191942CS.F. Junkin.
S08191950 ABC begins the tradition of Saturday morning kid shows.
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.
S08191979 The crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34.
S08191982 Soyuz T-7 is launched.
S08201930 Dumont's first TV Broadcast for home reception, NY city.
S08201940 Churchill utters famous line "Never before in the history of
S08201940Chuman conflict is so much owed by so many to so few."  He is
S08201940Cspeaking about the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain.
S08201955 First airplane to exceed 1800 mph - HA Hanes, Palmdale Ca.
S08201977 Voyager II launched.
S08211841 John Hampson patents the venetian blind.
S08211858 First Lincoln-Douglas debate.
S08211887 Mighty (Dan) Casey STRIKES OUT in a game with the N.Y. Giants!
S08211959 Hawaii becomes the 50th state.
S08211965 Gemini V is launched.
S08211968 Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia.
S08211979 Virgil Riley Runnels (better known as Dusty Rhodes) defeats
S08211979CHarley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Title in Tampa, FL.
S08211982 Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut.
S08221485 Richard III slain at Bosworth Field - Last of the Plantagenets.
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, 
S08221851Cnow known as the America's Cup, at a regatta in England.
S08231617 The first one-way streets are established -- in London.
S08231869 First carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in San 
S08231869CFrancisco, from Boston, after a 16-day rail trip
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," in San Francisco
S08231927 Sacco and Vanzetti executed.
S08231963 Beatles release "She Loves You."
S0824  79 Pompeii is buried.
S08241814 British sack Washington, DC, White House burned
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.
S08241932 First transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, AE Putnam.
S08241949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established.
S08241956 First non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight.
S08241976 Soyuz 21 returns to Earth.
S08241989 Voyager II  flies past Neptune.
S08251804 Alice Meynell becomes the first woman jockey, in England.
S08251825 Uruguay gains its independence.
S08251929 Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco, headed for Los Angeles
S08251929Cafter trans-Pacific voyage from Tokyo.
S08251944 Paris is liberated from Nazi occupation in WWII.
S08251981 Voyager II flies past Saturn.
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.
S08261937 Pumping to build Treasure Island finished.
S08261939 First televised Major league baseball game - Reds vs Dodgers.
S08261973 University of Texas at Arlington becomes the first accredited
S08261973Cschool to offer a course in belly dancing.
S08261974 Soyuz 15 is launched.
S08261978 Soyuz 31 is launched.
S08261979 Harley Race defeats Virgil Runnels (better known as Dusty
S08261979CRhodes) for the NWA World Heavyweight Title in Orlando, FL.
S08261979CThis ends a 5 day title reign for Rhodes and begins Race's
S08261979C3rd of 8 world title reigns.
S08271859 First successful oil well drilled near Titusville, Penn.
S08271883 Krakatoa, WEST of Java, blew apart (Top that, Mt. St. Helens.)
S08271909 Jack Chesbro's final game as a Yankee.
S08271912 Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes Tarzan.
S08271928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agree to outlaw war.
S08271950 General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a 
S08271950Ccommunist.
S08271982 Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth.
S08271985 20th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 6 is launched.
S08281565 St Augustine, Florida established.
S08281837 Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins of Worcester, England
S08281837Cbegin the manufacture of Worcester Sauce.
S08281938 Northwestern University awards an honorary degree to Edgar
S08281938CBergen's dummy Charlie McCarthy.
S08281963 200,000 march on Washington, DC in Civil Rights protest.
S08281974 Soyuz 15 returns to Earth.
S08291885 Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle.
S08291896 Chop suey introduced in New York (not in China.)
S08291954 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens.
S08291965 Gemini V returns to Earth.
S08291967 The final television episode of "The Fugitive."
S08301850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city.
S08301961 First Black judge of a District Court confirmed - JB Parsons.
S08301979 First recorded occurrance of a comet hitting the sun (the energy
S08301979Creleased is about equal to 1 million hydrogen bombs.)
S08301983 Eighth Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 3 is launched.
S08301984 Twelfth Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 1 is launched.
S08311850 The California Pioneers organized at Montgomery & Clay Streets.
S08311886 Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized.
S08311895 John Brailier becomes the first "pro" football player when he
S08311895Creceives $10 for expenses in a game at Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
S08311955 First microwave television station operated - Lufkin, Texas
S08311955 First sun-powered automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Il.
S08311980 Solidarity Labor Union in Poland is founded.
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