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. S08011291 Everlasting League forms, the basis of the Swiss Confederation S08011790 First U.S. Census S08011794 Whisky Rebellion S08011852 Black Methodists establish 1st black SF church, Zion Methodist S08011901 Burial within San Francisco City limits prohibited. 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 S0801 6The start of the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California. S0801 Confederation Day, celebrated in Switzerland B08021986 Me! Do programs have life? S08021873 1st trial run of an SF cable car, on Clay Street between Kearny and Jones, downhill all the way, at 4AM. S08021877 San Francisco Public Library opens with 5000 volumes. S08021990 Saddam Hussein of Iraq invades neighboring Kuwait in the first act of the 1991 Persian Gulf War. B08031811 Elisha Graves Otis, inventor of the safe elevator. S08031492 Columbus sets sail for 'the Indies'. B08031924 Leon Uris, writer (Exodus, QB VII) B08031926 Tony Bennett singer, left his heart in San Francisco B08041755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, invented the modern pencil. S08041693 Champagne is invented by Dom Perignon. B08041790 The United States Coast Guard, Semper Paratus B08041792 Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet B08051930 Neil Armstrong, X-15 pilot, the first man on the moon S08051775 The 1st Spanish ship, 'San Carlos', enters San Francisco bay. S08051861 US levies its first Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800). S08051864 Spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati S08051963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed. B08061809 Lord Alfred Tennyson, poet laureate of England. B08061881 Alexander Fleming, cashed in on others' discovery of penicillin. S08061835 Bolivia gains its independence S08061926 The first woman swims the English Channel. S08061945 The first Atom Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the 'Enola Gay'. B08061911 Lucille Ball, comedian, actress, "I Love Lucy" B08061917 Robert Mitchum, actor, "Heaven Knows Mr. Allison" B08061921 Ella Raines, actress S0806 Independence Day, celebrated in Bolivia. B08071783 John Heathcoat, invented lace-making machinery B08071886 Louis Alan Hazeltine, invented the neutrodyne circuit, making commercial radio possible. S08071807 1st servicable steamboat, the Cleremont, goes on 1st voyage. B08071942 Garrison Keillor, teller of tall tales B08071903 Louis Leakey, anthropologist B08071779 Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography B08081763 Charles Bullfinch, 1st US professional architect B08081922 Rudi Gernreich, designed the topless swimsuit & the miniskirt B08081923 Esther Williams, actress, swimmer in Inglewood Cal B08081902 Paul Dirac, British theoretical physicist B08081879 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader B08081930 Andy Warhol, artist, movie producer B08081948 Svetlana Y. Savitskaya, 2nd woman in space (Soyuz T-7, T-12) B08091930 Betty Boop, koo-koo-chee-koo B08091776 Amedeo Avogadro, Italian physicist (6.022 x 10 ^ 23) B08091593 Izaac Walton, fisherman, writer (Compleat Angler) S08091842 The US-Canada border defined by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. S08091945 The 2nd Atom Bomb dropped on Nagasaki. S08091974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency. B08101874 Herbert Hoover, 31st President (1929-1933) S08101809 Ecuador gains its independence. S08101981 Pete Rose tops Stan Musial's record of 3630 hits. S0810 Independence Day, celebrated in Ecuador S0811 Kappa Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus S0811 Perseid meteor shower, radiant in Cassiopeia S08111877 Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Deimos S08111929 Babe Ruth hits his 500th homer S08111933 Temp. hits 58øC (136øF) at San Luis Potos¡, Mex. (world record) B08111902 Lloyd Nolan, actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place) B08111921 Alex Haley, American author (Roots) B08111950 Steve Wozniak, cofounded Apple Computer S0812 Kappa Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus S0812 Perseid meteor shower, radiant in Cassiopeia B08121881 Cecil B. deMille, directed God. B08121911 Mario Moreno, alias Cantinflas. S08121851 Issac Singer granted a patent for his sewing machine. S08121898 The peace protocol ending the Spanish-American War was signed. S08121915 `Of Human Bondage,' by William Somerset Maugham, published. S08121934 Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand S0813 Kappa Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus S0813 Perseid meteor shower, radiant in Cassiopeia B08131655 Johann Christoph Denner, invented the clarinet. S08131642 Christiaan Huygens discovers the Martian south polar cap B08131818 Lucy Stone, pioneer in Woman's Rights. B08131860 Annie Oakley, straight shooter. S08131961 Berlin Wall erected in East Germany S08131876 Reciprocity Treaty between US and Hawaii ratified. S0813 International Left-handers Day S0814 410 Alaric sacks Rome, he really was a Vandal. S08141457 Oldest exactly dated printed book (c. 3 years after Gutenberg) S08141848 Oregon Territory created S08141935 Social Security Act became law S08141941 Atlantic Charter signed by FDR & Churchill S08141846 Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance. S08141945 VJ Day - Japan surrendered to end World War II. S08141966 First US lunar orbiter does it. B08151769 Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba B08151803 Sir James Douglas, father of British Columbia. B08151912 Julia Child, chef. S08151901 Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of nitrogelatin (and that ain't jello). S08151945 Riot in San Francisco celebrating end of World War II. S08151945 South Korea liberated from Japanese rule. S08151960 The Congo (Brazzaville) gains its independence. S0815 Independence Day, celebrated in the Congo. S0815 Liberation Day, celebrated in South Korea. S0816 Kappa Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus B08161884 Hugo Gernsback, responsible for Science Fiction becoming an independent literary form. B08161892 Harold Foster, cartoonist, created "Prince Valiant", known for its fine drawing and historical detail. S08161969 Woodstock festival begins in New York. S08161970 Venera 7 launched by USSR for soft landing on Venus S08161863 Emancipation Proclamation signed S0817 Kappa Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus B08171786 Davy Crockett, grinned down bears. B08171892 Mae West. Go up and see her sometime. S08171807 R. Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River S08171896 Gold discovered at Bonanza Creek, in Klondike region of the Yukon S08171950 Indonesia gains its independence. S08171939 "The Wizard of Oz" opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in NY S0818 Kappa Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus B08181618 Virginia Dare, 1st child born in America of English parents. B08181834 Marshall Field, founded a Chicago-based store chain. S08181868 Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse S08181914 Pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality S08181963 James Meredith becomes 1st black graduate of Univ of Miss. S08181976 USSR's Luna 24 softlands on the Moon S0819 Kappa Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus S0819 National Aviation Day B08191646 John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England. B08191785 Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks. B08191871 Orville Wright, builder of bicycles and airplanes. S08191826 Canada Co. chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario). S08191891 William Huggins describes use of spectrum in astronomy. S08191960 Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by USSR (U-2 incident) S08191960 Sputnik 5 carries 3 dogs into orbit (recovered alive) Yeaaa! S08191979 The crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 S08191982 Soyuz T-7 is launched S0819 6Admission Day (celebrated in Hawaii). S0820 Kappa Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus B08201833 Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President (1889-1893) S08201866 President Andrew Johnson formally declared the Civil War over S08201942 WW II dimout regulations implemented in San Francisco. S08201920 US's first radio broadcaster, 8MK later WWJ, Detroit begins daily broadcasting. S08201930 Dumont's 1st TV Broadcast for home reception, NY city S08201940 Churchill says of the Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." S08201977 Voyager II launched. S0820 6Admission Day (celebrated in Hawaii). S0821 Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco B08211660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building. S08211965 Gemini 5 launched into earth orbit (2 astronauts) S08211968 William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight) S08211972 US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus is launched S08211841 John Hampson patents the venetian blind S08211959 Hawaii became the 50th state. S08211968 Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia. S0822 Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco B08221862 Claude Debussy, composer B08221920 Ray Bradbury, science fiction author. S08221485 Richard III slain at Bosworth Field - Last of the Plantagenets S08221787 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton S08221851 Gold fields discovered in Australia S08221963 Joe Walker in a NASA X-15, reaches 106 km (67 miles) S0823 Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco S08231833 Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed S08231869 1st carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in San Francisco, from Boston, after a 16-day rail trip. S08231919 "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premiers in Chicago Tribune S08231957 Digital Equipment Corp. founded S08231966 Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of earth from the moon S08231973 First Intelsat communications satellite launched S08231977 1st man-powered flight (Bryan Allen in Gossamer Condor) B08241816 Sir Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful trans-Atlantic cables B08241886 William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty Ships S0824 Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco S0824 79 Mt. Vesuvius erupts; Pompeii & Herculaneum are buried S08241814 British sack Washington, DC. Please, it needs it again! S08241869 The Waffle Iron is invented. S08241909 Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal. S08241932 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, AE Putnam S08241989 Voyager II passes Neptune, Triton, finds rings here too. S08241956 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Wash DC S08241960 temp. drops to -88ø (-127ø F) at Vostok, Antarctica (world record) S0825 Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco S08251689 Montreal taken by the Iroquois B08251927 Althea Gibson, 1st black tennis champion (in a major event) S08251825 Uruguay gains its independence. S08251929 Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco, headed for Los Angeles after trans-Pacific voyage from Tokyo. S08251981 Voyager II flies past Saturn. S08251981 Voyager 2 in its closest approach to Saturn, sees not a few, but thousands of rings. S0826 Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco S0826 55 B.C. Roman forces under Julius Caesar invaded Britain. S08261346 English longbows defeat French in Battle of Cr‚cy B08261873 Lee De Forest, invented the Audion vacuum tube (radio tube). S08261629 Cambridge Agreement pledged. Massachusetts Bay Co. stockholders agreed to emigrate to New England. S08261791 John Fitch granted a US patent for his working steamboat. S08261846 W. A. Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF). S08261907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at SF's Aquatic Park in 57 seconds. S08261920 19th Amendment passes - Women's Suffrage granted (about time!) S08261952 Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins. S08261962 Mariner 2 launched for 1st planet flyby (Venus) S08261973 Women's Equality Day S0827 Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco S08271883 Krakatoa, Java explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons S08271776 Americans defeated by British in Battle of Long Island S08271783 1st hydrogen-filled balloon ascent (unmanned) S08271859 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn B08271882 Samuel Goldwyn, pioneer filmmaker B08271899 C.S. Forester, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower B08271908 Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President (1963-1969) S08271859 1st successful oil well drilled near Titusville, Penn. S08271883 Krakatoa, WEST of Java, blew apart (Top that, St Helens). S08271928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agreed to outlaw war. S0828 Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco S08281565 St Augustine, Fla established B08281749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, social philosopher S08281609 Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands S08281789 William Herschel discovers Enceladus, satellite of Saturn S08281828 Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy was born near Tula. S08281965 Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5 S08281917 10 suffragists were arrested as they picketed the White House S08281907 United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle S0829 Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco S08291526 Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Moh cs S08291533 Last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa, murdered by Spanish conquerors S08291896 Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador S08291949 USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb S08291954 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens. S0830 Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco B08301797 Mary Shelley, wrote Frankenstein S08301850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city. S08301979 1st recorded occurrance of a comet hitting the sun (the energy released was about equal to 1 million hydrogen bombs). S08301983 8th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 3 is launched S08301984 12th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 1 is launched S0831 Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco S08311842 US Naval Observatory is authorized by an act of Congress S08311980 Solidarity Labor Union in Poland is founded. S08311977 Aleksandr Fedotov sets world aircraft altitude record of 38.26 km (125,524 ft) in a Mikoyan E-266M turbojet S08311955 1st sun-powered automobile demonstrated, Chicago, IL