S02011709 Alexander Selkirk (aka Robinson Crusoe) rescued from Juan Fernand S02011790 US Supreme Court convened for first time (NYC) S02011865 13th amendment approved (National Freedom Day) S02011867 Bricklayers start working 8-hour days. B02011901 Clark Gable, didn't give a damn about Scarlet O'Hara. S02011920 The first armored car is introduced. S02011958 Egypt & Syria join to form United Arab Republic S02011972 First scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced S0202 Groundhog Day. Good Morning Punxatawney Phil! B02021754 Talleyrand, French statesman & diplomat. S02021848 Mexico sells California, New Mexico and Arizona to the USA. S02021848 First shipload of Chinese immigrants arrive in San Francisco. S02021876 National Baseball League formed with 8 teams. S02021880 SS Strathleven arrives in London with first successful shipment of frozen mutton from Australia. S02021935 Lie detector first used in court in Portage, Wisconsin S02021962 Eight of the planets line up for the first time in 400 years. B02031811 Horace Greeley, told young men to go west B02031821 Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman to get MD from US Medical school B02031874 Gertrude Stein, beloved by Hemmingway. S02031918 Twin Peaks Tunnel, longest (11,920 feet) streetcar tunnel in the world, begins service in San Francisco. S02031945 Yalta Conference, Russia agrees to enter WWII against Japan S02031966 Soviet Luna 9 first spacecraft to soft-land on moon S0204 Independence Day, celebrated in Sri Lanka. S02041887 Interstate Commerce Act: Federal regulation of railroads B02041902 Charles A. Lindburgh, 'Lucky Lindy' S02041932 First Winter Olympics held (At Lake Placid, NY). S02041936 First radioactive substance produced synthetically - radium E S02041948 Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gains independence. S02041957 First electric portable typewriter placed on sale, Syracuse NY S02041974 Patricia Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army B02051840 John Boyd Dunlop, developed the pneumatic rubber tire. B02051878 Andre-Gustave Citroen, French automaker S02051887 Snow falls on San Francisco. S02051953 Walt Disney's "Peter Pan" released S02051971 Apollo 14, 3rd manned expedition to moon, lands near Fra Mauro S02051974 Mariner 10 takes first close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure S02051979 According to Census Bureau, US population reaches 200 million S0206 New Zealand Day, celebrated in (where else?) New Zealand S02061693 College of William and Mary chartered in Williamsburg, Va B02061756 Aaron Burr, duelist. B02061885 George Herman Ruth ('Babe Ruth'). S02061900 Spanish-American War ends B02061911 Ronald Reagan, 40th President (1981- ) S02061922 US, UK, France, Italy & Japan sign Washington Naval Arms Limitation Treaty S02061952 Elizabeth II becomes queen of Great Britain S0207 Alpha Aurigid meteor shower, radiant in Auriga B02071804 John Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements. B02071812 Charles Dickens, "God bless us one and all." B02071817 Frederick Douglas, first black to hold high rank in US government B02071883 Eubie Blake, composer S02071889 Astronomical Society of Pacific holds first meeting in SF S02071940 Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" released S0208 Alpha Aurigid meteor shower, radiant in Auriga S02081693 Charter granted for College of William & Mary, 2nd college in US B02081820 William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War general. B02081828 Jules Verne, pioneered what later became science fiction. S02081883 Louis Waterman begins experiments that invent the fountain pen. B02081906 Chester F. Carlson, invented xerography (xeroxing) S02081908 Boy Scouts of America founded. S02081922 Radio arrives in the White House. B02081925 Jack Lemmon S02081977 Earthquake, at 5.0, strongest since 1966. S0209 Alpha Aurigid meteor shower, radiant in Auriga B02091773 William Henry Harrison, 9th President (March 4-April 4, 1841) S02091877 U.S. Weather Service is founded. S02091885 First Japanese arrive in Hawaii. S02091964 First appearance of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan S02091969 The Boeing 747 makes its first commercial flight. S0210 Alpha Aurigid meteor shower, radiant in Auriga S02101720 Edmund Halley is appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England S02101763 Treaty of Paris ends French & Indian War B02101775 Charles Lamb, English critic, poet, essayist S02101870 City of Anaheim incorporated (first time). S02101879 First electric arc light used (in California Theater). B02101890 Boris Pasternak, Russian novelist, "Dr. Zhivago" (Nobel 1958) B02101893 Jimmy Durante, comedian S0211 660 Traditional founding of Japan by Emperor Jimmu Tenno B02111847 Thomas Alva Edison, who lit up your life S02111854 Major streets lit by coal gas for first time. S02111929 Vatican City (world's Smallest Country) made an enclave of Rome S02111970 Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite (Osumi) in orbit S02121541 Santiago, Chile founded. B02121802 Abraham Lincoln, 16th President (1861-1865) B02121809 Charles Darwin B02121893 General of the Army Omar Bradley, 'The GI General' S02121924 Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" premiers in Carnegie Hall S02121934 Export-Import Bank incorporated. S02121945 San Francisco selected for site of United Nations Conference. S02121947 A daytime fireball & meteorite fall is seen in eastern Siberia S02121961 USSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus S02131741 First magazine published in America (The American Magazine) B02131805 David Dudley Field, lawyer whose advocacy of law codification had international effects. S02131867 "Blue Danube" waltz premiers in Vienna B02131885 Bess Truman, married to President Harry Truman S02131937 "Prince Valiant" comic strip appears; known for historical detail and fine detail drawing. Thanks Hal. S0214 St. Valentine's Day S02141859 Oregon admitted as 33rd State S02141876 Alexander Graham Bell files for a patent on the telephone. B02141894 Benny Kubelski, aka Jack Benny. Oh, Rochester! S02141912 Arizona becomes 48th state B02141947 Pham Tuan, first Vietnamese space traveler (on board Soyuz 37) S02141961 Element 103, lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley California S02141980 Solar Maximum Mission Observatory launched to study solar flares. S0215 2President's Day, a legal holiday B02151564 Galileo Galilei, astronomer B02151797 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker B02151803 John Augustus Sutter, gold found at his mill. S02151861 Fort Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired it's cannon in anger). S02151898 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown. S02151917 San Francisco Public Library dedicated. S02151950 Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released S02151954 First bevatron in operation - Berkeley, California S0216 2President's Day, a legal holiday S02161883 Ladies Home Journal begins publication. B02161884 Robert Flaherty, father of the documentary film. S02161914 First airplane flight to Los Angeles from San Francisco. S02161918 Lithuania proclaims its short-lived independence. S02161923 Howard Carter finds the tomb of Pharoah Tutankhamun S02161937 Nylon patented, WH Carothers S02161946 First commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport Ct S0217 2President's Day, a legal holiday B02171844 A. Montgomery Ward, found mail-order a nice business. S02171870 Mississippi readmitted to U.S. after Civil War S02171876 Sardines were first canned, in Eastport, Maine. S02171878 First telephone exchange in San Francisco opens with 18 phones. S0218 National Bun Day -- Iceland S0218 2President's Day, a legal holiday B02181745 Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, invented the electric battery. B02181848 Louis Comfort Tiffany, glassmaker S02181850 Legislature creates the 9 San Francisco Bay Area counties. S02181930 Pluto, the ninth planet, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh. S02181939 Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island (which was built for the occasion) in San Francisco Bay. S0219 2President's Day, a legal holiday B02191473 Nicolaus Copernicus, earth revolves around the sun. S02191878 Thomas Alva Edison patents the phonograph. S02191945 Marines land on Iwo Jima. S02191977 President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino ("Tokyo Rose"). S0220 2President's Day, a legal holiday S02201873 University of California gets its first Medical School (UC/SF). S02201901 First territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes. B02201902 Ansel Adams, knew how to handle a camera and a darkroom. S02201915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in San Francisco. S02201931 Congress allows California to build the Oakland-Bay Bridge. S02201962 John Glenn is first American to orbit the Earth. S0221 2President's Day, a legal holiday S02211804 First self-propelled locomotive on rails demonstrated, in Wales. S02211878 First Telephone book is issued, in New Haven, Conn. B02221732 George Washington, Father figure for US, President (1789-1796) B02221749 Johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist & first biographer of Bach. B02221810 Frederic Chopin, composer B02221857 Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves B02221900 Luis Bu¤uel, Spanish film director (Exterminating Angel) S02221900 Hawaii becomes a US Territory. S0223 F.W. Woolworth opens the first '5 & 10', in Utica, NY. B02231685 George Frideric Handel, Baroque composer S02231887 Congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco. S02231900 Steamer "Rio de Janiero" sinks in San Francisco Bay. S02231958 Last SF Municipal arc light, over intersection of Mission & 25th Street, removed (it had been installed in 1913). S02241857 Los Angeles Vineyard Society organized. B02241885 Admiral Chester Nimitz, in charge of Pacific Fleet in WWII. S02241942 Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German). B02241955 Steven Jobs, Apple co-founder. B02251873 Enrico Caruso, singer B02251888 John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State for President Eisenhower S02251919 Oregon is first state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon). B02261846 William "Buffalo Bill" Cody. B02261852 John Harvey Kellogg, physician, inspired flaked cereals. S02261863 President Lincoln signs the National Currency Act. B02261866 Herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in US chemical industry S02261933 Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony. S0227 Independence Day, celebrated in the Dominican Republic S02271844 Dominican Republic gains it's independence. B02271902 John Steinbeck, compassionate novelist. B02271934 Ralph Nader, ex-Corvair fan S02271991 President Bush declares a cease-fire, halting the Gulf War. S02281849 First steamship enters San Francisco Bay. S02281883 First vaudeville theater opens. S02281914 Construction begins on the Tower of Jewels for the Exposition. S02281956 Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory. S0229 It's a LEAP YEAR! Leaping Lizards Sandy! B02291860 Herman Hollerith, invented first electric tabulating machine.