B03011810: Frederic Chopin B03011848: Augustus Saint-Gaudens, US sculptor, designed 1907 $20 gold piece. B03021944: Neil Erbe B03041394: Prince Henry the Navigator, sponsored Portuguese voyages of discovery B03041678: Antonio Vivaldi, late Baroque violin virtuoso and composer. B03051824: James Merritt Ives, lithographer (of Currier & Ives fame) B03061619: Cyrano de Bergerac B03061756: Aaron Burr, dualist B03061812: Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking. B03061937: Valentina Tereshkova, 1st woman cosmonaut B03071849: Luther Burbank, plant breeder B03071875: Maurice Ravel B03081787: Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, helped create modern plastic surgery B03081859: Kenneth Grahame, author, "The Wind in the Willows" B03081879: Otto Hahn, co-discoverer of nuclear fission B03091824: Leland Stanford, Governor, Senator, founded Stanford Univ. B03091934: Yuri Gagarin, 1st man into space B03121831: Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer. B03121832: Charles Boycott, estate manager in Ireland, caused boycotts. B03141681: Georg Philipp Telemann, leading German late baroque composer. B03141864: Casey Jones B03141879: Albert Einstein, relative B03151767: Andrew Jackson, 7th President (1828-1836) B03161751: James Madison, 4th President (1809-1817) B03161836: Andrew S. Hallidie, inventor of the Cable Car. B03171804: James Bridger, scout, fur trader, mountain man par excellance. B03171834: Gottlieb Daimler, automobile pioneer B03171919: Nat King Cole B03181782: John C. Calhoun, statesman B03181837: Grover Cleveland, President (1885-1889, 1893-1897) B03181858: Rudolf Diesel, invented an engine. B03181932: John Updike, poet and novelist. B03191860: William Jennings Bryan, 'The Great Commoner' B03201856: Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management. B03201904: B. F. Skinner, psychologist, pioneer in Behaviorism. B03211685: Johann Sebastian Bach, gone for Baroque B03211768: Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician & Egyptologist B03211869: Florenz Ziegfeld, of Follies fame. B03231912: Werner von Braun, rocketeer B03261874: Robert Frost, poet B03261911: Tennessee Williams B03261925: Pierre Boulez, French composer. B03261931: Leonard Nimoy, beam him up, Mr. Scott. B03271813: Nathaniel Currier, lithographer (of Currier & Ives) B03271863: Sir Henry Royce, one of the founders of Rolls-Royce. B03291790: John Tyler, 10th President (1841-1845) B03291819: Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive oil well in US. B03291867: Cy Young, winningest baseball pitcher ever (509 wins, 1890-1911). B03301719: Sir John Hawkins, wrote 1st history of music in English B03301853: Vincent van Gogh, artist who always lent an ear B03311596: Rene Descartes, he thought, therefore he was B03311732: Joseph Haydn, composer, helped develop the Classical style. B03311809: Edward FitzGerald, writer, "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" B03311854: Sir Dugald Clerk, inventor of the 2-stroke motorcycle engine. S03011781: the Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress. S03011859: Present seal of San Francisco adopted (2nd seal for city). S03011864: patent issued for taking & projecting motion pictures to Louis Ducos du Hauron, never built. S03011867: Nebraska becomes a state. S03011879: Library of Hawaii founded. S03011927: Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank. S03021861: Congress creates the Territory of Nevada. S03021901: first telegraph company in Hawaii opens. S03021929: US Court of Customs & Patent Appeals created by US Congress. S03021974: First Class postage raised to 10 cents from 8 cents. S03031791: Congress passed a resolution ordering U.S. Mint be established. S03031812: Congress passes 1st foreign aid bill. S03031849: Gold Coinage Act passed, allowing gold coins to be minted. S03031851: Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin, the 3-cent piece. S03031875: a 20-cent coin was authorized by Congress (It only lasted 3 years). S03031885: American Telephone and Telegraph incorporated. S03031923: Time magazine publishes their 1st issue. S03031956: Morocco gains it's independence. S03031972: Pioneer 10 launched. S0303 : Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival), celebrated in Japan. S0303 : Independence Day, celebrated in Morocco. S03041789: Congress declares the Constitution to be in effect. S03041792: Oranges introduced to Hawaii. S03041826: 1st railroad in US chartered, the Granite Railway in Quincy, Mass S03041933: Roosevelt inaugurated, said "We have nothing to fear but fear itself" S03041934: Easter Cross on Mt. Davidson dedicated. S03051770: Boston Massacre S03051845: Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US. S03051979: Voyager I flies past Jupiter. S03061665: "The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society" was 1st published, and is still published today. S03061836: Alamo falls. Remember it! S03071848: in Hawaii, the Great Mahele (division of lands) is signed. S03071933: the game "Monopoly" is invented. S03081862: the Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched. S03091862: the ironclads "Monitor" (Union) & "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads. It was a standoff. S03101847: First money minted in Hawaii. S03101876: the 1st telephone call made by Alexander Graham Bell S03101933: Big earthquake in Long Beach (W.C. Fields was making a movie when it struck & the cameras kept running). S03111867: Great Mauna Loa eruption (volcano in Hawaii). S03111892: 1st public game of basketball. S03121850: 1st $20 Gold piece issued. S03121966: Pioneer Plaza dedicated. S03131970: 4-day strike by SF city employees starts. S03131970: Digital Equipment Corp introduces the PDP-11 minicomputer. S03141870: Legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible. S03141896: Sutro Baths opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952). S03141935: the 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars. S03141948: Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco. S03151913: Woodrow Wilson holds the 1st Presidential Press Conference. S03151968: US Mint stops buying and selling gold. S03151999: Pluto again becomes the outermost planet. S0315 : The day the buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio. S0315 : Beware the Ides of March S03171860: Japanese Embassy arrives aboard the "Candinmarruh" . S0317 : St. Patrick's Day S0317 : Evacuation Day (celebrated in Boston) S03181850: American Express founded. S03181881: Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens in Madison Square Garden in New York City. S03191895: Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service. S03191928: 'Amos and Andy' debut on radio. S0319 : The day the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano. S0321 : The First Day of Spring... Tra-la Tra-la S0321 : The start of the Persian New Year. S03221733: Joseph Priestly (father of soda pop) invents carbonated water. S03221957: Earthquake gives San Francisco the shakes. S03221968: President Johnson's daughter, Lynda, ordered off Cable Car because she was eating an ice cream cone (no food on cars!). S03221978: Robert Frost Plaza, at California, Drumm & Market, dedicated. S03221981: First Class Postage raised to 18 cents from 15 cents. S03231775: Patrick Henry asks for Liberty or Death. S03231929: 1st telephone installed in the White House. S03231937: Los Angeles Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars. S03231962: President John F. Kennedy visits San Francisco. S03231965: Gemini 3 launched, 1st US 2-man space flight. S03241860: Clipper "Andrew Jackson" arrives in 89 days from New York. S03251821: Greece gains it's independence. S03251954: RCA manufactures the first COLOR television set. S0325 : Independence Day, celebrated in Greece. S03261878: Hastings College of Law founded. S03261970: Golden Gate Park Conservatory made a City Landmark. S0326 : Prince Kuhio Day (celebrated in Hawaii). S03271968: Japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated. S03281794: Nathan Briggs gets patent for the washing machine. S03281871: San Francisco Art Association holds opening reception at 430 Pine. S03291886: Coca-Cola is created (with cocaine) S03301853: Patent granted to Hyman Lipman for a pencil with an ERASER! S03301870: 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race. S03301932: Amelia Earhart is 1st woman to make solo crossing of the Atlantic. S03311849: Col. John W. Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of San Francisco. S03311868: Chinese Embassy arrives aboard the steamship "China". S03311889: Eiffel Tower completed. S03311941: Ground broken for Union Square Garage.