B0701 : "Wolfman Jack", a howling success in radio B07041753: Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard, 1st balloon flights in England, US B07041804: Nathaniel Hawthorne B07041826: Stephen Foster, American composer, "Oh, Susanna" B07041872: Calvin Coolidge, 30th President (1923-1929) B07041878: George M. Cohan B07041883: Rube Goldberg, made the easy outrageously difficult. B07041900: Louis Armstrong, 'Satchmo' B07051794: Sylvester Graham, inventor of the Graham cracker B07051810: P.T. Barnum B07061747: John Paul Jones, "I have not yet begun to fight" B07071752: Joseph-Marie Jacquard, invented the programmable loom. B07071907: Robert A. Heinlein, author who helped develop Science Fiction as a sophisticated mode of literary expression. B07081839: John D. Rockefeller B07091802: Thomas Davenport, invented 1st commercially successful electric motor B07101834: James Whistler, mama's boy B07101867: Finley Peter Dunne, journalist/humorist who created Mr. Dooley. B07111767: John Quincy Adams, 6th President (1825-1829) B07121817: Henry David Thoreau, always had Ralph Waldo Emerson around to bail him out of trouble. B07121854: George Eastman, created the Kodak camera B07121895: R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome B07121895: Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers B07121908: Milton Berle, "Uncle Miltie" B07141912: Woodie Guthrie B07141913: Gerald R. Ford, 38th President (1974-1976) B07141918: Jay Wright Forrester, invented random-access magnetic core memory. B07151606: Rembrandt, Dutch painter. B07171744: Elbridge Gerry, father of the "gerrymander" B07171900: James Cagney, hold that grapefruit B07181811: William Makepeach Thackeray, Victorian novelist, wrote 'Vanity Fair'. B07181848: William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer B07181913: Red Skelton B07181906: S. I. Hayakawa B07181921: John Glenn, Jr., 1st American in orbit B0718 : Horatio Alger, whose lads always had enough pluck to succeed. B07191814: Samuel Colt, inventor of the Colt Revolver. B07211899: Ernest Hemingway, never asked for whom the bell tolled... B07221844: Rev. William Archibald Spooner, invented 'spoonerisms' B07221849: Emma Lazarus, whose poem was inscribed on the Statue of Liberty B07221890: Rose Kennedy B07241783: Simon Bolivar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule. B07241802: Alexandre Dumas, told the Count of Monte Christo how to escape B07241898: Amelia Earhart, into the wild blue yonder B07251978: Louise Brown, 1st test-tube baby (born under the sign of Pyrex) B07261856: George Bernard Shaw B07261943: Mick Jagger, never gathers moss B07281929: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, redecorator B07291869: Booth Tarkington, novelist B07291907: Melvin Belli, San Francisco's 'King of Torts' B07301863: Henry Ford S07011850: at least 626 ships lying at anchor around San Francisco Bay. S07011861: 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington and Mason Streets. S07011867: Dominion of Canada formed. S07011898: Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill. S07011899: SF City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building. S07011919: First Class Postage DROPS to 2 cents from 3 cents. S07011944: Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing world-wide financial systems (like the IMF and the World Bank). S07011961: Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii. S07011966: Construction crews begin tearing up Market St. to build BART. S07011971: Golden Gate Bridge paid for (so why is there still a toll?). S0701 : Dominion Day -- Canada S07021900: 1st flight of a Zeppelin (the LZ-1). S07021964: President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act. S07031608: Quebec is founded. S07031775: Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass S07031819: 1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors S07031861: Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from New York. S07041054: brightest known super-nova starts shining, for 23 days. S07041845: Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond. S07041863: Boise, Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho). S07041873: Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens. S07041876: 1st public exhibition of electric light in San Francisco. S07041882: Telegraph Hill Observatory opens. S07041894: Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of the 1st US autos S07041903: Pacific Cable opens. President Roosevelt sends a message around the world in 12 minutes. S07041933: work begins on the Oakland Bay Bridge. S0704 : Independence Day S07051811: Venezuela gains independence from Spain. S07051865: William Booth founds the Salvation Army, in London, England. S07051935: 1st 'Hawaii Calls' radio program is broadcast. S07051938: Herb Caen gets his 1st column in the S.F. Chronicle. S0705 : Independence Day, celebrated in Venezuela S07061885: 1st inoculation (for rabies) of a human being, by Louis Pasteur S07061928: preview of 1st all-talking motion picture took place in NYC S07061932: First Class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents. S07061933: 1st All-Star baseball game. American League won 5-2. S07071891: a patent was granted for the travelers cheque. S07071898: Hawaii annexed to the US. S07071908: the Great White Fleet leaves San Francisco Bay. S07081796: 1st American Passport issued by the US State Department. S07081835: the Liberty Bell cracks (again). S07081889: Vol 1, No 1, of "The Wall Street Journal" published. S07081896: William Jennings Bryan makes his 'cross of gold' speech at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. S07081897: Harbor Hospital formally opens. S07081905: Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center S07091816: Argentina gains it's independence. S07091846: Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (San Francisco) for the U.S. S07091979: Voyager II flies past Jupiter. S0709 : National POW/MIA Recognition Day S0709 : Independence Day, celebrated in Argentina S07101890: Wyoming becomes the 44th state. S07101925: the Scopes 'Monkey' Trial starts. S07101962: Telstar, 1st geosynchonous communications satelite launched. S07111804: Burr and Hamilton duel. S07111962: 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I). S0711 : National Holiday of the People's Republic of Outer Mongolia. S07121543: Henry VIII marries Catharine Parr (his 6th & last wife). S07121812: US forces lead by Gen. Hull invade Canada (War of 1812). S07121933: Congress passes 1st minimum wage law ($0.33 per hour). S07121934: US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned. S07131865: Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west". S07131898: SF Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street opens. S0713 : the start of the Bon Festival in Japan. S07141789: the citizens of Paris storm the Bastille prison. S07141850: 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration. S07141853: Commodore Perry requests trade relations with the Japanese. S07141865: the 1st ascent of the Matterhorn. S07141927: 1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii. S0714 : Bastille Day -- France S07151867: SF Merchant's Exchange opens. S0715 : National Ice Cream Day S0715 : Saint Swithin's Day S07161769: Father Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in Calif. S07161790: Congress establishes the District of Columbia. S07161861: 1st major battle of the Civil War -- Bull Run. S07161945: 1st atomic blast, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico. S07161946: Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in SF history). S07161969: Apollo 11, 1st manned ship to land on the moon, launched. S0716 : the National Blueberry Festival S07171879: 1st railroad opens in Hawaii. S07171954: Construction begins on Disneyland... S07171955: ...Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County. S0717 : Constitution Day, celebrated in South Korea S0718 64: the Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle). S07181872: Britain introduces voting by secret ballot. S07181938: Wrong Way Corrigan lands in Ireland (not California??) S07181968: Intel Corporation is incorporated. S0718 : National Day, celebrated in Spain S07191848: First Women's Rights Convention. Seneca Falls, NY S07191880: SF Public Library allows patrons to start borrowing books. S07191935: 1st parking meters installed in the Oklahoma City business district. S07191955: the "Balclutha" ties up at Pier 43 & becomes a floating museum. S07191961: 1st In-flight movie is shown (on TWA). S07201810: Columbia gains it's independence. S07201859: admission fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents). S07201878: 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii. S07201969: Man landed on the Moon, 4:18PM EDT S07201970: 1st baby born on Alcatraz Island. S07201976: 1st pictures from Mars surface received (courtesy Viking 2). S0720 : Independence Day, celebrated in Columbia S07211831: Belgium gains it's independence. S07211867: City Gardens on Folsom opens. S07211873: world's 1st train robbery, by Jesse James. S07211969: Neil Armstrong steps on the moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT). S0721 : Independence Day, celebrated in Belgium. S07231829: Typewriter is patented. S07231852: first interment in US National Cemetary at Presidio. S07231877: first telephone and telegraph line in Hawaii is completed. S07231904: The Ice Cream Cone is invented. S0723 : National Day, in Egypt. S07251903: Castle on top of Telegraph Hill closes. S07251909: 1st airplane flight across the English Channel. S07251967: Construction begins on SF MUNI METRO (Market Street subway). S07261775: Benjamin Franklin becomes Postmaster General. S07261835: 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii. S07261847: Liberia gains it's independence. S0726 : the start of the Black-Eyed Peas Jamboree in Athens, Texas S0726 : Independence Day, celebrated in Liberia. S07271866: Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long). S07271940: Billboard magazine starts publishing best-seller's charts. S07281821: Peru gains it's independence. S07281849: "Memmon" is 1st clipper to reach San Francisco, 120 days out of NY S07281900: the Hamburger is created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut S07281931: Congress makes "The Star-Spangled Banner" our 2nd National Anthem. S07281933: 1st Singing Telegram is delivered (to Rudy Vallee). S0728 : Independence Day, celebrated in Peru. S07291835: first sugar plantation in Hawaii begun. S07291858: 1st commercial treaty between US and Japan is signed. S07291914: 1st transcontinental phone link made. Between NYC and San Francisco S07291920: 1st transcontinental airmail flight from New York to San Francisco S07291958: Southern Pacific Bay Ferries stop running. S07291981: the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana S07301619: the House of Burgesses in Virginia is formed. 1st elective governing body in a British colony. S07301836: 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii. S07311790: 1st US Patent granted (for a potash process).