B08011770: William Clark, explored Pacific Northwest with Lewis.
B08011779: Francis Scott Key, wrote the 'Star-Spangled Banner'.
B08031811: Elisha Graves Otis, inventor of the safe elevator.
B08011815: Richard Henry Dana, spent 2 years before the mast.
B08041755: Nicolas-Jacque Conte, invented the modern pencil.
B08051930: Neil Armstrong, 1st Moonwalker
B08061809: Lord Alfred Tennyson, poet laureate of England.
B08061881: Sir Alexander Fleming, cashed in on penicillin
B08071783: John Heathcoat, invented lace-making machinery
B08071886: Louis Alan Hazeltine, invented the neutrodyne circuit, making commercial radio possible.
B08081763: Charles Bullfinch, 1st US professional architect
B08081922: Rudi Gernreich, designed 1st women's topless swimsuit & the miniskirt
B08091930: Betty Boop
B08101874: Herbert Hoover, 31st President (1929-1933)
B08121881: Cecil B. deMille, directed God.
B08121911: Mario Moreno, alias Cantinflas.
B08131655: Johann Christoph Denner, invented the clarinet.
B08131818: Lucy Stone, pioneer in Woman's Rights.
B08131860: Annie Oakley
B08151769: Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba
B08151803: Sir James Douglas, father of British Columbia.
B08151912: Julia Child, chef.
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.
B08171786: Davy Crockett
B08171892: Mae West.  Go up and see her sometime.
B08181618: Virginia Dare, 1st child born in America of English parents.
B08181834: Marshall Field, founded a Chicago-based store chain.
B08191646: John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England.
B08191785: Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks.
B08191871: Orville Wright
B08201833: Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President (1889-1893)
B08211660: Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building.
B08221862: Claude Debussy, composer
B08221920: Ray Bradbury, science fiction author.
B08231869: James "Sunny Jim" Rolph, Mayor (1912-1931), Muni backer.
B08241816: Sir Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful trans-Atlantic cables
B08241886: William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed the Liberty ships
B08251927: Althea Gibson, 1st black tennis champion (in a major event)
B08261873: Lee De Forest, invented the Audion vacuum tube (radio tube).
B08271882: Samuel Goldwyn, pioneer filmmaker
B08271899: C.S. Forester, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower
B08271908: Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President (1963-1969)
B08281749: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, social philosopher
B08301797: Mary Shelley, wrote Frankenstein
S08011291: the Everlasting League forms, the basis of the Swiss Confederation.
S08011790: First U.S. Census
S08011794: Whisky Rebellion
S08011852: Black Methodists in SF establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist.
S08011881: US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island.
S08011901: Burial within San Francisco City limits prohibited.
S08011907: Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street.
S08011916: Hawaii National Park established.
S08011946: President Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission.
S08011953: California introduces it's Sales Tax (for Education).
S08011958: First Class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years).
S08011961: New San Francisco Hall of Justice opens.
S0801    : Confederation Day, celebrated in Switzerland
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.
S08021923: President Harding dies at the Palace Hotel.
S08031492: Columbus sets sail for 'the Indies'.
S08041693: Champagne is invented by Dom Perignon.
S08041790: United States Coast Guard founded.
S08051775: the 1st Spanish ship, 'San Carlos', enters San Francisco bay.
S08051861: US levies it's first Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800).
S08051864: the spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati.
S08051963: Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed.
S08061835: Bolivia gains it's independence
S08061926: the first woman swims the English Channel.
S08061945: the Atom Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the 'Enola Gay'.
S0806    : Independence Day, celebrated in Bolivia.
S08071807: 1st servicable steamboat, the Cleremont, goes on 1st voyage.
S08071820: Potatoes first planted in Hawaii.
S08091803: 1st horses arrive in Hawaii.
S08091842: the US-Canada border defined by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
S08091945: Atom Bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
S08091974: Richard Nixon resigns presidency.
S08101809: Ecuador gains it's independence.
S08101973: 1st BART train travels thru transbay tube to Montgomery St Station.
S08101981: Pete Rose tops Stan Musial's record of 3630 hits.
S0810    : Independence Day, celebrated in Ecuador
S08111888: The California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store).
S08121851: Issac Singer granted a patent for his sewing machine.
S08131876: Reciprocity Treaty between US and Hawaii ratified.
S0813    : International Left-handers Day
S08141846: Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance.
S08141945: VJ Day - Japan surrendered to end World War II.
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. South Korea liberated from Japanese rule.
S08151960: the Congo (Brazzaville) gains it's independence.
S0815    : Independence Day, celebrated in the Congo.
S0815    : Liberation Day, celebrated in South Korea.
S08161969: Woodstock festival begins in New York.
S08171858: 1st bank in Hawaii opens.
S08171908: Bank of Italy opens it's new headquarters at Clay & Montgomery.
S08171950: Indonesia gains it's independence.
S0817    : Independence Day, celebrated in Indonesia
S08191826: Canada Co. chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario).
S08191960: Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by USSR (U-2 incident)
S0819    : Aviation Day
S08201942: Dimout regulations implemented in San Francisco.
S08201956: Republicans start convention at the Cow Palace.
S08201977: Voyager II launched.
S08211959: Hawaii became the 50th state.
S08211968: Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia.
S08221787: John Fitch's steamboat completes it's tests, years before Fulton builds his steamboat.
S08231869: 1st carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in San Francisco, from Boston, after a 16-day rail trip.
S08231872: 1st Japanese commercial ship visits San Francisco with a cargo of tea.
S08231889: 1st ship-to-shore wireless message received in US: US lightship to Cliff House.
S0824  79: Pompeii is buried.
S08241814: British sack Washington, DC.
S08241869: the Waffle Iron is invented.
S08241909: Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
S08241989: Voyager II flies past Neptune.
S08251825: Uruguay gains it's independence.
S08251864: Combination rail & ferry service available from SF to Alameda.
S08251929: Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco, headed for Los Angeles after trans-Pacific voyage from Tokyo.
S08251981: Voyager II flies past Saturn.
S0825    : Independence Day, celebrated in Uruguay.
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 Aquatic Park in 57 seconds.
S08261920: 19th Amendment passes - Women's Suffrage granted (about time!)
S08261937: Pumping to build Treasure Island finished.
S08261952: Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins.
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.
S08291914: 'Arizonan' is the 1st vessel to arrive in SF via the Panama Canal.
S08291954: San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens.
S08301850: Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city.
S08301979: 1st recorded occurrance of a comet hitting the sun (energy released was equal to 1 million hydrogen bombs).
S08311850: The California Pioneers organized at Montgomery & Clay Streets.
S08311886: Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized.