B09011875: Edgar Rice Burroughs, novelist, Ah-ee-ah-ee-ah!
B09021838: Queen Liliuokalani (last queen of Hawaii).
B09021866: Hiram Johnson, Calif governor, Progressive.
B09021952: Jimmy Connors, tennis brat
B09031856: Louis Sullivan, father of modern US architecture.
B09041824: Anton Bruckner, Wagner disciple
B09051902: Darryl F. Zanuck, Hollywood producer & motion picture executive
B09061766: John Dalton, developed the atomic theory of matter
B09061811: James Melville Gilliss, founded Naval Observatory in Washington
B09071533: Queen Elizabeth I
B09071860: Grandma Moses
B09071914: James Van Allen, discovered Van Allen radiation belts.
B09081841: Anton Dvorak, composer
B09081925: Peter Sellers, (not now, Kato)
B09101934: Charles Kuralt, "On the road..." for CBS.
B09111862: O Henry, pen name of William Sidney Porter, short story writer.
B09111885: D.H. Lawrence, Taos pioneer
B09111913: Bear Bryant, keeps the Crimson Tide winning...
B09121818: Richard Jordan Gatling, US inventor of hand-cranked machine gun
B09121880: H.L. Mencken, Baltimore's son.
B09121888: Maurice Chevalier, thanked heaven for little girls.
B09131755: Oliver Evans, pioneered the high-pressure steam engine.
B09121913: Jesse Owens, spoiled Hitler's Olympic plans in 1936.
B09131851: Walter Reed, who proved mosquitos transmit yellow fever.
B09141867: Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, drew the "Gibson Girl"
B09141883: Margaret Sanger, feminist.
B09151789: James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major American novelist.
B09151857: William Howard Taft, 27th President (1909-1913)
B09151881: Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, car builder
B09151890: Dame Agatha Christie
B09151894: Jean Renoir, cineaste.
B09161822: Charles S. Crocker, of Southern Pacific fame.
B09161924: Lauren Bacall, whistler.
B09171730: Baron Frederick von Steuben, made the Continental Army winners.
B09181709: Samuel Johnson, Boswell's tour guide.
B09201878: Upton Sinclair
B09211756: John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt)
B09211866: H.G. Wells, futurist.
B09211874: Gustav Holst, composer of 'The Planets'
B09221791: Michael Faraday, discovered principle of the electric motor.
B09221885: Erich von Stroheim, early film director
B09231852: William Stewart Halsted, established 1st surgical school in US
B09231926: John Coltrane, saxophonist
B09231930: Ray Charles
B09241870: Georges Claude, inventor of the neon light.
B09241936: Jim Hensen, who made Kermit & Miss Piggy what they are today.
B09251725: Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, designed & built 1st automobile.
B09251897: William Faulkner, American author
B09261774: John Chapman, alias Johnny Appleseed
B09261888: T.S. Eliot, Anglican
B09261898: George Gershwin
B09271722: Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser
B09271840: Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America.
B09281909: Al Capp, put Dogpatch, USA on the map
B09291901: Enrico Fermi, physicist, gone fission.
B09291912: Gene Autry, cowpoke.
B09301924: Truman Capote, a short short story writer.
S09011807: Aaron Burr aquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire.
S09011849: California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey.
S09011863: Railroad & Ferry connection with Oakland inaugurated.
S09011878: 1st woman telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston).
S09011939: Germany invades Poland, starts World War II.
S09011952: Sutro Baths purchased by George Whitney.
S09021620: The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth with 102 Pilgrims.
S09021789: US Treasury Department established by Congress.
S09021859: gas lighting introduced to Hawaii.
S09021956: Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service.
S09031783: Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War, is signed.
S09031849: California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
S09031939: England declares war on Germany.
S09041781: Los Angeles founded in the Valley of Smokes (Indian Name)
S09041833: the 1st newsboy in the US hired (Barney Flaherty), by the NY Sun.
S09041862: North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized.
S09041866: 1st daily newspaper in Hawaii published.
S09041888: George Eastman patents 1st rollfilm camera & registers "Kodak".
S09051781: Battle of Virginia Capes; French Fleet defeats the British rescue fleet, trapping Cornwallis at Yorktown.
S09051885: 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer.
S09051977: Voyager II launched.
S09061716: 1st lighthouse in US built, in Boston.
S09061869: the 1st westbound train arrives in San Francisco.
S09061873: Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street.
S09061876: Southern Pacific line from Los Angeles to San Francisco completed.
S09061966: Star Trek appears on TV for the first time (on NBC)
S0906    : the National Holiday of Swaziland.
S09071907: Sutro's ornate Cliff House destroyed by fire.
S0907    : Independence Day, celebrated in Brazil.
S09081565: 1st permanent settlement in US founded at St Augustine, Florida
S09081858: Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people.
S09081920: 1st US Air Mail service begins.
S0908    : International Literacy Day
S09091776: Continental Congress authorizes the name "United States".
S09091850: California becomes the 31st state.
S09091875: Lotta's Fountain (Kearny & Market) dedicated.
S09091880: President Hayes visits San Francisco.
S09091926: NBC created by the Radio Corporation of America.
S09091982: "Conestoga I", 1st private rocket, is launched.
S0909    : Admission Day, a California Holiday.
S09101608: John Smith elected president of the Jamestown colony council.
S09101846: Elias Howe receives patent for his sewing machine.
S09101847: 1st theater opens in Hawaii.
S09101913: Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway.
S09101953: Swanson sells it's first "TV Dinner".
S09101955: "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS television.
S09111853: 1st electric telegraph in use, Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos.
S09111910: 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens, in Hollywood.
S09111926: Aloha Tower dedicated (in Honolulu).
S09111929: Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system.
S09111972: BART begins service with a 26 mile line from Oakland to Fremont
S09131788: New York City becomes the capitol of the United States.
S09141716: 1st lighthouse in US is lit (in Boston Harbor).
S09141814: Francis Scott Key inspired to write 'The Star-Spangled Banner'.
S09141886: the typewriter ribbon is patented.
S09141892: A.P. Giannini marries Clorinda Cuneo.
S09141899: While in New York, Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality
S09141940: Congress passes 1st peace time draft law.
S09151821: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras & Nicaragua all gain their independence.
S09151937: WPA extends the L-Taraval streetcar to the Zoo (at Sloat Blvd).
S09151957: San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game.
S0915    : Independence Day, for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
S0915    : Felt Hat Day, when men of fashion put away their straw hats.
S09161620: the Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims.
S09161782: Great Seal of the United States is used for 1st time.
S09161857: Patent is issued for the typesetting machine.
S09161919: the American Legion is incorporated.
S09161974: BART begins regular transbay service.
S0916    : Independence Day, celebrated in Mexico.
S09171776: the Presidio of San Francisco was founded as Spanish fort.
S09171787: US Constitution is adopted.
S09171819: 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii.
S09171927: Charles Lindbergh in San Francisco.
S09171972: BART begins passenger service.
S0917    : Constitution Day
S09181810: Chile gains it's independence.
S09181851: "The New York Times" goes on sale, at 2 cents a copy.
S09181882: Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as the Local Security Board).
S09181927: the Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
S0918    : Independence Day, celebrated in Chile.
S0918    : the start of the Jewish New Year.
S09191849: 1st commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California.
S09191873: Black Friday: Jay Cooke & Co. fails, causing a securities panic
S09191968: Baby born on Golden Gate Bridge (those Marin County folk!).
S09191982: Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service
S09201519: Magellan starts 1st successful circumnavigation of the world.
S09201797: US frigate "Constitution" (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston.
S09201859: Patent granted on the electric range.
S09201879: the U.S. Grants come to San Francisco for an elaborate extended visit.
S09201884: Equal Rights Party founding convention in San Francisco, nominates female candidates for President, VP.
S09211784: 1st daily newspaper in US begins publication in Pennsylvania.
S09211895: 1st auto manufacturer opens -- Duryea Motor Wagon Company.
S09211930: Johann Ostermeyer patents his invention, the flashbulb.
S09211954: the nuclear submarine "Nautilus" is commissioned.
S09211982: Cable Cars cease operations for 2 years of repairs.
S09221789: the US Post Office was established.
S09221863: President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech.
S09221893: 1st auto built in US runs in Springfield (built by Duryea brothers)
S09221903: Patent is granted for the Ice Cream Cone.
S0922    : the Autumn Harvest Festival in Wheaton, Illinois.
S09231780: John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point.
S09231779: Naval engagement between 'Bonhomme Richard' and 'HMS Serepis'.
S09231912: 1st Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie is released.
S09231952: 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event.
S0923    : the first day of Fall.
S09241789: Congress creates the Post Office.
S09241845: 1st baseball team is organized.
S09241852: a new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated.
S09241853: 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt).
S09241865: James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks.
S09241869: Black Friday: crashing gold prices causes stock market panic.
S09241895: 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months).
S09241954: "The Tonight Show" premieres.
S09241960: 1st atomic powered aircraft carrier, the "Enterprise", is launched.
S09251493: Columbus sailed on his second voyage to America.
S09251513: Vasco Nunez de Balboa is the 1st European to sail the Pacific Ocean.
S09251978: 144 people died in a PSA air crash in San Diego.
S09261966: Japan launches its first satellite in to space.
S09261983: Australia II won the America's Cup yacht race.
S09271919: Democratic National Committee voted to admit women.
S09271938: The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth was launched at Glasgow.
S09281066: William the Conqueror landed in England.
S09281924: 2 US Army planes completed 1st around the world flight.
S09291892: The 1st night football game was played in Mansfield, Pennsylvania.
S09291982: Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules killed seven in Chicago.
S09301846: William Morris first used ether in a tooth extraction.