B12021906: Peter Carl Goldmark, developed color TV & LP records.
B12031729: Antonio Soler, famed late 18th century Spanish composer.
B12051782: Martin Van Buren, 8th President (1837-1841)
B12051839: General George A. Custer
B12051901: Walter Elias Disney, father of Mickey Mouse.
B12061822: John Eberhard, built 1st large scale pencil factory in US.
B12061870: William S. Hart, star of silent Western movies
B12081861: William Durant, founded General Motors Corp.
B12081865: Jean Sibelius, major Scandinavian composer.
B12081894: James Thurber
B12091848: Joel Chandler Harris, created the Uncle Remus stories
B12091886: Clarence Birdseye, became the frozen vegatable king.
B12101830: Emily Dickinson, poet
B12101851: Melvil Dewey, created the Dewey Decimal System for libraries
B12111918: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
B12121805: Henry Wells, founded American Express Co. and Wells Fargo & Co.
B12121821: Gustave Flaubert, novelist, 'Madame Bovary'.
B12121915: Old Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra.
B12141546: Tycho Brahe, astronomer
B12151832: Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, built a tower in Paris.
B12151861: Charles Edgar Duryea, with his brother, invented 1st auto to be built and operated in US.
B12161770: Ludwig von Beethoven
B12161863: George Santayana, philosopher, poet, humanist.
B12161899: Sir Noel Coward, playwright
B12161917: Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction author ('2001').
B12171778: Sir Humphry Davy, discovered several chemical elements
B1217    : Arthur Fiedler
B12181886: Ty Cobb
B12181890: Edwin Armstrong, radio pioneer (invented FM).
B12191849: Henry Clay Frick, industrialist; worked for Carnegie.
B12201805: Thomas Graham, the father of colloid chemistry
B12201819: John Geary, 1st Postmaster, 1st Mayor (May 1, 1850).
B12201868: Harvey Firestone
B12211911: Josh Gibson, in professional baseball, the "Negro Babe Ruth"
B12221858: Giacomo Puccini, composer
B12231790: Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics
B12241809: Kit Carson, Western scout.
B12241905: Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire.
B12251899: Humphrey Bogart.  Here's looking at you, kid.
B12251918: Anwar Sadat
B12271571: Johannes Kepler, discovered planets travel in eliptical orbits.
B12281856: Woodrow Wilson, 28th President (1912-1921)
B12291800: Charles Goodyear, invented vulcanization process for rubber
B12291808: Andrew Johnson, 17th President (1865-1869)
B12291809: William Ewart Gladstone, British statesman
B12291876: Pablo Casals, cellist
S12011913: 1st drive-up gasoline station opens, in Pittsburgh.
S12011922: 1st skywriting over the US - "Hello U.S.A." - by Capt Turner, RAF
S12011951: Golden Gate Bridge closed because of high winds.
S12021816: 1st savings bank in US opens as the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society
S12021823: President James Monroe declares his doctrine.
S12021942: 1st controlled nuclear reaction at University of Chicago.
S12021981: Moscone Convention Center opens at 11:30 AM.
S12021982: 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted.
S12031621: Galileo invents the telescope.
S12031866: Paid Fire Department takes over from volunteer companies.
S12031952: 1st television broadcast in Hawaii.
S12031954: Joseph McCarthy goes too far in his attacks and is condemned by the U.S. Senate.
S12031967: 1st human heart transplant performed, in Capetown, South Africa
S12041783: Gen. Washington bids his officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC
S12041915: Panama Pacific International Exposition opens.
S12051776: Phi Beta Kappa, 1st American scholastic fraternity, founded.
S12061876: City of Anaheim incorporated for a second time.
S12061917: Finland gains it's independence.
S1206    : Independence Day, celebrated in Finland
S12071787: Delaware is the first state to ratify the Constitution.
S12071941: Pearl Harbor was attacked.
S12071972: Apollo 17, last of the Apollo moon series, launched.
S12081913: Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts.
S12081941: San Francisco has 1st blackout, at 6:15PM.
S12091793: Noah Webster establishes New York's 1st daily newspaper.
S12091907: 1st Christmas Seals sold, in the Wilmington Post Office.
S12091941: 300 Montgomery opens as new Bank of America headquarters.
S12101901: 1st distribution of Nobel Peace Prizes
S12101962: Hunters Point jitney ends service after 50 years.
S1210    : Human Rights Day, a United Nations observance.
S12111914: Stockton Street Tunnel completed.
S12111932: Snow falls in San Francisco.
S12111975: First Class Mail now costs 13 cents (had been 10 cents).
S12121901: Marconi receives 1st trans-Atlantic radio signal from England to US.
S12121963: Kenya gains it's independence.
S1212    : Independence Day, celebrated in Kenya
S1212    : National Ding-a-ling Day
S12131903: Wright brothers first airplane flight at Kittyhawk.
S12131918: Wilson becomes 1st to make a foreign visit while President.
S12131968: Playland at the Beach reopens.
S12131976: Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur.
S12131978: Susan B. Anthony dollar, 1st US coin to honor a woman, issued.
S12141819: Alabama admitted to the Union.
S12141911: South Pole 1st reached by Amundsen.
S12141971: Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night from power failure.
S12151791: Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gave its approval.
S12151877: Patent granted to Mr. Edison for the phonograph.
S12151965: 1st rendevous in space: Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 link up.
S12151969: SF Fire Dept. replaces leather helmets with plastic ones.
S1215    : Bill of Rights Day
S12161773: Big Tea Party in Boston Harbor.  Indians welcome.
S12161905: "Variety", covering all phases of show business, 1st published.
S12161907: Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise
S12171791: New York City traffic regulation creates the 1st one-way street
S12171852: first Hawaiian cavalry organized.
S12171860: Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County.
S12171903: at 10:35AM, for 12 seconds, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight by Wright Brothers.
S12171933: 1st professional football game: Chicago Bears vs. NY Giants.
S12171944: M-OceanView streetcar resumes service & is extended to Market St.
S12181974: San Francisco Visitors Center at City Hall opens.
S12191732: Benjamin Frankin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"
S12191777: Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge for the winter.
S12191859: Grading started for Market Street Railroad.
S12191889: Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii.
S12191962: Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission.
S1219    : Underdog Day
S12201803: Louisiana Purchase officially transferred.
S12201850: Hawaiian post office established.
S12201929: Mt. Davidson dedicated as city park.
S12211620: the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock
S12211913: 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues), printed in New York World
S12211937: 1st feature-length cartoon with color and sound premieres... "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
S12211952: Broadway Tunnel opens.
S1221    : the Winter Solstice (at 2:21 PM PDT), shortest day of the year.
S12221850: Hawaiian Post Office established.
S12231947: transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs
S12241814: Treaty of Ghent signed, ending War of 1812 (this news did not arrive until after the Battle of New Orleans).
S12241906: 1st known radio program in US is broadcast.
S12241910: Luisa Tetrazzini sings to 250,000 people at Lotta's Fountain.
S1224    : Christmas Eve
S12251776: Washington crosses the Delaware and surprises the Hessians.
S1225    : Christmas Day. Peace on Earth, good will towards men.
S1225    : Constitution Day, celebrated in Republic of China (Taiwan).
S12261865: James Mason invents the 1st American coffee percolator.
S12261925: 1st East-West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans.
S1226    : Boxing Day, celebrated in Canada, United Kingdom (except Scotland)
S12271831: Darwin begins his voyage onboard the HMS Beagle.
S12271850: Hawaiian Fire Department established.
S12271903: "Sweet Adaline", a barbershop quartet favorite, is 1st sung.
S12271932: Radio City Music Hall in New York City opens.
S12281669: a patent for chewing gum is granted to William Semple.
S12281902: Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US.
S12281912: San Francisco Municipal Railway starts operation at Geary St. (MUNI was the 1st municpally-owned transit system)
S12281915: City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph.
S12291864: Fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball.
S12291911: San Francisco Symphony formed.
S12291937: Pan Am starts San Francisco to Auckland, New Zealand service.
S12301817: first coffee planted in Hawaii.
S12301853: Gadsden Purchase signed.
S12311879: Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US).
S12311879: Edison gives public demonstration of his incandescent lamp.