05:01
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1769 Duke of Wellington, who made Napoleon very unhappy.
1830 Mary Harris Jones (Mother Jones), hellraiser
1840 1st adhesive postage stamps (English "Penny Blacks") issued.
1850 John Geary becomes 1st mayor of City of San Francisco.
1860 1st school for the deaf founded.
1869 Folies-Bergere opens in Paris.
1884 construction begins in Chicago on the 1st skyscraper.
1892 US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island.
1928 Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration)
     May Day
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05:02
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1837 Henry Martyn Robert, author of "Robert's Rules of Order"
1904 Bing Crosby, crooner
1925 Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park opens.
1939 Lou Gehrig sets record for being in most consecutive games (2130).
1946 Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die.
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05:03
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1874 Francois Coty, perfumemaker.
1898 Golda Meir
1919 Pete Seeger, folk singer.
1830 1st regular steam train passenger service starts.
1898 Camp Merriman established at the Presidio.
1919 America's 1st passenger flight (New York-Atlantic City)
1971 national noncommercial network radio begins programming.
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05:04
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1626 Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons.
1851 1st of the major San Francisco fires.
1866 Woodward's Gardens opens to public.
1878 Phonograph shown for 1st time at the Grand Opera House.
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05:05
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1867 Nellie Bly, name became a synonym for female star reporter.
1908 The Great White Fleet arrives in San Francisco.
1949 Council of Europe established.
1961 Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (onboard Freedom 7).
     Cinco de Mayo
     Tango-no-sekku (Boy's Festival) -- Japan
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05:06
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1818 Karl Marx
1856 Sigmund Freud, cigar smoker
1870 A.P. Giannini, founder of Bank of America.
1895 Rudolph Valentino, sheik
1915 Orson Welles, citizen
1931 the 'Say Hey Kid', Willie Mays
     Daniel Gerber, beloved by babies at mealtime
1851 Patent granted to Dr. John Farrie for a "refrigeration machine"
1851 Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco starts.
1860 the Olympic Club, 1st athletic club in US, founded.
1906 "Temporary" permit to erect overhead wires on Market Street
     allows United Railroads to run electric streetcars.
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05:07
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1833 Johannes Brahms, enjoyed a good lullaby.
1840 Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
1901 Gary Cooper, actor in 'High Noon' and 'The Plainsman'.
1909 Edwin Land, founded instant photography (Polaroid)
1824 Beethoven's Ninth Symphony presented for first time.
1927 San Francisco Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated.
1941 Cornerstone of BofA building at 300 Montgomery laid.
1945 World War II ends in Europe.
1963 Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles).
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05:08
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1737 Edward Gibbon, historian, "The History of the Decline & Fall
     of the Roman Empire"
1786 Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry
1828 Henri Dunant, founded Red Cross, YMCA.
1829 Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist
1884 Harry S. Truman, 32nd President
1541 Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi River.
1945 Germany surrendered, ending World War II in Europe.
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05:09
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1800 John Brown, abolitionist
1873 Howard Carter, Egyptologist who found King Tutankhamen
1882 Henry J. Kaiser,  built Liberty Ships, Jeeps
1882 Telegraph Hill Railroad Company organized.
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05:10
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1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel, pioneered in optics.
1899 Fred Astaire, tapdancer
1902 David O. Selznick, film producer.
1775 Continental Congress issues paper currency for 1st time.
1869 the Driving of the Golden Spike, Promontory Point, Utah.
     The Transcontinential railroad is completed.
1930 first US planetarium opens, in Chicago.
     Native American Day
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05:11
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1888 Irving Berlin
1904 Salvador Dali
1752 1st US fire insurance policy is issued, in Philadelphia.
1850 Work starts on 1st brick building in San Francisco.
1907 Bank of San Francisco incorporated.
1929 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week).
1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory.
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05:12
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1820 Florence Nightengale
1845 Gabriel Faure, composer
1925 Yogi Barra, catcher
1901 President William McKinley visits San Francisco.
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05:13
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1842 Sir Arthur Sullivan, of Gilbert & Sullivan fame.
1856 Peter Henry Emerson, first photographer to promote
     photography as an independent art.
1914 Joe Louis, heavyweight
1607 English land to found Jamestown (1st permanent settlement)
1835 1st foreign embassy in Hawaii is established.
1846 US declares war on Mexico.
1884 Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) founded
     Leprechaun Day
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05:14
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1928 Billy Martin, local boy who made good in baseball.
1944 George Lucas, skywalker
1811 Paraguay gains it's independence.
1853 Gail Borden applies for patent for making condensed milk.
1903 President Theodore Roosevelt visits San Francisco.
1948 State of Israel proclaimed.
1973 United States launches space station "Skylab".
     Independence Day (in Paraguay)
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05:15
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1859 Pierre Curie, physicist
1856 2nd San Francisco Vigilance Committee organized.
1940 1st nylon stockings are sold in America.
1963 last of the Mercury flights, the 'Faith 7', launched.
     Never Turn Your Back on the Ocean Day.  Why?
     Because it may be waving at you.
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05:16
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1801 William H. Seward, bought Alaska at $0.02/acre.
1919 Liberace, candelabrist
1866 Congress authorizes nickel 5-cent piece (the silver half-dime
     was used up to this point).
1872 Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time.
1914 Ewing Field, near Masonic Street, opens.
1929 1st Oscars announced (best film was 'Wings').
1971 First Class Mail now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents).
     Armed Forces Day
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05:17
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1866 Erik Satie, composer
1792 24 brokers meet to found the New York Stock Exchange
1804 Lewis & Clark begin their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase
1872 Bohemian Club incorporated.
1898 Camp Merritt established in the Presidio.
1921 President Harding opens (via telephone) 1st Valencia Orange
     Show in Anaheim.
1954 Supreme Court rules on Brown v. Topeka Board of Education,
     overthrowing the principle of 'separate but equal'.
1962 Marin County withdraws from BART district.
     Norwegian Independence Day
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05:18
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1850 Oliver Heaviside, physicist who predicted the existance of
     the ionosphere, used to reflect radio waves.
1918 Pope John Paul II
1933 TVA Act signed by President Roosevelt.
1980 Mount St. Helens blew it's top in Washington State.
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05:19
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1890 Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer
1918 Mike Wallace
1862 the Homestead Act becomes law.
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05:20
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1750 Stephen Girard, bailed out US bonds during the War of 1812
1799 Honore de Balzac, novelist
1818 William George Fargo, helped to found Wells, Fargo & Co.
1913 William Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard Co.
1915 Moshe Dayan, Israeli general & politician
1845 1st legislative assembly convenes in Hawaii.
1927 at 7:40am, Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic
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05:21
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1471 Albrecht Durer, painter & printmaker, greatest German
     Renaissance artist.
1860 Willam Einthoven, invented the electrocardiograph
1878 Glenn Curtis, aircraft pioneer
1846 1st steamship arrives in Hawaii.
1881 the American Red Cross is founded.
1927 Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo across Atlantic.
1933 Mount Davidson Cross lit by President Roosevelt in
     Washington via Telegraph.
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05:22
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1828 Albrecht Grafe, pioneer eye surgeon, founded modern ophthalmology
1859 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, brought Sherlock Holmes to life (twice)
1907 Laurence Olivier, actor
1920 Thomas Gold, astronomer, established the steady-state theory
     of the universe.
1846 first steamer arrives in Hawaii.
1909 1st San Francisco fireboat, the "David Scannell", launched.
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05:23
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1883 Douglas Fairbanks, 1st & greatest of Hollywood's swashbucklers.
1910 Artie Shaw, band leader and husband
1873 Postal Cards sold in San Francisco for 1st time.
1898 1st Phillipine Expeditionary Troops sail from San Francisco.
1908 Dirigible explodes over SF Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die.
1956 World Trade Center dedicated in Ferry Building.
A0523     BJ & Peg Hunnicutt of Mill Valley!
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05:24
/*
1686 Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, invented the thermometer
1844 Samual F.B. Morse taps out "What Hath God Wrought"
1866 Berkeley named (for George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne).
     Never turn your back on it.
1883 The Brooklyn Bridge opened by Pres. Arthur & Gov. Cleveland.
1899 in Boston, the 1st auto repair shop opens.
*/
05:25
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1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher
1889 Igor Sikorsky, developed a working helicopter
1926 Miles Davis, trumpeter, pioneered cool jazz
1929 Beverly Sills, soprano
1787 Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia.
1940 Golden Gate International Exposition reopens.
1927 Henry Ford stops producing the Model T car (begins Model A).
1948 San Francisco receives its 1st telecast.
1978 "Star Wars" is released.
1983 "Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) is released.
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05:26
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1877 Isadora Duncan
1886 Al Jolson, jazz singer
1907 John Wayne, shootist
1868 President Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote.
1898 San Francisco approves new City Charter, allowing Municipal
     ownership of utiliies (charter effective Jan 1, 1900).
1937 Golden Gate Bridge opens.
1946 Patent filed in US for the H-Bomb.
1958 Union Square becomes State Historical Landmark.
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05:27
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1818 Amelia Bloomer, suffragist known for her pantaloons
1837 Wild Bill Hickock
1894 Dashiell Hammett, author who created the hard-boiled detective
1907 Rachel Carson, ecologist
1854 Marine Telegraph from Fort Point to San Francisco completed.
1896 Bay District Race Track closes.
1907 Bubonic Plague breaks out in San Francisco
1937 Golden Gate Bridge dedicated.
1951 Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park opens.
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05:28
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1886 Jim Thorpe
1908 Ian Fleming, gave James Bond a job.
1926 United States Customs Court created by Congress.
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05:29
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1903 Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope, famous profile
1917 John F. Kennedy, 35th President (1960-1963)
1453 Constantinople falls to the Turks (some believe this signalled
     the end of the Middle Ages).
1953 Hillary & Norkay reach top of Mount Everest.
1978 First Class postage now 15 cents (was 13 cents for 3 years).
*/
05:30
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1909 Benny Goodman, swinger
1911 Indianapolis 500 car race run for 1st time.
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05:31
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1819 Walt Whitman, poet
1433 Joan of Arc has a hot time at the stake...
1678 Lady Godiva takes a ride through Coventry
1868 1st recorded bicycle race, 2 kilometers in Paris.
1879 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition.
1889 Johnstown Flood
Republic Day, celebrated in South Africa
*/