08:01
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1770 William Clark, explored Pacific Northwest with Lewis.
1779 Francis Scott Key, wrote the 'Star-Spangled Banner'.
1815 Richard Henry Dana, spent 2 years before the mast.
1291 the Everlasting League forms, the basis of the Swiss Confederation.
1790 First U.S. Census
1794 Whisky Rebellion
1852 Black Methodists in SF establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist.
1881 US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island.
1901 Burial within San Francisco City limits prohibited.
1907 Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street.
1916 Hawaii National Park established.
1946 President Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission.
1953 California introduces it's Sales Tax (for Education).
1958 First Class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years).
1961 New San Francisco Hall of Justice opens.
     The start of the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California.
     Confederation Day, celebrated in Switzerland
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08:02
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On this Day Program (not this one) Do programs have life?
1873 1st trial run of an SF cable car, on Clay Street between
     Kearny and Jones, downhill all the way, at 4AM.
1877 San Francisco Public Library opens with 5000 volumes.
1923 President Harding dies at the Palace Hotel.
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08:03
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1811 Elisha Graves Otis, inventor of the safe elevator.
1492 Columbus sets sail for 'the Indies'.
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08:04
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1755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, invented the modern pencil.
1693 Champagne is invented by Dom Perignon.
1790 United States Coast Guard founded.
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08:05
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1930 Neil Armstrong, 1st Moonwalker
1775 the 1st Spanish ship, 'San Carlos', enters San Francisco bay.
1861 US levies it's first Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800).
1864 the spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati.
1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed.
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08:06
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1809 Lord Alfred Tennyson, poet laureate of England.
1881 Sir Alexander Fleming, cashed in on penicillin
1835 Bolivia gains it's independence
1926 the first woman swims the English Channel.
1945 the Atom Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the 'Enola Gay'.
     Independence Day, celebrated in Bolivia.
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08:07
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1783 John Heathcoat, invented lace-making machinery
1886 Louis Alan Hazeltine, invented the neutrodyne circuit, making
     commercial radio possible.
1807 1st servicable steamboat, the Cleremont, goes on 1st voyage.
1820 Potatoes first planted in Hawaii.
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08:08
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1763 Charles Bullfinch, 1st US professional architect
1922 Rudi Gernreich, designed 1st women's topless swimsuit & the miniskirt
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08:09
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1930 Betty Boop
1803 1st horses arrive in Hawaii.
1842 the US-Canada border defined by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
1974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency.
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08:10
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1874 Herbert Hoover, 31st President (1929-1933)
1809 Ecuador gains it's independence.
1973 1st BART train travels thru transbay tube to Montgomery St Station.
1981 Pete Rose tops Stan Musial's record of 3630 hits.
     Independence Day, celebrated in Ecuador
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08:11
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1888 The California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store).
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08:12
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1881 Cecil B. deMille, directed God.
1911 Mario Moreno, alias Cantinflas.
1851 Issac Singer granted a patent for his sewing machine.
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08:13
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1655 Johann Christoph Denner, invented the clarinet.
1818 Lucy Stone, pioneer in Woman's Rights.
1860 Annie Oakley
1876 Reciprocity Treaty between US and Hawaii ratified.
     International Left-handers Day
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08:14
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1846 Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance.
1945 VJ Day - Japan surrendered to end World War II.
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08:15
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1769 Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba
1803 Sir James Douglas, father of British Columbia.
1912 Julia Child, chef.
1901 Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of
     nitrogelatin (and that ain't jello).
1945 Riot in San Francisco celebrating end of World War II.
     South Korea liberated from Japanese rule.
1960 the Congo (Brazzaville) gains it's independence.
     Independence Day, celebrated in the Congo.
     Liberation Day, celebrated in South Korea.
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08:16
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1884 Hugo Gernsback, responsible for science fiction becoming an
     independent literary form.
1892 Harold Foster, cartoonist, created "Prince Valiant", known for
     it's fine drawing and historical detail.
1969 Woodstock festival begins in New York.
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08:17
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1786 Davy Crockett
1892 Mae West.  Go up and see her sometime.
1858 1st bank in Hawaii opens.
1908 Bank of Italy opens it's new headquarters at Clay & Montgomery.
1950 Indonesia gains it's independence.
     Independence Day, celebrated in Indonesia
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08:18
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1618 Virginia Dare, 1st child born in America of English parents.
1834 Marshall Field, founded a Chicago-based store chain.
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08:19
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1646 John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England.
1785 Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks.
1871 Orville Wright
1826 Canada Co. chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario).
1960 Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by USSR (U-2 incident)
     Aviation Day
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08:20
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1833 Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President (1889-1893)
1942 Dimout regulations implemented in San Francisco.
1956 Republicans start convention at the Cow Palace.
1977 Voyager II launched.
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08:21
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1660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building.
1959 Hawaii became the 50th state.
1968 Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia.
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08:22
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1862 Claude Debussy, composer
1920 Ray Bradbury, science fiction author.
1787 John Fitch's steamboat completes it's tests, years before
     Fulton builds his steamboat.
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08:23
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1869 James "Sunny Jim" Rolph, Mayor (1912-1931), Muni backer.
1869 1st carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in San Francisco,
     from Boston, after a 16-day rail trip.
1872 1st Japanese commercial ship visits San Francisco with a cargo of tea.
1889 1st ship-to-shore wireless message received in US:
     US lightship to Cliff House.
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08:24
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1816 Sir Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful trans-Atlantic cables
1886 William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed the Liberty ships
  79 Pompeii is buried.
1814 British sack Washington, DC.
1869 the Waffle Iron is invented.
1909 Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
1989 Voyager II flies past Neptune.
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08:25
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1927 Althea Gibson, 1st black tennis champion (in a major event)
1825 Uruguay gains it's independence.
1864 Combination rail & ferry service available from SF to Alameda.
1929 Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco, headed for Los Angeles
     after trans-Pacific voyage from Tokyo.
1981 Voyager II flies past Saturn.
     Independence Day, celebrated in Uruguay.
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08:26
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1873 Lee De Forest, invented the Audion vacuum tube (radio tube).
1629 Cambridge Agreement pledged.  Massachusetts Bay Co. stockholders
     agreed to emigrate to New England.
1791 John Fitch granted a US patent for his working steamboat.
1846 W. A. Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF).
1907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in
     57 seconds.
1920 19th Amendment passes - Women's Suffrage granted (about time!)
1937 Pumping to build Treasure Island finished.
1952 Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins.
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08:27
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1882 Samuel Goldwyn, pioneer filmmaker
1899 C.S. Forester, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower
1908 Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President (1963-1969)
1859 1st successful oil well drilled near Titusville, Penn.
1883 Krakatoa, WEST of Java, blew apart (Top that, St Helens).
1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agreed to outlaw war.
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08:28
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1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, social philosopher
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08:29
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1914 'Arizonan' is the 1st vessel to arrive in SF via the Panama Canal.
1954 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens.
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08:30
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1797 Mary Shelley, wrote Frankenstein
1850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city.
1979 1st recorded occurrance of a comet hitting the sun (the energy
     released was about equal to 1 million hydrogen bombs).
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08:31
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1850 The California Pioneers organized at Montgomery & Clay Streets.
1886 Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized.
1980 Solidarity Labor Union in Poland is founded.
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