09:01
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1875 Edgar Rice Burroughs, novelist, Ah-ee-ah-ee-ah!
1807 Aaron Burr aquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire.
1849 California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey.
1863 Railroad & Ferry connection with Oakland inaugurated.
1878 1st woman telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston).
1939 Germany invades Poland, starts World War II.
1952 Sutro Baths purchased by George Whitney.
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09:02
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1838 Queen Liliuokalani (last queen of Hawaii).
1866 Hiram Johnson, Calif governor, Progressive.
1952 Jimmy Connors, tennis brat
1620 The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth with 102 Pilgrims.
1789 US Treasury Department established by Congress.
1859 gas lighting introduced to Hawaii.
1956 Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service.
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09:03
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1856 Louis Sullivan, father of modern US architecture.
1783 Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War, is signed.
1849 California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
1939 England declares war on Germany.
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09:04
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1824 Anton Bruckner, Wagner disciple
1781 Los Angeles founded in the Valley of Smokes (Indian Name)
1833 the 1st newsboy in the US hired (Barney Flaherty), by the NY Sun.
1862 North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized.
1866 1st daily newspaper in Hawaii published.
1888 George Eastman patents 1st rollfilm camera & registers "Kodak".
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09:05
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1902 Darryl F. Zanuck, Hollywood producer & motion picture executive
1781 Battle of Virginia Capes, where the French Fleet defeats the
     British rescue fleet, trapping Cornwallis at Yorktown.
1885 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer.
1977 Voyager II launched.
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09:06
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1766 John Dalton, developed the atomic theory of matter
1811 James Melville Gilliss, founded Naval Observatory in Washington
1716 1st lighthouse in US built, in Boston.
1869 the 1st westbound train arrives in San Francisco.
1873 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street.
1876 Southern Pacific line from Los Angeles to San Francisco completed.
1966 Star Trek appears on TV for the first time (on NBC)
     the National Holiday of Swaziland.
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09:07
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1533 Queen Elizabeth I
1860 Grandma Moses
1914 James Van Allen, discovered Van Allen radiation belts.
1907 Sutro's ornate Cliff House destroyed by fire.
     Independence Day, celebrated in Brazil.
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09:08
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1841 Anton Dvorak, composer
1925 Peter Sellers, (not now, Kato)
1565 1st permanent settlement in US founded at St Augustine, Florida
1858 Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people.
1920 1st US Air Mail service begins.
     International Literacy Day
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09:09
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1776 Continental Congress authorizes the name "United States".
1850 California becomes the 31st state.
1875 Lotta's Fountain (Kearny & Market) dedicated.
1880 President Hayes visits San Francisco.
1926 NBC created by the Radio Corporation of America.
1982 "Conestoga I", 1st private rocket, is launched.
     Admission Day, a California Holiday.
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09:10
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1934 Charles Kuralt, "On the road..." for CBS.
1608 John Smith elected president of the Jamestown colony council.
1846 Elias Howe receives patent for his sewing machine.
1847 1st theater opens in Hawaii.
1913 Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway.
1953 Swanson sells it's first "TV Dinner".
1955 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS television.
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09:11
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1862 O Henry, pen name of William Sidney Porter, short story writer.
1885 D.H. Lawrence, Taos pioneer
1913 Bear Bryant, keeps the Crimson Tide winning...
1853 1st electric telegraph in use, Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos.
1910 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens, in Hollywood.
1926 Aloha Tower dedicated (in Honolulu).
1929 Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system.
1972 BART begins service with a 26 mile line from Oakland to Fremont
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09:12
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1818 Richard Jordan Gatling, US inventor of hand-cranked machine gun
1880 H.L. Mencken, Baltimore's son.
1888 Maurice Chevalier, thanked heaven for little girls.
1913 Jesse Owens, spoiled Hitler's Olympic plans in 1936.
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09:13
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1755 Oliver Evans, pioneered the high-pressure steam engine.
1851 Walter Reed, who proved mosquitos transmit yellow fever.
1788 New York City becomes the capitol of the United States.
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09:14
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1867 Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, drew the "Gibson Girl"
1883 Margaret Sanger, feminist.
1716 1st lighthouse in US is lit (in Boston Harbor).
1814 Francis Scott Key inspired to write 'The Star-Spangled Banner'.
1886 the typewriter ribbon is patented.
1892 A.P. Giannini marries Clorinda Cuneo.
1899 While in New York, Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality
1940 Congress passes 1st peace time draft law.
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09:15
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1789 James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major American novelist.
1857 William Howard Taft, 27th President (1909-1913)
1881 Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, car builder
1890 Dame Agatha Christie
1894 Jean Renoir, cineaste.
1821 Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras & Nicaragua all
     gain their independence.
1937 WPA extends the L-Taraval streetcar to the Zoo (at Sloat Blvd).
1957 San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game.
     Independence Day, for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala,
     Honduras and Nicaragua.
     Felt Hat Day, when men of fashion put away their straw hats.
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09:16
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1822 Charles S. Crocker, of Southern Pacific fame.
1924 Lauren Bacall, whistler.
1620 the Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims.
1782 Great Seal of the United States is used for 1st time.
1857 Patent is issued for the typesetting machine.
1919 the American Legion is incorporated.
1974 BART begins regular transbay service.
     Independence Day, celebrated in Mexico.
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09:17
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1730 Baron Frederick von Steuben, made the Continental Army winners.
1776 the Presidio of San Francisco was founded as Spanish fort.
1787 US Constitution is adopted.
1819 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii.
1927 Charles Lindbergh in San Francisco.
1972 BART begins passenger service.
     Constitution Day
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09:18
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1709 Samuel Johnson, Boswell's tour guide.
1810 Chile gains it's independence.
1851 "The New York Times" goes on sale, at 2 cents a copy.
1882 Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as the Local Security Board).
1927 the Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
     Independence Day, celebrated in Chile.
     the start of the Jewish New Year.
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09:19
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1849 1st commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California.
1873 Black Friday: Jay Cooke & Co. fails, causing a securities panic
1968 Baby born on Golden Gate Bridge (those Marin County folk!).
1982 Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service
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09:20
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1878 Upton Sinclair
1519 Magellan starts 1st successful circumnavigation of the world.
1797 US frigate "Constitution" (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston.
1859 Patent granted on the electric range.
1879 the U.S. Grants come to San Francisco for an elaborate extended visit.
1884 Equal Rights Party founding convention in San Francisco, nominates
     female candidates for President, Vice President.
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09:21
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1756 John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt)
1866 H.G. Wells, futurist.
1874 Gustav Holst, composer of 'The Planets'
1784 1st daily newspaper in US begins publication in Pennsylvania.
1895 1st auto manufacturer opens -- Duryea Motor Wagon Company.
1930 Johann Ostermeyer patents his invention, the flashbulb.
1954 the nuclear submarine "Nautilus" is commissioned.
1982 Cable Cars cease operations for 2 years of repairs.
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09:22
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1791 Michael Faraday, discovered principle of the electric motor.
1885 Erich von Stroheim, early film director
1789 the US Post Office was established.
1863 President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech.
1893 1st auto built in US runs in Springfield (built by Duryea brothers)
1903 Patent is granted for the Ice Cream Cone.
     the Autumn Harvest Festival in Wheaton, Illinois.
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09:23
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1852 William Stewart Halsted, established 1st surgical school in US
1926 John Coltrane, saxophonist
1930 Ray Charles
1780 John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point.
1779 Naval engagement between 'Bonhomme Richard' and 'HMS Serepis'.
1912 1st Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie is released.
1952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event.
     The first day of Fall.
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09:24
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1870 Georges Claude, inventor of the neon light.
1936 Jim Hensen, who made Kermit & Miss Piggy what they are today.
1789 Congress creates the Post Office.
1845 1st baseball team is organized.
1852 a new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated.
1853 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt).
1865 James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks.
1869 Black Friday: crashing gold prices causes stock market panic.
1895 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months).
1954 "The Tonight Show" premieres.
1960 1st atomic powered aircraft carrier, the "Enterprise", is launched.
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09:25
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1725 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, designed & built 1st automobile.
1897 William Faulkner, American author
1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa is the 1st European to see the Pacific Ocean.
1789 Congress proposes the Bill of Rights.
1890 Congress establishes Yosemite National Park.
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09:26
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1774 John Chapman, alias Johnny Appleseed
1888 T.S. Eliot, Anglican
1898 George Gershwin
1542 Cabrillo discovers California.
1824 Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) and lives.
1966 the Staten Island is 1st icebreaker to enter San Francisco bay.
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09:27
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1722 Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser
1840 Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America.
1825 Railroad transportation is born with 1st track in England.
1787 Constitution submitted to the states for ratification.
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09:28
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1909 Al Capp, put Dogpatch, USA on the map
1542 Juan Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay.
1781 Siege of Yorktown begins, last battle of the the Revolutionary War.
     Confucius' Birthday, celebrated in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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09:29
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1901 Enrico Fermi, physicist, gone fission.
1912 Gene Autry, cowpoke.
1923 Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public.
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09:30
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1924 Truman Capote, a short short story writer.
1846 1st tooth extraction under anesthetics, in Charlestown, Mass.
1878 1st immigrants from Portugal arrive in Hawaii.
1967 Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition).
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09:31
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