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1.1 ! root 1: 01 ! 2: 01/01 AT&T officially divests its local Bell companies, 1984 ! 3: 01/01 Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution in Cuba ! 4: 01/01 Castro expells Cuban President Batista, 1959 ! 5: 01/01 Churchill delivers his the "Iron Curtain" speech, 1947 ! 6: 01/01 Independence Day in Haiti, Sudan ! 7: 01/01 New Year's Day ! 8: 01/01 Paul Revere born in Boston, 1735 ! 9: 01/01 The Epoch (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT), 1970 ! 10: 01/01 Universal Fraternity Day in Mozambique ! 11: 01/01 J.D. Salinger born, 1919 ! 12: 01/01 Forst Rose Bowl; Michigan 49 - Stanford 0, 1902 ! 13: 01/02 Ancestry Day in Haiti ! 14: 01/02 Isaac Asimov born in Petrovichi, Russian SFSR (now part of USSR), 1920 ! 15: 01/02 St. Berchtold's Day in Switzerland ! 16: 01/03 Apple Computer founded, 1977 ! 17: 01/03 New Year's Holiday in Scotland ! 18: 01/03 Revolution Day in Upper Volta ! 19: 01/04 George Washington Carver born in Missouri, 1864 ! 20: 01/04 Independence Day in Burma ! 21: 01/04 Jakob Grimm born, 1785 ! 22: 01/04 Martyrs Day in Zaire ! 23: 01/04 Quadrantid meteor shower (look north) ! 24: 01/04 Wilhelm Beer born, 1797, first astronomer to map Mars ! 25: 01/05 -50 degrees F, Strawberry UT, 1913 ! 26: 01/05 DeWitt B. Brace born, 1859, inventor of spectrophotometer ! 27: 01/05 Twelfth night ! 28: 01/06 Children's Day in Uruguay ! 29: 01/06 Epiphany ! 30: 01/06 Millard Fillmore's brithday ! 31: 01/06 Three Kings' Day in Puerto Rico ! 32: 01/07 Christmas in Ethiopia ! 33: 01/07 Pioneer's Day in Liberia ! 34: 01/08 American Telephone and Telegraph loses antitrust case, 1982 ! 35: 01/08 Battle of New Orleans ! 36: 01/08 Herman Hollerith patents first data processing computer, 1889 ! 37: 01/08 Justice Dept. drops IBM suit, 1982 ! 38: 01/09 Day of the Martyrs in Panama ! 39: 01/09 Plough Monday ! 40: 01/10 Ethan Allen born, 1738 ! 41: 01/10 First CDC 1604 delivered to Navy, 1960 ! 42: 01/10 First meeting of United Nations General Assembly in London, 1946 ! 43: 01/10 Thomas Paine's Common Sense published, 1776 ! 44: 01/11 Alexander Hamilton born in Nevis, British West Indies, 1757? ! 45: 01/11 Anniversary of the Peoples Republic of Albania ! 46: 01/11 Armed Forces Day in Liberia ! 47: 01/11 De Hostos' Birthday in Puerto Rico ! 48: 01/11 Prithvi Jayanti in Nepal ! 49: 01/11 Surgeon General condemned cigarettes, 1964 ! 50: 01/11 Milk delivered in bottles for first time, 1878 ! 51: 01/12 Zanzibar Revolution Day in Tanzania ! 52: 01/13 National Liberation Day in Togo ! 53: 01/13 Sophie Tucker born, 1884 ! 54: 01/13 Wilhelm Wien born, 1864, Nobel prize for blackbody radiation laws ! 55: 01/13 Horatio Alger born, 1834 ! 56: 01/14 Albert Schweitzer born, 1875 ! 57: 01/14 Julian Calendar New Year's Day ! 58: 01/15 Adults Day in Japan ! 59: 01/15 Arbor Day in Jordan ! 60: 01/15 Martin Luther King, Jr. born ! 61: 01/16 Martyrs Day in Benin ! 62: 01/16 Prohibition begins, 1920 ! 63: 01/16 Set uid bit patent issued, 1979 ! 64: 01/17 Benjamin Franklin born in Boston, 1706 ! 65: 01/17 Justice Dept. begins IBM suit, 1969 ! 66: 01/18 Grey whale migration, CA ! 67: 01/18 Revolution Day in Tunisia ! 68: 01/19 Confederate Heroes Day in Texas ! 69: 01/19 Edgar Allan Poe born in Boston, 1809 ! 70: 01/19 Ethopian Epiphany in Ethiopia ! 71: 01/19 Nameday of Archbishop Makarios in Cyprus ! 72: 01/19 Robert Edward Lee born in Stratford Estate, Virginia, 1807 ! 73: 01/19 Janis Joplin born, 1943 ! 74: 01/20 Army Day in Mali ! 75: 01/20 National Heroes Day in Guinea-Bissau ! 76: 01/20 St. Agnes Eve (Ah, bitter chill it was...) ! 77: 01/20 Geo. Burns born, 1898 ! 78: 01/20* Martin Luther King Day in New York (3rd Sunday) ! 79: 01/20* Lee-Jackson Day in Virginia (3rd Monday) ! 80: 01/20* Robert E. Lee's Birthday in Alabama & Mississippi (3rd Monday) ! 81: 01/21 Lenin died, 1924 ! 82: 01/21 Our Lady of Altagracia in Dominican Republic ! 83: 01/21 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson born in Clarksburg, VA, 1824 ! 84: 01/22 Sir Francis Bacon born, 1561 ! 85: 01/23 Ernst Abbe born, 1840, formulated diffraction theory ! 86: 01/23 Feast of St. Ildefonsus ! 87: 01/23 Humphrey Bogart born in New York City, 1899 ! 88: 01/23 John Hancock born, 1737 ! 89: 01/23 Joseph Hewes born, 1730 ! 90: 01/23 National Handwriting Day ! 91: 01/23 Saml. Barber died, 1981 ! 92: 01/24 DG Nova introduced, 1969 ! 93: 01/24 Economic Liberation Day in Togo ! 94: 01/24 Gold discovered in California at Sutter's Mill, 1848 ! 95: 01/24 Eskimo Pie patented by Christian Nelson, 1922 ! 96: 01/25 First U.S. meeting of ALGOL definition committee, 1958 ! 97: 01/25 Robert Burns born, 1759 ! 98: 01/25 Virginia Woolf born, 1882 ! 99: 01/25 W. Somerset Maugham born, 1874 ! 100: 01/26 EDVAC demonstrated, 1952 ! 101: 01/26 Republic Day in India ! 102: 01/26 Sydney Aust. settled, 1778 ! 103: 01/27 Samuel Gompers born, 1850 ! 104: 01/27 Vietnam War cease-fire signed, 1973 ! 105: 01/27 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in Salzburg, 1756 ! 106: 01/27 Grissom, White and Chaffe burned to death in Apollo 1, 1967 ! 107: 01/28 First ski tow, Woodstock VT, 1914 ! 108: 01/28 Space Shuttle Challenger (51-L) explodes 74 seconds after liftoff killing Scobee, Smith, McNair, Resnick, Jarvis, Onizuka and McAuliffe, 1986 ! 109: 01/30 Australia Day in Australia ! 110: 01/30 Franklin Delano Roosevelt born in Hyde Park, New York, 1882 ! 111: 01/30 Mohandas Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic, 1948 ! 112: 01/30 Tet Offensive, 1968 ! 113: 01/31 Explorer I launched, 1958. Van Allen Belt discovered ! 114: 01/31 Hewlett-Packard founded, 1939 ! 115: 01/31 Irving Langmuir, 1881, invented tungsten filament lamp ! 116: 01/31 Jackie Robinson born, 1919 ! 117: 01/31 "Ham" the chimpanzee soars into space aboard Mercury-Redstone 2, 1961 ! 118: ! 119: 02 ! 120: 02/01 Chinese New Year Holiday (3 days) in Taiwan ! 121: 02/01 First TV soap: Secret Storm, 1954 ! 122: 02/01 Forces lead by Khomeini take over Iran, 1979 ! 123: 02/02 Candlemas ! 124: 02/03 Gertrude Stein born, 1874 ! 125: 02/04 Cybernet inaugurated, 1969 ! 126: 02/04 Independence Commemoration Day in Sri Lanka ! 127: 02/04 Patricia Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army, 1974 ! 128: 02/05 Constitution Day in Mexico ! 129: 02/06 King George VI of UK dies; his daughter becomes Elizabeth II, 1952 ! 130: 02/06 New Zealand Day ! 131: 02/07 Independence Day in Grenada ! 132: 02/07 Sincalair Lewis born, 1885 ! 133: 02/07 Beatles land at JFK airport to begin first U.S. tour, 1964 ! 134: 02/08 1963 Revolution Anniversary in Iraq ! 135: 02/08 Friedleib F. Runge born, 1795, father of paper chromatography ! 136: 02/08 Jules Verne born in Nantes, France, 1828 ! 137: 02/09 -51 degrees F, Vanderbilt MI, 1934 ! 138: 02/09 George Hartmann born, 1489, designed astrolabes, timepieces, etc. ! 139: 02/09 St. Maron's Day in Lebanon ! 140: 02/10 Charles Lamb born, 1775 ! 141: 02/10 Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck, AD 60 ! 142: 02/10 William Allen White born, 1868 ! 143: 02/11 Last day of JOSS service at RAND Corp., 1966 ! 144: 02/11 National Foundation Day in Japan ! 145: 02/11 Thos. Edison born, 1847 ! 146: 02/11 William Henry Fox Talbot born, 1489, photographic pioneer ! 147: 02/11* Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras (day before Ash Wednesday) ! 148: 02/12* Ash Wednesday - first day of Lent ! 149: 02/12 Abraham Lincoln born, 1809 ! 150: 02/12 Charles Darwin born in Shrewsbury, England, 1809 ! 151: 02/12 Lincoln's real birthday ! 152: 02/12 Pyidaungsa Day in Burma ! 153: 02/12 Santa Barbara oil leak, 1969 ! 154: 02/14 Bombing of Dresden, 1945 ! 155: 02/14 First micro-on-a-chip patented (TI), 1978 ! 156: 02/14 St. Valentine's day ! 157: 02/15 Chicago Seven convicted, 1970 ! 158: 02/15 ENIAC demonstrated, 1946 ! 159: 02/15 Galileo Galilei born in Pisa, Italy, 1564 ! 160: 02/15 Susan B. Anthony born, 1820 ! 161: 02/16 Makha Bucha Day in Thailand ! 162: 02/16 Nylon patented, 1937 ! 163: 02/16 Pierre Bouguer born, 1698, founder of photometry ! 164: 02/16 Stephen Decatur burns US frigate in Tripoli, 1804 ! 165: 02/17 Federick Eugene Ives born, 1856, pioneer of halftone ! 166: 02/17 Marion Anderson born, 1902 ! 167: 02/17 T. J. Watson, Sr. born, 1874 ! 168: 02/17* "President's Day" ! 169: 02/18 Democracy Day in Nepal ! 170: 02/18 Ernst Mach born, 1838, philosopher & optics pioneer ! 171: 02/18 Independence Day in The Gambia ! 172: 02/18 Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, Lowell Observatory, AZ, 1930 ! 173: 02/19 Nicolas Copernicus born in Thorn, Poland, 1473 ! 174: 02/19 US Marines land on Iwo Jima, 1945 ! 175: 02/20 Ludwig Boltzmann born, 1838, atomic physics pioneer ! 176: 02/20 John Glenn orbits the Earth 3 times, 1962 ! 177: 02/21 Alexis De Rochon born, 1838, developed the spyglass ! 178: 02/21 Battle of Verdun begins, 1916 1M casualties ! 179: 02/21 Malcom X shot to death in Harlem, 1965 ! 180: 02/21 First telephone directory, New Haven, Connecticut, 1878 ! 181: 02/22 George Washington born, 1732 ! 182: 02/22 Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen born, 1838, found hydrogen in the sun ! 183: 02/23 Handel born, 1685 ! 184: 02/23 Lt Calley confesses, implicates Cpt Medina, 1971 ! 185: 02/23 Republic Day in Guyana ! 186: 02/23 W.E.B.DuBois born, 1868 ! 187: 02/24 Gregorian Calendar Day ! 188: 02/24 Winslow Homer born, 1836 ! 189: 02/24 Impeachment proceedings against Andrew johnson begin, 1868 ! 190: 02/25 George Harrison born in Liverpool, England, 1943 ! 191: 02/25 National Day in Kuwait ! 192: 02/25 Renoir born, 1841 ! 193: 02/26 Dominique Francois Jean Arago born, 1786, observed "Poisson's spot" cf June 21 ! 194: 02/27 Independence Day in Dominican Republic ! 195: 02/27 The Lionheart crowned, 1189 ! 196: 02/28 Michel de Mantaigne born, 1533 ! 197: 02/29 French and Indian raid on Deerfield MA, 1704 ! 198: 02/29 Herman Hollerith born, 1860 ! 199: 02/29 Jimmy Dorsey born, 1904 ! 200: ! 201: 03 ! 202: 03/01 David Niven born, 1910 ! 203: 03/01 First NPL (later PL/I) report published, 1964 ! 204: 03/01 Samil Independence Movement Day in South Korea ! 205: 03/01 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrested for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692 ! 206: 03/01 St. David's Day, Cardiff ! 207: 03/02 Blackthorn winds (New England) <<What is it?>> ! 208: 03/02 Peasants Day in Burma ! 209: 03/02 Texas Independence day ! 210: 03/02 Victory of Adowa in Ethiopia ! 211: 03/02 Dr. Seuss born, 1904 ! 212: 03/03 Throne Day in Morocco ! 213: 03/03 Girl's Day in Japan ! 214: 03/04 Antonio Vivaldi born in Venice, Italy, 1678 ! 215: 03/04 Casimir Pulaski born, 1747 ! 216: 03/04 First Cray-1 shipped to Los Alamos ! 217: 03/04 First meeting of Congress, 1789, in N.Y.C. ! 218: 03/04 Vermont Admission Day (admitted as 14th state in 1791) ! 219: 03/05 Independence Day in Equatorial Guinea ! 220: 03/06 Independence Day in Ghana ! 221: 03/06 Lantern Day, Bejing ! 222: 03/06 Hindenburg explodes and burns upon landing at Lakehurst, NJ, 1939 ! 223: 03/07 Aristotle died, 322BC ! 224: 03/07 Last Gilbert & Sullivan opera produced, 1896 ! 225: 03/07 Sir John Frederick William Herschel born, 1792, astronomer ! 226: 03/08 Alvan Clark born, 1804, astronomer & lens manufacturer ! 227: 03/08 First annual International Women's Day, 1909 ! 228: 03/08 Howard Aiken born, 1900 ! 229: 03/08 International Women's Day in U.S.S.R. ! 230: 03/08 Syrian National Day in Libyan Arab Republic ! 231: 03/08 Women's Day in Guinea-Bissau, Taiwan, Yemen Democratic Republic ! 232: 03/08 Youth Day in Zambia ! 233: 03/09 "GOTO considered harmful" published in CACM, 1968 ! 234: 03/09 Decoration Day in Liberia ! 235: 03/09 Falgun Purnima Day in Nepal ! 236: 03/10 Labor Day in South Korea ! 237: 03/11 Johnny Appleseed Day; anniversary of the death of John Chapman ! 238: 03/11 Robert Treat Paine born, 1737 ! 239: 03/11 Vannevar Bush born, 1890 ! 240: 03/12 Commonwealth Day in Swaziland ! 241: 03/12 Gustav Robert Kirchhoff born, 1824, physicist ! 242: 03/12 Independence Day in Mauritius ! 243: 03/12 Moshoeshoe's Birthday in Lesotho ! 244: 03/12 Renovation Day in Gabon ! 245: 03/13 "Striptease" introduced, Paris, 1894 ! 246: 03/13 National Day in Grenada ! 247: 03/14 Albert Einstein born, 1879 ! 248: 03/14 Casey Jones born, 1864 ! 249: 03/14 Giovanni Virginia Schiaparelli born, 1835, astronomer; named Mars "canals" ! 250: 03/14 Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier born, 1768, mathematician & physicist ! 251: 03/14 LISP introduced, 1960 ! 252: 03/14 Teddy Roosevelt excludes Japanese laborers from continental US, 1907 ! 253: 03/15 Buzzards return to Hinckley OH ! 254: 03/15 J.J. Robert's Birthday in Liberia ! 255: 03/15 Julius Caesar assassinated by Brutus; Ides of March, 44BC ! 256: 03/15 Sly Stone born, 1944 ! 257: 03/15 France assumes protectorate over Vietnam, 1874 ! 258: 03/15 Watts, Los Angeles, riots kill two, injure 25, 1966 ! 259: 03/16 Black Press Day; first Black newspaper founded in 1827 ! 260: 03/16 George Clymer born, 1739 ! 261: 03/16 James Madison born, 1751 ! 262: 03/16 MyLai Massacre; 300 non-combatant villagers killed by U.S. infantrymen ! 263: 03/16 Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fueled rocket, Auburn MA,, 1926 ! 264: 03/17 Evacuation Day in Suffolk County, Massachusetts ! 265: 03/17 St. Patrick's Day ! 266: 03/17 Vanguard I launched, 1958. Earth proved pear-shaped ! 267: 03/18 Aleksei Leonov performs first spacewalk, 1965 ! 268: 03/19 St. Joseph's Day in Colombia, Costa Rica, Holy See, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Spain, Venezuela ! 269: 03/19 Tree Planting Day in Lestho ! 270: 03/19 Swallows return to Capistrano ! 271: 03/20 Independence Day in Tunsia ! 272: 03/20 Youth Day in Oklahoma ! 273: 03/20* Vernal Equinox, 0525 EST ! 274: 03/21 Afghan New Year in Afghanistan ! 275: 03/21 J. S. Bach born, 1685 ! 276: 03/21 Juarez' Birthday in Mexico ! 277: 03/22 Abolition Day in Puerto Rico ! 278: 03/23 Pakistan Day in Pakistan ! 279: 03/23* Palm Sunday (7 days before Easter) ! 280: 03/24 Construction of New York subway system begins, 1900 ! 281: 03/24 Harry Houdini born, 1874 ! 282: 03/25 Greek Independence Day in Cyprus ! 283: 03/25 Lady Day (a.k.a. the Feast of the Annunciation) ! 284: 03/25 Maryland Day in Maryland ! 285: 03/25 National Holiday in Greece ! 286: 03/25 Triangle Shirt Waist Fire, 1911 ! 287: 03/25* Purim - Feast of Lots ! 288: 03/26 Benjamin Thompson born, 1753, Count Rumford; physicist ! 289: 03/26 Independence Day in Bangladesh ! 290: 03/26 Popeye statue unveiled, Crystal City TX Spinach Festival, 1937 ! 291: 03/26 Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day in Hawaii ! 292: 03/27 Armed Forces Day in Burma ! 293: 03/27 Khrushchev becomes Premier of Soviet Union, 1958 ! 294: 03/27 Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen born, 1845, discoverer of X-rays ! 295: 03/28 DEC announces PDP-11, 1970 ! 296: 03/28 Pierre Simon de Laplace born, 1749, mathematician & astronomer ! 297: 03/28 Three Mile Island releases radioactive gas, 1979 ! 298: 03/29 Death of President Barthelemy Boganda in Central African Republic ! 299: 03/29 Memorial Day in Madagascar ! 300: 03/29 Swedish settled Christiana (Wilmington) DE, 1638 ! 301: 03/30 Five rings around Uranus discovered, 1977 ! 302: 03/30 Francisco Jose de Goya born, 1746 ! 303: 03/30 Pencil with eraser patented, 1858 ! 304: 03/30 Sean O'Casey born, 1880 ! 305: 03/30 Vincent Van Gogh born, 1853 ! 306: 03/30 Alaska purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, 1867 ! 307: 03/27* Maundy Thursday (3 days before Easter) ! 308: 03/28* Good Friday (2 days before Easter) ! 309: 03/30* Easter ! 310: 03/31 Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp. founded, Phila, 1946 ! 311: 03/31 National Day in Malta ! 312: 03/31 Rene Descartes born, 1596, mathematician & philosopher ! 313: 03/31* Seward's Day in Alaska (last Monday) ! 314: ! 315: 04 ! 316: 04/01 April Fool's Day ! 317: 04/01 Yourdon, Inc. founded, 1974 (It figures.) ! 318: 04/01 Youth Day in Benin ! 319: 04/02 Malvinas Day in Argentina ! 320: 04/02 Pascua Florida Day in Florida ! 321: 04/03 IBM 701 introduced, 1953 ! 322: 04/03 Washington Irving born, 1783 ! 323: 04/04 Ching Ming Festival in Hong Kong ! 324: 04/04 Liberation Day in Hungary ! 325: 04/04 Martin Luther King assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, 1968 ! 326: 04/04 Muddy Waters born, 1915 ! 327: 04/04 NATO Established, 1949 ! 328: 04/04 National Day in Senegal ! 329: 04/04 Tandy Corp. acquires Radio Shack, 1963 (9 stores) ! 330: 04/05 Arbor Day in South Korea ! 331: 04/05 Thomas Hobbes born, 1588, philosopher ! 332: 04/05 Tomb Sweeping Day in Taiwan ! 333: 04/06 Chakri Memorial Day in Thailand ! 334: 04/06 Joseph Smith founds Mormon Church, 1830 ! 335: 04/06 Victory Day in Ethiopia ! 336: 04/07 Alewives run, Cape Cod ! 337: 04/07 IBM announces System/360, 1964 ! 338: 04/08 David Rittenhouse born, 1732, astronomer & mathematician ! 339: 04/08 Fast and Prayer Day in Liberia ! 340: 04/08 Buddha born, 563 BC ! 341: 04/09 ENIAC Project begun, 1943 ! 342: 04/09 Edward Muybridge born, 1830, motion-picture pioneer ! 343: 04/09 J. Presper Eckert born, 1919 ! 344: 04/09 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, 1865 ! 345: 04/09 Martyrs Day in Tunisia ! 346: 04/09 Paul Robeson born, 1898 ! 347: 04/10 Commodore Matthew calbraith Perry born, 1854 ! 348: 04/10 William Booth born, 1829, founder of the Salvation Army ! 349: 04/11 National Heroes Day in Costa Rica ! 350: 04/12 Space Shuttle Columbia launched, 1981 ! 351: 04/12 Confederate troops fire first shots of Civil War at Ft Sumter, 1861 ! 352: 04/12 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space, 1961 ! 353: 04/13 Laotian New Year (3 days) in Laos ! 354: 04/13 National Day in Chad ! 355: 04/13 Songkron Day in Thailand ! 356: 04/13 Thomas Jefferson born, 1743 ! 357: 04/14 Christian Huygen born, 1629, physicist & astronomer; discovered Saturn's rings ! 358: 04/14 Day of the Americas in Honduras ! 359: 04/14 Titanic hits iceberg and sinks, 1912 ! 360: 04/15 Bengali New Year in Bangladesh ! 361: 04/15 Leonardo da Vinci born, 1452 ! 362: 04/15 Ray Kroc opens first McDonalds in Des Plaines, IL, 1955 ! 363: 04/16 Charles (Charlie) Chaplin (Sir) born in London, 1889 ! 364: 04/16 De Diego's Birthday (celebrated in Puerto Rico) ! 365: 04/16 Holy Week (5 days) in Venezuela ! 366: 04/16 Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth, 1865 ! 367: 04/16 Tourist Week (5 days) in Uruguay ! 368: 04/17 Bay of Pigs invasion crushed by Castro forces, 1961 ! 369: 04/17 Burmese New Year in Burma ! 370: 04/17 Bay of Pigs, 1961 ! 371: 04/18 Einstein's Death, 1955 ! 372: 04/18 San Francisco earthquake, 1906 ! 373: 04/18 First Laundromat opens, Fort Worth Texas, 1934 ! 374: 04/19 Declaration of Independence in Venezuela ! 375: 04/19 Landing of the "33" in Uruguay ! 376: 04/19 Republic Day in Sierra Leone ! 377: 04/19 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, 1943 ! 378: 04/20 Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of busing, 1971 ! 379: 04/21 San Jacinto Day in Texas ! 380: 04/21 Tiradentes in Brazil ! 381: 04/21 Lyrid meteor shower ! 382: 04/21* Patriot's Day in Maine & Massachusetts (3rd Monday) ! 383: 04/22 Arbor Day in Nebraska & Delaware ! 384: 04/22 Kant born, 1724 ! 385: 04/22 Oklahoma Day in Oklahoma ! 386: 04/23 Hank Aaron hits his first home run, 1954 ! 387: 04/24 Victory Day in Togo ! 388: 04/24* Pesach - First Day of Passover - Festival of Freedom ! 389: 04/25 Anniversary of the Revolution in Portugal ! 390: 04/25 Anzac Day in Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Western Samoa ! 391: 04/25 Ella Fitzgerald born, 1918 ! 392: 04/25 Liberation Day in Italy ! 393: 04/25 National Flag Day in Swaziland ! 394: 04/26 Carol Burnett born in San Antonio, Texas, 1933 ! 395: 04/26 Confederate Memorial Day in Florida & Georgia ! 396: 04/26 Union Day in Tanzania ! 397: 04/26 William Shakespeare baptised in Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1564 ! 398: 04/27 Independence Day in Togo ! 399: 04/27 Louis Victor de Broglie born, 1774, physicist ! 400: 04/27* Daylight Saving time begins ! 401: 04/27 Magellan killed in Phillippines, 1521 ! 402: 04/28 James Monroe born, 1758 ! 403: 04/28 Zilog Z-80 introduced ! 404: 04/28* Arbor Day in Wyoming (last Monday) ! 405: 04/28* Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama & Mississippi (last Monday) ! 406: 04/29 Emperor's Birthday in Japan ! 407: 04/29 Jules Henri Poincare born, 1854, founder of topology ! 408: 04/29 William Randolph Hearst born in San Francisco, 1863 ! 409: 04/29 Zipper patented by Gideon Sindback, 1913 ! 410: 04/30 Karl Friedrich Gauss born, 1777, mathematician & astronomer ! 411: 04/30 Queen's Birthday in Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles ! 412: 04/30 The Workers Day in Uruguay ! 413: ! 414: 05 ! 415: 05/01 Boy's day in Japan ! 416: 05/01 Last day of Passover ! 417: 05/01 Beltaine; Feast of the god Bel, sun god ! 418: 05/01 First BASIC program run at Dartmouth, 1964 ! 419: 05/01 Kate Smith born, 1909 ! 420: 05/01 Labor Day in many places ! 421: 05/01 Law Day (decl. by Eisenhower) ! 422: 05/01 May Day in many places ! 423: 05/02 Constitution Day in Japan ! 424: 05/02 Dr. Benj. Spock born, 1903 ! 425: 05/02 King's Birthday in Lesotho ! 426: 05/03 Anti-war protest disrupts business in Washington, 1971 ! 427: 05/04 4 Kent students demonstrating against Cambodia incursion are shot, 1970 ! 428: 05/04 Rhode Island Independence Day ! 429: 05/05 Battle of Puebla in Mexico ! 430: 05/05 Children's Day in Japan, South Korea ! 431: 05/05 Coronatin Day in Thailand ! 432: 05/05 Liberation Day in Netherlands ! 433: 05/05 John Scopes arrested for teaching evolution, Dayton, TN, 1925 ! 434: 05/06 Bataan Day in Philippines ! 435: 05/06 EDSAC demonstrated, 1949 ! 436: 05/07 Brahms born, 1833 ! 437: 05/07 Germany Surrenders after WWII, 1945 ! 438: 05/07 Johannes Brahms born in Hamburg, 1833 ! 439: 05/07 May Day in United Kingdom ! 440: 05/07 Tchaikowsky born, 1840 ! 441: 05/08 Beginning of ostrich mating season ! 442: 05/08 Buddha's Birthday in South Korea ! 443: 05/08 Elections for the National Assembly in Philippines ! 444: 05/08 Truman Day in Missouri ! 445: 05/08 US institutes mining of Haiphong Harbor, 1972 ! 446: 05/09 94 degrees, New York, 1979 ! 447: 05/09 Liberation Day in Czechoslovakia ! 448: 05/09 Pinza died, 1957 ! 449: 05/09 Victory Day in Poland, U.S.S.R. ! 450: 05/10 Confederate Memorial Day in South Carolina ! 451: 05/10 Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz) born in Omaha, Nebraska, 1899 ! 452: 05/10 Germany invades Low Countries, 1940 ! 453: 05/10 Mothers Day in Guatamala ! 454: 05/10 Nazi bookburning, 1933 ! 455: 05/11 Minnesota Day in Minnesota ! 456: 05/11 Johnny Appleseed born, 1768 ! 457: 05/11* Mother's Day (2nd Sunday) ! 458: 05/12 Florence Nightingale born in Florence, Italy, 1820 ! 459: 05/13 Arthur S. Sullivan born, 1842 ! 460: 05/14 Anniversary of the Founding of Guinean Deomcratic Party in Guinea ! 461: 05/14 Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804 ! 462: 05/14 Buddhist Holiday (Waisak 2528) in Indonesia ! 463: 05/14 Independence Day (2 days) in Paraguay ! 464: 05/14 Nation of Israel proclaimed, 1948 ! 465: 05/14 Unification Day in Liberia ! 466: 05/15 Asylum for Inebriates founded, Binghamton NY, 1854 ! 467: 05/15 Kamuzu Day in Malawi ! 468: 05/15 Vesak Day in Singapore, Malaysia ! 469: 05/15 Visakha Bucha Day in Thailand ! 470: 05/16 Armed Forces Day ! 471: 05/16 Discovery Day in Cayman Islands ! 472: 05/16 First report on SNOBOL distributed (within BTL), 1963 ! 473: 05/15*? Ascension Day (10 days before Pentecost) ! 474: 05/17 24" rain in 11 hours, Pearl River, S. China, 1982 ! 475: 05/17 Constitution Day in Nauru, Norway ! 476: 05/17 Six SLA members killed in televised gun fight, 1974 ! 477: 05/18 Battle of Las Piedras in Uruguay ! 478: 05/18 Flag Day in Haiti ! 479: 05/18 Napoleon crowned Emperor, 1804 ! 480: 05/18 Prayer Day in Denmark ! 481: 05/19 Armed Forces Day ! 482: 05/19 Ho Chi Minh born, 1890 ! 483: 05/19 Youth and Sports Day in Turkey ! 484: 05/20 Mecklenburg Independence Day in North Carolina ! 485: 05/20 National Day in Cameroon ! 486: 05/20 Victoria Day in Canada ! 487: 05/19* Memorial Day in Michigan (3rd Monday) ! 488: 05/21 Battle of Iquique in Chile ! 489: 05/21 DEC announces PDP-8 ! 490: 05/21 US explodes first hydrogen bomb, 1956 ! 491: 05/21 Plato (Aristocles) born in Athens(?), 427BC ! 492: 05/22 Johann Sebastian Bach born in Eisenach, Germany, 1665 ! 493: 05/22 Ethernet first described, 1973 ! 494: 05/22 National Heroes Day in Sri Lanka ! 495: 05/22 US Civil War ends, 1865 ! 496: 05/23 Commonwealth Day in Jamaica, Belize ! 497: 05/23 Israeli raid into Argentina to capture Adolf Eichmann, 1960 ! 498: 05/23 National Labor Day in Jamaica ! 499: 05/23 Two Yetis sighted, Mt. Everest, 1953 ! 500: 05/24 Battle of Pinchincha in Ecuador ! 501: 05/24 Bermuda Day in Bermuda ! 502: 05/24 Day of Slav Letters in Bulgaria ! 503: 05/24 Bob Dylan born, 1941 ! 504: 05/25 African Freedom Day in Zimbabwe ! 505: 05/25 African Liberation Day in Chad, Mauritania, Zambia ! 506: 05/25 Anniversary of the Revolution of 1810 in Argentina ! 507: 05/25 Independence Day in Jordan ! 508: 05/25 Memorial Day in New Mexico & Puerto Rico ! 509: 05/25 Oral Roberts sees 900 foot tall Jesus Christ, Tulsa OK, 1980 ! 510: 05/25 Revolution in the Sudan in Libyan Arab Republic ! 511: 05/25 Successful test of the limelight in Purfleet, England, 1830 ! 512: 05/26 Congress sets first immigration quotas, 1924 ! 513: 05/26 Al Jolson born, 1886 ! 514: 05/25*? Pentecost - Whitsunday ! 515: 05/27 Afghanistan attains sovereignty, 1921 ! 516: 05/27 First joint meeting of U.S. and European ALGOL definition cte., 1958 ! 517: 05/27 Golden Gate Bridge opens, 1937 ! 518: 05/27 Hubert H. Humphrey born, 1911 ! 519: 05/27 Rogation Sunday ! 520: 05/26* Memorial Day in various places (last Monday) ! 521: 05/26*? Whitmonday ! 522: 05/28 Dionne quintuplets born, 1934 ! 523: 05/28 First meeting of COBOL definition cte. (eventually CODASYL), 1959 ! 524: 05/28 Mothers Day in Central African Republic ! 525: 05/29 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay climb Mt. Everest, 1953 ! 526: 05/29 Gilbert Keith Chesterton born, 1874 ! 527: 05/29 John Fitzgerald Kennedy born, 1917 ! 528: 05/29 Patrick Henry born, 1736 ! 529: 05/29 Forst food stamps issued, 1961 ! 530: 05/30 Colossus Mark II, 1944 ! 531: 05/30 Mel (Melvin Jerome) Blanc born in San Francisco, 1908 ! 532: 05/30 US Marines sent to Nicaragua, 1912 ! 533: 05/31 Memorial Day ! 534: 05/31 Pya Martyrs Day in Togo ! 535: 05/31 Republic Day in South Africa ! 536: ! 537: 06 ! 538: 06/01 Brigham Young born, 1801 ! 539: 06/01 Independence Days (3 days) in Western Samoa ! 540: 06/01 Madaraka Day in Kenya ! 541: 06/01 Marilyn Monroe born, 1928 ! 542: 06/01 Victory Day in Tunisia ! 543: 06/02 Corpus Christi in Paraguay ! 544: 06/02 Edward Elgar (Sir) born in Worcester, England, 1857 ! 545: 06/02 First issue of Computerworld, 1967 ! 546: 06/02 Native Americans "granted" citizenship, 1924 ! 547: 06/01*? Trinity Sunday (7 days after Pentecost) ! 548: 06/03 Confederate Memorial Day in Kentucky & Louisiana ! 549: 06/03 Henry James born, 1811 ! 550: 06/03 Jefferson Davis's Birthday in Alabama & Mississippi (1st Monday) ! 551: 06/03 Labor Day in Bahamas ! 552: 06/04 Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong, Taiwan ! 553: 06/04 Emancipation Day in Tonga ! 554: 06/04 Queen's Birthday in New Zealand ! 555: 06/04 Roquefort cheese developed, 1070 ! 556: 06/05 Constitution Day in Denmark ! 557: 06/05 Liberation Day in Seychelles ! 558: 06/05 US leaves the Gold Standard, 1933 ! 559: 06/05 Robert Kennedy Assasinated, 1968 ! 560: 06/06 His Majesty, Yang Di-Pertuan Agong's Birthday in Malaysia ! 561: 06/06 Memorial Day in South Korea ! 562: 06/06 Normandy landing, 1944 ! 563: 06/05*? Corpus Christi (11 days after Pentecost) ! 564: 06/06 First drive-in movie, 1933 ! 565: 06/07 (Eugene Henri) Paul Gaugin born, 1848 ! 566: 06/07 George Bryan "Beau" Brummel born, 1778 ! 567: 06/08 Frank Lloyd Wright born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, 1869 ! 568: 06/09 Senior Citizen's Day in Oklahoma ! 569: 06/10 Camoes Day in Portugal ! 570: 06/10 Death of Alexander the Great, 323 B.C. ! 571: 06/10 First Apple II shipped, 1977 ! 572: 06/10 Judy Garlnad born, 1922 ! 573: 06/11 Greeks seize Troy, 1184BC ! 574: 06/11 King Kamehameha I Day in Hawaii ! 575: 06/11 Queen's Birthday ! 576: 06/12 Independence Day in Philippines ! 577: 06/12 Peace with Bolivia in Paraguay ! 578: 06/13 Corrective Movement in Yemen Arab Republic ! 579: 06/13 Pioneer flies past Neptune, and therefore out of the Solar System ! 580: 06/13* Shevuos - Feast of Weeks ! 581: 06/14 Flag Day ! 582: 06/14 Sandpaper invented by I. Fischer, Jr., 1834 ! 583: 06/15 Ben Franklin's kite experiment, 1752 ! 584: 06/15 Edward (Edvard Hagerup) Grieg born in Bergen, Norway, 1843 ! 585: 06/15 Magna Carta signed, 1215 ! 586: 06/15 Series of photographs by Edward Muggeridge prove to Leland Stanford that all the hooves of a horse are off the ground during the gallop, 1878 ! 587: 06/15 UNIVAC I delivered to the Census Bureau, 1951 ! 588: 06/16 Bloomsday - Anniversary of Dublin events, 1904, in "Ulysses" ! 589: 06/16 First programming error at Census Bureau, 1951 (apocryphal) ! 590: 06/16 Hammurabi the Great dies, Babylon, 1686 bc ! 591: 06/15* Father's Day ! 592: 06/17 Bunker Hill Day in Suffolk County, Massachusetts ! 593: 06/17 China explodes its first Hydrogen bomb, 1967 ! 594: 06/17 Independence Day in Iceland ! 595: 06/17 National Day in Federal Republic of Germany ! 596: 06/17 Watergate Democratic National Committee break-in, 1972 ! 597: 06/18 Evacuation Day in Egypt ! 598: 06/18 M C Escher born, 1898 ! 599: 06/18 Paul McCartney born in Liverpool, England, 1942 ! 600: 06/18 Queen's Birthday in Fiji ! 601: 06/19 Artigas Birthday in Uruguay ! 602: 06/19 Emancipation Day in Texas ! 603: 06/19 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in Sing-Sing prison, 1953 ! 604: 06/19 Labor Day in Trinidad, Tobago ! 605: 06/19 Lizzie Bordon acquitted, 1893 ! 606: 06/19 Revolution Day in Algeria ! 607: 06/20 Flag Day in Argentina ! 608: 06/20 Victoria crowned, 1837 ! 609: 06/20 West Virginia Day in West Virginia ! 610: 06/21 Berlin airlift begins, 1948 ! 611: 06/21 Summer solstice, 12:02 am, EST ! 612: 06/21 Sun rises over Heelstone at Stonehenge ! 613: 06/22 Carl Hubbell born, 1903 ! 614: 06/22 Civil rights workers disappear in Mississippi, 1964 ! 615: 06/22 Corrective Movement in Yermen Democratic Republic ! 616: 06/22 Meryl Streep born in Summit, New Jersey, 1949 ! 617: 06/22 Midsummer Eve in Finland, Sweden ! 618: 06/22 National Sovereignty Day in Haiti ! 619: 06/23 IBM unbundles software, 1969 ! 620: 06/23 National Holiday in Luxembourg ! 621: 06/23 Slavery abolished in England, 1772 ! 622: 06/23 Turing's Birthday, 1912 ! 623: 06/24 Battle of Carabobob in Venezuela ! 624: 06/24 Fisherman's Day in Madagascar, Mozambique, Somalia ! 625: 06/24 Kings Day in Spain ! 626: 06/24 Peasants Day in Peru ! 627: 06/24 Senate repeals Gulf of Tonkin resolution, 1970 ! 628: 06/24 St. Jean-Baptiste Day in Quebec ! 629: 06/25 Custer's Last Stand, 1876 ! 630: 06/25 Eric Arthur Blair (a.k.a. George Orwell) born, 1903 ! 631: 06/25 Little Big Horn, 1876 ! 632: 06/25 N. Korea invades S. Korea, 1950 ! 633: 06/26 Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 ! 634: 06/26 St. Lawrence Seaway dedicated by Eisenhower & Queen Elizabeth II, 1959 ! 635: 06/26 Toothbrush invented, 1498 ! 636: 06/27 100 degrees, Fort Yukon, 1915 ! 637: 06/27 Helen Keller born, 1880 ! 638: 06/28 Mothers Day in Central African Republic ! 639: 06/28 Supreme Court decides in favor of Alan Bakke, 1978 ! 640: 06/29 Independence Day in Seychelles ! 641: 06/29 Last Day of Ramadan* in Algeria, Oman ! 642: 06/30 "That" explosion in Siberia, 1908 ! 643: 06/30 China and Soviet Union announce split over ideology, 1960 ! 644: 06/30 Day of the Army in Guatemala ! 645: 06/30 First advanced degree on computer related topic: to H. Karamanian, Temple Univ., Phila, 1948, for symbolic diffentiation on the ENIAC ! 646: ! 647: 07 ! 648: 07/01 Battle of Gettysburg begins, 1863 ! 649: 07/01 Dominion Day in Canada ! 650: 07/01 Eid-Ul-Fitr* (2 days) in Pakistan ! 651: 07/01 Freedom Day in Suriname ! 652: 07/01 Independence Day in Burundi ! 653: 07/01 National Day in Rwamda ! 654: 07/01 Republic Day in Ghana ! 655: 07/01 Union of the Somalia Republic in Somalia ! 656: 07/02 National Day in Kiribati ! 657: 07/03 Dog days begin ! 658: 07/03 Franz Kafka born, 1883 ! 659: 07/04 Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg won by Union forces, 1863 ! 660: 07/04 Caribbean Day in Guyana ! 661: 07/04 Cloudy, 76 degrees, Philadelphia PA, 1776 ! 662: 07/04 Constitution Day in Cayman Islands ! 663: 07/04 Family Day in Lesotho ! 664: 07/04 Heroes Day in Zambia ! 665: 07/04 John Adams and Thomas Jefferson die on same day, 1826 ! 666: 07/04 Kadooment Day in Barbados ! 667: 07/04 Nathaniel Hawthorne born in Salem, Massachusetts, 1804 ! 668: 07/04 New York abstains on Declaration of Independence vote, 1776 ! 669: 07/04 Philippine-American Friendship Day in the Philippines ! 670: 07/04 Warriors Day (2 days) in Yugoslavia ! 671: 07/04 Thoreau enters woods, 1845 ! 672: 07/05 Day of Peace and Unity in Rwanda ! 673: 07/05 Independence Day in Algeria, Venezuela ! 674: 07/06 (Helen) Beatrix Potter born, 1866 ! 675: 07/06 First `talkie' (talking motion picture) premiere in New York, 1928 ! 676: 07/06 John Paul Jones born, 1747 ! 677: 07/06 Lawrence of Arabia captures Aqaba, 1917 ! 678: 07/07 Anniversary of the P.U.N. in Equatorial Guinea ! 679: 07/07 First radio broadcast of "Dragnet", 1949 ! 680: 07/07 National Day in Malawi ! 681: 07/07 Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) born in Liverpool, England, 1940 ! 682: 07/07 Saba Saba Day in Tanzania ! 683: 07/07 P.T. Barnum dies, 1891 ! 684: 07/08 Bell Telephone Co. formed (predecessor of AT&T), 1877 ! 685: 07/08 CDC incorporated, 1957 ! 686: 07/08 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin born, 1838 ! 687: 07/08 First public reading of the Declaration of Independence, 1776 ! 688: 07/08 Liberty Bell cracks while being rung at funeral of John Marshall, 1835 ! 689: 07/09 10-hour working day set by law, NH, 1847 ! 690: 07/09 Independence Day in Argentina ! 691: 07/10 Independence Day in Bahamas ! 692: 07/10 John Calvin born, 1509 ! 693: 07/10 134 degrees in Death Valley, 1913 ! 694: 07/11 John Quincy Adams born, 1767 ! 695: 07/11 National Holiday in the Mongolian People's Republic ! 696: 07/12 Battle of Boyne celebrated in Northern Ireland ! 697: 07/12 Henry David Thoreau born, 1817 ! 698: 07/12 The Twelfth in Northern Ireland ! 699: 07/12 Minimum wages established: 40 cents/hour, 1933 ! 700: 07/13 Buddhist Lent in Thailand ! 701: 07/13 Women first compete in Olympic games, 1908 ! 702: 07/14 Anniversary of the Revolution in Iraq ! 703: 07/14 Bastille Day ! 704: 07/14 National Holiday in Monaco ! 705: 07/14 Woodie Guthrie born, 1912 ! 706: 07/15 Clement Clarke Moore born, 1779, author of "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" ! 707: 07/15 St. Swithin's Day ! 708: 07/16 Detonation of the first atomic bomb at Alamagordo, NM, 1945 ! 709: 07/16 Presidents Day in Botswanna ! 710: 07/17 Constitution Day in South Korea ! 711: 07/17 Disneyland opens, 1955 ! 712: 07/17 July Revolution in Iraq ! 713: 07/17 Munoz Rivera's Birthday (celebrated in Puerto Rico) ! 714: 07/17 Public Holiday in Botswanna ! 715: 07/18 Constitution Day in Uruguay ! 716: 07/18 Liberation Day in Nicaragua ! 717: 07/18 Ty Cobb gets 4000th base hit, 1927 ! 718: 07/18 Disneyland opens, 1955 ! 719: 07/19 Five Massachusetts women executed for witchcraft, 1692 ! 720: 07/19 Martyrs Day in Burma ! 721: 07/20 Armstrong and Aldrin land on moon, 1969 ! 722: 07/20 Independence Day in Colombia ! 723: 07/21 National Holiday in Belgium ! 724: 07/21 Vietnam divided at 17th parallel, 1954 ! 725: 07/21 First Train Robbery, Jesse James gets $3000 near Adair, Iowa, 1873 ! 726: 07/22 King's Birthday in Swaziland ! 727: 07/22 National Day in Poland ! 728: 07/23 Anniversary of the Revolution Egypt ! 729: 07/23 Eqyptian National Day in Syrian Arab Republic ! 730: 07/23 Ice cream cone introduced, St. Louis MO, 1904 ! 731: 07/23 Remembrance Day in Papua, New Guinea ! 732: 07/24 Pioneer Day in Utah ! 733: 07/24 Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925 ! 734: 07/24 Simon Bolivar's Day in Ecuador, Venezuela ! 735: 07/25 Constitution Day in Puerto Rico ! 736: 07/25 National Rebellion Day (3 days) in Cuba ! 737: 07/25 Republic Day in Tunisia ! 738: 07/25 St. James, Patron Saint in Spain ! 739: 07/26 Independence Day in Liberia ! 740: 07/26 National Day in Maldives ! 741: 07/27 Barbosa's Birthday (celebrated in Puerto Rico) ! 742: 07/28 Bach dies, 1750 ! 743: 07/28 Independence Days (2 days) in Peru ! 744: 07/29 Mussolini born, 1883 ! 745: 07/29 Olsok Eve in Norway to commemorate Norway's Viking King St. Olav ! 746: 07/29 Rain Day in Waynesburg, PA ! 747: 07/30 "In God We Trust" made U.S. motto, 1956 ! 748: 07/30 Emily Bronte born, 1818 ! 749: 07/30 Henry Ford born, 1863 ! 750: 07/31 Harry S. Truman dedicates N.Y. Int'l Airport @ Idlewild Field, 1948, later JFK ! 751: 07/31 Revolution Day in Congo ! 752: ! 753: 08 ! 754: 08/01 Discovery Day in Trinidad, Tobogo ! 755: 08/01 Emancipation Day in Granada ! 756: 08/01 Founding of Asuncion in Paraguay ! 757: 08/01 Freedom Day in Guyana ! 758: 08/01 Herman Melville born, 1819 ! 759: 08/01 Lughnasa; Feast of the god Lugh, a 30 day Celtic feast centers on this day ! 760: 08/01 National Day in Switzerland ! 761: 08/01 National Holidays (5 days) in El Salvador ! 762: 08/01 Parent's Day in Zaire ! 763: 08/02 Our Lady of Los Angeles in Costa Rica ! 764: 08/03 Independence Day in Jamaica, Niger ! 765: 08/03 Massacre du Pidjiguiti in Buinea-bissau ! 766: 08/03 Memorial Day of Archbishop Makarios in Cyprus ! 767: 08/03 USS Nautilus crosses under north polar ice cap, 1958 ! 768: 08/03 Columbus sets sail for Cathay, 1492 ! 769: 08/04 Axe murder of Andrew and Abbey Borden, 1892 ! 770: 08/04 Bombing of N. Vietnam begins, 1964 ! 771: 08/04 Britain declares war on Germany starting World War I, 1914 ! 772: 08/04 Freedom Day in Guyana ! 773: 08/06 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, 1945 ! 774: 08/06 Caricom in Barbados ! 775: 08/06 Cy Young pitches first game, 1890 ! 776: 08/06 Emancipation Day in Bahamas ! 777: 08/06 Independence Day in Bolivia ! 778: 08/07 Battle of Boyaca in Colombia ! 779: 08/08 Dustin Hoffman born in Los Angeles , 1937 ! 780: 08/08 Montenegro declares war on Germany, 1914 ! 781: 08/08 Nixon announces resignation, 1973 ! 782: 08/08 The Great Train Robbery $7,368,000, 1963 ! 783: 08/09 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, 1945 ! 784: 08/09 National Day in Singapore ! 785: 08/09 Persia defeats Spartan King Leonidas at Thermopylae, 480 BC ! 786: 08/08 Richard Nixon resigns the US presidency, 1974 ! 787: 08/09 US/Canada border defined in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842 ! 788: 08/10 Chicago incorporated as a village of 300 people, 1833 ! 789: 08/10 Independence Day in Ecuador ! 790: 08/10 US and Panama agree to transfer the canal in the year 2000, 1977 ! 791: 08/11 Dog days end ! 792: 08/11 France Ends War in Indochina, 1954 ! 793: 08/11 Heroes Day (2 days) in Zimbabwe ! 794: 08/11 Independence Day in Chad ! 795: 08/11 King Hussein's Accession to the Throne in Jordan ! 796: 08/11 Perseid meteor shower (look north; three days) ! 797: 08/12 First test flight of Space Shuttle "Enterprise" from 747, 1977 ! 798: 08/12 Last U.S. ground troops out of Vietnam, 1972 ! 799: 08/12 Queen's Birthday in Thailand ! 800: 08/12 Thomas Mann's Death, 1955 ! 801: 08/13 Annie Oakley born, 1860 ! 802: 08/13 Berlin wall erected, 1961 ! 803: 08/13 Fidel Castro born, 1927 ! 804: 08/13 Li'l Abner debut, 1934 ! 805: 08/13 Proclamation of Independence in Central African Republic ! 806: 08/13 Women's Day in Tunisia ! 807: 08/14 IBM PC announced, 1981 ! 808: 08/14 Independence Day in Pakistan ! 809: 08/14 Social Security begins in U.S., 1935 ! 810: 08/14 VJ Day, 1945 ! 811: 08/14 Waddi Dhahab in Morocco ! 812: 08/15 Beatles replace drummer Pete Best with Richard Starkey ! 813: 08/15 Founding of Ascuncion in Paraguay ! 814: 08/15 Gandhi's movement obtains independence for Pakistan and India, 1947 ! 815: 08/15 Hurricane hits Plimoth Plantation, 1635 ! 816: 08/15 Independence Day in India ! 817: 08/15 Liberation Day in South Korea ! 818: 08/15 National Day in Congo ! 819: 08/15 Santa Maria in Malta ! 820: 08/16 Bennington Battle Day in Vermont ! 821: 08/16 Independence Days (3 days) in Gabon ! 822: 08/16 Restoration Day in Dominican Republic ! 823: 08/16 Roller Coaster patented, 1898 ! 824: 08/16 Woodstock Begins, 1969 ! 825: 08/15* Admission Day in Hawaii {1984} (3rd Friday) ! 826: 08/17 Anniversary of the Death of General San Martin in Argentina ! 827: 08/17 First public bath opened in N.Y., 1891 ! 828: 08/17 Independence Day in Indonesia ! 829: 08/17 Mae West born, 1892 ! 830: 08/18 Anti-Cigarette League of America formed ! 831: 08/18 Meriwether Lewis born, 1927 ! 832: 08/19 Air Force cargo plane snares payload from Discoverer 14 spy satellite, marking start of practical military reconnaissance from space,1960 ! 833: 08/19 Gail Borden patents condensed milk, 1856 ! 834: 08/19 Independence Day in Afghanistan ! 835: 08/20 Constitution Day in Hungary ! 836: 08/20 Leon Trotsky assassinated, 1940 ! 837: 08/22 CDC 6600 introduced, 1963 ! 838: 08/22 Claude Debussy born, 1862 ! 839: 08/22 Death of King Richard III, 1485, Last of the Plantagenets ! 840: 08/22 Joe Walker sets X-15 all time altitude mark (67 miles), 1963 ! 841: 08/22 St. Columba reports seeing monster in Loch Ness, 565 ! 842: 08/23 DEC founded, 1957 ! 843: 08/23 Gene Kelly born, 1912 ! 844: 08/23 Liberation Days (2 days) in Romania ! 845: 08/23 Sacco and Vanzetti executed, 1927 ! 846: 08/24 -126.9 F at Vostok, Antarctica, 1960 ! 847: 08/24 British troops burn Washington, 1814 ! 848: 08/24 National Flag Day in Liberia ! 849: 08/25 Constitution Day in Paragual ! 850: 08/25 Gen. DeGaulle leads French forces into Paris, 1944 ! 851: 08/25 Independence Day in Uruguay ! 852: 08/26 Susan B. Anthony Day in Massachussetts ! 853: 08/26 Women get the vote, 1920 ! 854: 08/27 "Tarzan of the Apes" published, 1912 ! 855: 08/27 Krakatoa, Java explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons, 1883 ! 856: 08/27 Liberation Day in Hong Kong ! 857: 08/27 Lyndon B. Johnson born, 1908 ! 858: 08/28 Heroes Day in Philippines ! 859: 08/28 King leads over 200K in civil rights rally in Washington, DC, 1963 ! 860: 08/29 Oliver Wendell Holmes born, 1809, physician & father of the jurist ! 861: 08/29 Star in Cygnus goes nova & becomes 4th brightest in sky, 1975; Nova Cygni 1975. ! 862: 08/29 Suruman enters the Shire ! 863: 08/30 75 cents a pound tariff set on opium, 1842 ! 864: 08/30 Huey P. Long Day in Louisiana ! 865: 08/30 Japan Stationery Co. sells first felt-tipped pen, 1960 ! 866: 08/30 John W. Mauchly born, 1907 ! 867: 08/30 St. Rose of Lima in Peru ! 868: 08/30 Victory Day in Turkey ! 869: 08/30 Washington-to-Moscow hot line connected, 1963 ! 870: 08/31 269 people killed after Korean Airlines 747 shot down by USSR, 1983 ! 871: 08/31 Independence Day in Trinidad, Tobago ! 872: 08/31 National Day in Malaysia ! 873: 08/31 Non-aggression pact signed by USSR and Afghanistan, 1926 ! 874: 08/31 Pashtoonian Day in Afghanistan ! 875: 08/31 Mary Anne Nichols becomes Jack the Ripper's first victim, 1888 ! 876: ! 877: 09 ! 878: 09/01 Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in World Chess Match, 1972 ! 879: 09/01 Joshua A. Norton proclaims himself 'Emperor Norton I', 1859 ! 880: 09/02 Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar, 1752 ! 881: 09/02 Japan signs unconditional surrender aboard US battleship `Missouri', 1945 ! 882: 09/01* Labor Day (1st Monday) ! 883: 09/03 Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic in San Marino ! 884: 09/03 Independence Day in Qatar ! 885: 09/03 Memorial Day in Tunisia ! 886: 09/05 First Continental Congress, Phila, 1774 ! 887: 09/05 Kennedy orders resumption of underground nuclear tests, 1961 ! 888: 09/05 King Louis XIV of France born, 1638 ! 889: 09/05 Raquel Welch born, 1942 ! 890: 09/05 The first Continental Congress was convened in Philadelphia, 1774 ! 891: 09/06 149 Pilgrims set forth from England aboard the Mayflower, 1620 ! 892: 09/06 Defense of Pakistan Day in Pakistan ! 893: 09/06 First Star Trek episode (The Man Trap) aired 1966 ! 894: 09/06 Pres. McKinley shot, 1901 ! 895: 09/06 Settlers Day in South Africa ! 896: 09/06 Somhlolo in Swaziland ! 897: 09/06 Word is received that Perry has reached the North Pole and died, 1909 ! 898: 09/07 Independence Day in Brazil ! 899: 09/07 James Fenimore Cooper born in Burlington, NJ, 1789 ! 900: 09/07 Queen Elizabeth I of England born, 1533 ! 901: 09/08 Anton Dvorak born in Nelahozeves, Czechoslovakia, 1841 ! 902: 09/08 Gerald R. Ford pardons Richard M. Nixon, 1974 ! 903: 09/08 King Richard I of England born, 1157 ! 904: 09/08 Peter Sellers born in Southsea, England, 1925 ! 905: 09/08 Jack the Ripper kills again, Annie Chapman is second victim, 1888 ! 906: 09/09 Admission Day in California ! 907: 09/09 Anniversary of the Socialist Revolution k2 days) in Bulgaria ! 908: 09/09 California becomes the 31st state, 1850 ! 909: 09/09 Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-Tung dies at age of 82, 1976 ! 910: 09/09 National Day in North Korea ! 911: 09/09 United Colonies is renamed the United States, 1776 ! 912: 09/10 Korean Thanksgiving Day (Chusuk) in South Korea ! 913: 09/10 Moon Festival in Taiwan ! 914: 09/10 Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormons kill Gentile wagon train, 1857 ! 915: 09/10 National Day in Belize ! 916: 09/11 Ethiopian New Year in Ethiopia ! 917: 09/11 Grandparent's Day ! 918: 09/11 Aniversary of military coup in Chile ! 919: 09/12 Amilcar Cabral's Birthday in Guinea-Bissau ! 920: 09/12 Defender's Day in Maryland ! 921: 09/12 German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from captivity in Rome, 1943 ! 922: 09/12 Germany annexes Sudentenland, 1938 ! 923: 09/12 Jesse Owens born, 1913 ! 924: 09/12 Revolution Day in Ethiopia ! 925: 09/13 136.4 F at el Azizia, Libya, 1922 ! 926: 09/13 Barry Day commemorates the death of Commodore John Barry ! 927: 09/13 British defeat the French at Abraham near Quebec City, 1788 ! 928: 09/13 Building of Hadrian's Wall begun, 122 ! 929: 09/13 Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China, 1943 ! 930: 09/13 Walter Reed born, 1851 ! 931: 09/14 Battle of San Jacinto in Nicaragua ! 932: 09/14 Benjamin Franklin is sent to France as an American minister, 1778 ! 933: 09/14 Francis Scott Key writes words to "Star Spangled Banner", 1814 ! 934: 09/14 Salem, Massachusetts, is founded, 1629 ! 935: 09/14 The Selective Service Act establishes the first peacetime draft, 1940 ! 936: 09/15 ACM founded, 1947 ! 937: 09/15 Agatha Christie born in Torquay, England, 1890 ! 938: 09/15 Foundation of Panama in Panama ! 939: 09/15 Respect for the Aged Day in Japan ! 940: 09/15 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begins his 13 day tour of the US, 1959 ! 941: 09/15 The U.S. Foreign Affairs Dept. becomes the U.S. State Department, 1789 ! 942: 09/16 Allen Funt born in Brooklyn, NY, 1914 ! 943: 09/16 Cherokee Strip Day in Oklahoma ! 944: 09/16 Independence Day in Mexico, Papua, New Guinea ! 945: 09/16 The village of Shawmut, Massachusetts, becomes the city of Boston, 1630 ! 946: 09/17 Battle of Antietam, 1862 ! 947: 09/17 National Heroes Day in Angola ! 948: 09/18 Independence Day in Chile, Zimbabwe ! 949: 09/18 Greta Garbo born, 1905 ! 950: 09/18 Victory of Uprona in Burundi ! 951: 09/19 Army Day in Chile ! 952: 09/20 Equal Rights Party nominates Belva Lockwood for President, 1884 ! 953: 09/20 First meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1848 ! 954: 09/20 First meeting of the National Research Council, 1916 ! 955: 09/20 Harlan Herrick runs first FORTRAN program, 1954 ! 956: 09/20 Magellan leaves Spain on the first Round the World passage, 1519 ! 957: 09/20 Upton (Beall) Sinclair born, 1878 ! 958: 09/21 H. G. (Herbert George) Wells born in Bromley, England, 1866 ! 959: 09/21 Independence Day in Belize ! 960: 09/21 Louis Joliet born, 1645 ! 961: 09/22 Alied forces form the independent nation West Germany, 1953 ! 962: 09/22 Autumnal equinox, 3:33 pm, EST ! 963: 09/22 Independence Day in Mali ! 964: 09/22 National Sovereignty Day in Haiti ! 965: 09/22 President Garfield dies of wounds in Baltimore, 1881 ! 966: 09/22 President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862 ! 967: 09/22 Special prosecutor Leon Jeworski subpoenaes President Nixon, 1974 ! 968: 09/22 The first Soviet atomic bomb explodes, 1949 ! 969: 09/23 Augustus (Gaius Octavius) Caesar born in Rome, 63 BC ! 970: 09/23 Euripides born in Salamis, Greece, 480 BC ! 971: 09/23 Grito de Lares in Puerto Rico ! 972: 09/23 Phillippine President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law, 1972 ! 973: 09/23 The New York Knickerbockers becomes the first U.S. Baseball club, 1845 ! 974: 09/23 V.P. Nixon denies campaign fund fraud with his "Checkers" speech., 1952 ! 975: 09/24 Anniversary of the Third Republic in Ghana ! 976: 09/24 F. Scott Fitzgerald born, 1896 ! 977: 09/24 Independence Day in Guinea-Bissau ! 978: 09/24 National Day in Saudi Arabia ! 979: 09/24 Our Lady of Mercedes in Dominican Republic ! 980: 09/24 Republic Day in Trinidad, Tobago ! 981: 09/25 Army Day in Mozambique ! 982: 09/25 Referendum Day in Rwanda ! 983: 09/25 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman on US Supreme Court, 1981 ! 984: 09/26 George Gershwin born in Brooklyn, NY ! 985: 09/26 Johnny Appleseed born, 1774 ! 986: 09/26 National Day in Maldives, Yemem Deomcratic Republic ! 987: 09/26 Revoluation Anniversary Day in Yemen Arab ! 988: 09/26 T.S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot born in St. Louis, 1888 ! 989: 09/27 Feast of Finding the True Cross in Ethiopia ! 990: 09/27 The first passenger was hauled in a locomotive in England, 1825 ! 991: 09/27 Thomas Nast born, 1840 ! 992: 09/28 "Pilgrim's Progress" published, 1678 ! 993: 09/28 A greek soldier runs 26+ miles to the Persian defeat at Marathon, 490BC ! 994: 09/28 Confucious' Day in Taiwan ! 995: 09/28 Michelangelo Buanarroti born in Caprese, Italy, 1573 ! 996: 09/28 Pompey (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) born in Rome, 106BC ! 997: 09/28 Seymour Cray born, 1925 ! 998: 09/29 Battle of Boqueron in Paraquay ! 999: 09/29 Gene Autry born, 1907 ! 1000: 09/30 Botswanna Day in Botswanna ! 1001: 09/30 The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston, Mass, 1846 ! 1002: 09/30 The verdicts of the Nuremberg trials are announced, 1946 ! 1003: 09/30 Red Jack kills 2, Elizabeth Stride (#3) and Catherine Eddowes (#4), 1888 ! 1004: ! 1005: 10 ! 1006: 10/01 Armed Forces Day in South Korea ! 1007: 10/01 Independence Day in Nigeria ! 1008: 10/01 Jimmy Carter born, 1924 ! 1009: 10/01 Labor Day in Australia ! 1010: 10/01 NASA officially begins operations, 1958 ! 1011: 10/01 National Liberation Day (2 days) in China ! 1012: 10/01 Public Holiday in Botswanna ! 1013: 10/02 Anniversary of Guinean Independence in Guinea ! 1014: 10/02 Aristotle dies of indigestion, 322 BC ! 1015: 10/02 First robotics-based CAM, 1939 ! 1016: 10/02 Mohandas K. Gandhi born at Porbandar, Kathiawad, India, 1869 ! 1017: 10/02 Thurgood Marshall sworn as the first black Supreme Court Justice, 1967 ! 1018: 10/03 Chung Yeung Festival in Hong Kong ! 1019: 10/03 Francisco Morazan's Birthday in Honduras ! 1020: 10/03 National Foundation Day in South Korea ! 1021: 10/03 U.N. Day in Varbados ! 1022: 10/04 Rosh Hashanah - New Year (1986 == 5747) ! 1023: 10/04 Crimean war begins, 1853 ! 1024: 10/04 First space vehicle, Sputnik I, launched, 1957 ! 1025: 10/04 Independence Day in Lesotho ! 1026: 10/04 Janis Joplin O.D.s, 1970 ! 1027: 10/04 John V. Atanasoff born, 1903 ! 1028: 10/04 Sputnik 1, world's first orbiting satellite launched, 1957 ! 1029: 10/05 Anniversary of Proclamation of the Republic in Portugal ! 1030: 10/05 Pablo Picasso born in Malaga, Spain, 1881 ! 1031: 10/05 Ray Kroc (founder of McDonald's) born, 1902 ! 1032: 10/06 Antioch College is the first public school to admit men and women, 1853 ! 1033: 10/06 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated in Cairo, 1981 ! 1034: 10/06 First GPSS manual published, 1961 ! 1035: 10/06 Israel is attacked by the alliance of Egypt and Syria, 1973 ! 1036: 10/06 National Sports Day in Lesotho ! 1037: 10/07 First Bandstand (later, American Bandstand) broadcast, 1957 ! 1038: 10/07 Foundation of the GDR in 1949 in German Democratic Republic ! 1039: 10/07 Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel sent to prison on fraud charges, 1977 ! 1040: 10/07 Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979 ! 1041: 10/07 National Heroes Day in Jamaica ! 1042: 10/07 Police stop Wilbur Mills car, Fanne Fox jumps into water, 1974 ! 1043: 10/07 Georgia Tech beats Cumberland Univ 222-0, 1916 ! 1044: 10/08 Battle of Agamos in Peru ! 1045: 10/08 Constitution Day in U.S.S.R ! 1046: 10/08 First VisiCalc prototype, 1978 ! 1047: 10/08 Great Chicago Fire, 1871 ! 1048: 10/08 Thanksgiving Day in Canada ! 1049: 10/09 First two-way telephone conversation, 1876 ! 1050: 10/09 Independence Day in Uganda ! 1051: 10/09 Independence of Guayaquil in Ecuador ! 1052: 10/09 John Lennon born in Liverpool, England, 1940 ! 1053: 10/09 Korean Alphabet Day in South Korea ! 1054: 10/09 Leif Erikson Day commemorates the discovery of North America in AD 1000 ! 1055: 10/09 Republic Day in Khmer Republic ! 1056: 10/10 Beginning of the Wars for Independence in Cuba ! 1057: 10/10 Fiji Day in Fiji ! 1058: 10/10 Foundation of the Workers Party in North Korea ! 1059: 10/10 Health-Sports Day in Japan ! 1060: 10/10 National Day in Taiwan ! 1061: 10/10 Oklahoma Historical Day in Oklahoma ! 1062: 10/10 Spiro T. Agnew resigns as Vice-President due to income tax fraud, 1973 ! 1063: 10/11 Day of the Revolution in Panama ! 1064: 10/11 Druger Day in South Africa ! 1065: 10/11 The Gang of Four are arrested in Peking, 1976 ! 1066: 10/11 The first steam powered ferry ran between New York and Hoboken, 1811 ! 1067: 10/11 The second Vatican Eccumenical Council opens in Rome, 1962 ! 1068: 10/12 Day of the Race in Argentina ! 1069: 10/12 Discovery Day in Gahamas ! 1070: 10/12 Khrushchev pounds his desk with shoe during a speech to the UN, 1960 ! 1071: 10/12 Man O'War's last race, 1920 ! 1072: 10/12 National Day in Equatorial Guinea, Spain ! 1073: 10/12 Bahama Natives discover Columbus of Europe lost on their shores, 1492 ! 1074: 10/12 Our Lady Aparecida Day in Brazil ! 1075: 10/12 Pan American Day in Belize ! 1076: 10/12 Univac gives contract for SIMULA compiler to Nygaard and Dahl, 1962 ! 1077: 10/13 Italy declares war on Germany, 1943 ! 1078: 10/13 St. Edward's Day - patron saint of England ! 1079: 10/13 U.S. Navy born, 1775, authorized by the Second Continental Congress ! 1080: 10/13 Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) born near Mantua, Italy, 70 BC ! 1081: 10/13 Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement ! 1082: 10/14 Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror and the Normans, 1066 ! 1083: 10/14 British Computer Society founded, 1957 ! 1084: 10/14 Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier, 1947 ! 1085: 10/13* Columbus Day observed ! 1086: 10/14 Dwight David Eisenhower born, 1890 ! 1087: 10/14 National Day in Yemen Arab Repyblic ! 1088: 10/14 William Penn born in London, 1644 ! 1089: 10/14 Young People's Day in Zaire ! 1090: 10/15 Evacuation Day in Tunisia ! 1091: 10/15 First FORTRAN Programmer's Reference Manual published ! 1092: 10/15 First draft card burned, 1965 ! 1093: 10/15 Pelham Grenville Wodehouse born, 1881 ! 1094: 10/16 National Boss Day ! 1095: 10/16 Noah Webster born, 1758 ! 1096: 10/16 Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills) Wilde born in Dublin, 1854 ! 1097: 10/17 Dessaline's Death Anniversary in Haiti ! 1098: 10/17 Heroes Day in Jamaica ! 1099: 10/17 Mother's Day in Malawi ! 1100: 10/17 Richard Mentor Johnson born, 1780, 9th V.P. of U.S. ! 1101: 10/18 Boston Shoemakers form first U.S. labor org., 1648 ! 1102: 10/18 Feast Day of St. Luke ! 1103: 10/18 Succos - Feast of Tabernacles ! 1104: 10/18 Soviets anounce their probe took photos of the Moon's far side, 1959 ! 1105: 10/19 Mao Tse-tung establishes the People's Republic of China, 1949 ! 1106: 10/19 Napoleon's beaten army beings a long retreat from Moscow, 1812 ! 1107: 10/20 "Saturday Night Massacre", 1973 ! 1108: 10/20 Anniversary of the 1944 Revolution in Guatemala ! 1109: 10/20 Kenyatta Day in Kenya ! 1110: 10/20 OPEC embargo, 1973 ! 1111: 10/20 Zurich ALGOL report published, 1958 ! 1112: 10/21 Alfred Nobel born in Stockholm, 1833 ! 1113: 10/21 Armed Forces Day in Honduras ! 1114: 10/21 Edison makes the first practical incandescent lamp, 1879 ! 1115: 10/21 Guggenheim Museum opens, 1959 ! 1116: 10/21 Revolution Days (2 days) in Somalia ! 1117: 10/22 Franz Liszt born, 1811 ! 1118: 10/22 Mothers-in-Law Day ! 1119: 10/23 Battle of Leyte Gulf begins, 1944 ! 1120: 10/23 Chulalongkron's Day in Thsailand ! 1121: 10/23 Earth created at 6:30am, 4004BC. ! 1122: 10/23 Swallows leave Capistrano ! 1123: 10/24 Independence Day in Zambia ! 1124: 10/24 United Nations Day ! 1125: 10/25 DEC announces VAX-11/780, 1978(?) ! 1126: 10/25 Labor Day in New Zealand ! 1127: 10/25 Taiwan Restoration Day inb Taiwan ! 1128: 10/25 The UN removes Taiwan and admits the People's Republic of China, 1971 ! 1129: 10/26 Agam Day in Nauru ! 1130: 10/26 Armed Forces Day in Benin, Rwanda ! 1131: 10/26 National Day in Austria ! 1132: 10/26 UN's World Health Organization declares smallpox eradicated, 1978 ! 1133: 10/27 Gerald M. Weinberg born, 1933 ! 1134: 10/27 James Cook is born, 1466 ! 1135: 10/27 New York's Boss Tweed is arrested on fraud charges, 1871 ! 1136: 10/27 The first New York Subway is opened, 1904 ! 1137: 10/26* Daylight Savings Time Ends; Turn Clocks Back 1hr. ! 1138: 10/28 Columbus discovers Cuba, 1492 ! 1139: 10/28 Constantine's army defeats forces of Maxentius at Mulvian Bridge, 312 ! 1140: 10/28 Harvard was founded in Massachusetts, 1636 ! 1141: 10/28 National Holiday in Greece ! 1142: 10/28 OHI Day in Cyprus ! 1143: 10/28 Statue of Liberty was dedicated on Bedloe's Island, 1886 ! 1144: 10/29 Republic Day in Turkey ! 1145: 10/29 Stock Market Crash, 1929 ! 1146: 10/30 Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast, 1938 ! 1147: 10/31 Chiang Kai-Shek born, 1887 ! 1148: 10/31 Dale Evans born, 1912 ! 1149: 10/31 Halloween ! 1150: 10/31 Luther nails 95 Theses to door of Castle Church, Wittenberg, 1517 ! 1151: 10/31 Nevada Day in Nevada ! 1152: ! 1153: 11 ! 1154: 11/01 All Saints Day ! 1155: 11/01 Austria-Hungary become two seperate nations, 1918 ! 1156: 11/01 Feast of All Saints in Portugal ! 1157: 11/01 Puerto Rican nationalists tried to kill Truman at the Blair House, 1950 ! 1158: 11/01 Samhain; Beginning of the Celtic year and most important holiday. ! 1159: 11/02 All Souls Day in Bolivia, Brazil, El Salvador, Uruguay ! 1160: 11/02 Daniel Boone born near Reading, PA, 1734 ! 1161: 11/02 Luftwaffe completes 57 consecutive nights of bombing of London, 1940 ! 1162: 11/02 Memorial Day in Ecuador ! 1163: 11/02 Two Frenchmen make the first free hot air balloon flight, 1783 ! 1164: 11/03 Beef rises to 3 cents a pound, IL, 1837 ! 1165: 11/03 Culture Day in Japan ! 1166: 11/03 Independence from Columbia in Panama ! 1167: 11/03 Independence of Cuenca in Ecuador ! 1168: 11/03 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize, 1954 ! 1169: 11/03 Sputnik II launched, 1957, bearing spacedog Laika ! 1170: 11/03 Thanksgiving Day in Liberia ! 1171: 11/04 Flag Day in Panama ! 1172: 11/04 Iranian militants seize US embassy personnel in Teheran, 1979 ! 1173: 11/04 King William III of Orange born, 1650 ! 1174: 11/04 Soviet forces crush the anti-communist revolt in Hungary, 1956 ! 1175: 11/04 UNIVAC I program predicts Eisenhower victory based on 7% of votes, 1952 ! 1176: 11/04 Will Rogers Day ! 1177: 11/05 Guy Fawkes' Plot, 1605 ! 1178: 11/05 Roy Rogers born, 1912 ! 1179: 11/04* Election Day ! 1180: 11/06 Anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution (2 days) in U.S.S.R. ! 1181: 11/06 Green March Day in Morocco ! 1182: 11/06 Prophet Mohammed's Birthday in Malaysia ! 1183: 11/07 Abolitionist newspaperman Elijah P Lovejoy murdered by mob, 1837 ! 1184: 11/07 Anniversary of Great October Revolution in Bulgaria ! 1185: 11/07 Lewis and Clark Expedition in sight of the Pacific Ocean, 1805 ! 1186: 11/07 National Revolution Day ! 1187: 11/07 October Revolution Day in Hungary ! 1188: 11/08 Her Majesty, the Queen's Birthday in Nepal ! 1189: 11/08 Patti Page born, 1927 ! 1190: 11/09 Blackout of New York, New England, and Eastern Canada, 1965 ! 1191: 11/09 Carl Sagan born, 1934 ! 1192: 11/09 Giant panda discovered (?!), China, 1927 ! 1193: 11/09 Margaret Sanger forms American Birth Control League, 1921 ! 1194: 11/09 Jack the Ripper kills fifth and final victim, Jane Kelly, 1888 ! 1195: 11/09 Roosevelt establishes the Civil Works Administration, 1933 ! 1196: 11/10 41 Women arrested in suffragette demonstartions near White House, 1917 ! 1197: 11/10 Cpt Wirz, commandant of Andersonville Prison hanged, 1865 ! 1198: 11/10 Henry Stanley asks David Livingston, "Dr. Livingston, I presume?", 1871 ! 1199: 11/10 King's Birthday in Bhutan ! 1200: 11/10 Martin Luther born in Eisleben, Germany, 1483 ! 1201: 11/10 Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev dies at age 75, 1982 ! 1202: 11/11 Angola gains independence from Portugal, 1975 ! 1203: 11/11 Armistice Day ! 1204: 11/11 Independence Day in Angola ! 1205: 11/11 Independence of Cartagena in Colombia ! 1206: 11/11 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr, born in Indianapolis, 1922 ! 1207: 11/11 Rememberance Day in Canada ! 1208: 11/11 Republic Day in Maldives ! 1209: 11/11 Veterans' Day ! 1210: 11/11 Washington becomes the 42nd state, 1889 ! 1211: 11/12 Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday in Taiwan ! 1212: 11/12 Prince Charles' Birthday in Fiji ! 1213: 11/12 U.S. first exports oil to Europe, 1861 ! 1214: 11/13 Paul Simon born, 1942 ! 1215: 11/13 Robert Louis Stevenson born, 1850 ! 1216: 11/13 St. Augustine of Hippo born in Numidia, Algeria, 354 ! 1217: 11/14 King Hussein's Birthday in Jordan ! 1218: 11/14 Quarter Pounder price raised from $0.53 to $0.55 in violation of Nixon price controls (but okayed by Price Commission after formal request from McDonald's), 1971 ! 1219: 11/15 Dynasty Day in Belgium ! 1220: 11/15 Niagara Falls power plant startup, 1896 ! 1221: 11/15 Proclamation of the Republic in Brazil ! 1222: 11/15 Thatlouang Festival in Laos ! 1223: 11/16 Oklahoma Heritage Week in Oklahoma ! 1224: 11/16 Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869 ! 1225: 11/17 Richard Nixon says "I am not a crook.", 1973 ! 1226: 11/17 46,000 meteoroids fall over AZ in 20 minutes, 1966 ! 1227: 11/17 Army Day in Zaire ! 1228: 11/17 Corrective Movement in Syrian Arab Republic ! 1229: 11/18 Battle of Viertieres in Haiti ! 1230: 11/18 First hydrogen bomb blasts Enewetok, 1952 ! 1231: 11/18 Imogene Coca born, 1908 ! 1232: 11/18 Independence Day in Morocco ! 1233: 11/18 Local standard time zones established for US, 1883 ! 1234: 11/18 National Days (4 days) in Oman ! 1235: 11/18 William S. Gilbert born, 1836 ! 1236: 11/19 Anniversary of the 1968 Coup by the Army in Mali ! 1237: 11/19 Discovery Day in Puerto Rico ! 1238: 11/19 Feast Day of S.A.S. Prince Rainier in Monaco ! 1239: 11/19 Garifuna Settlement in Belize ! 1240: 11/19 Gettysburg Address delivered, 1863 ! 1241: 11/19 Prince of Wales Birthday in Fiji ! 1242: 11/20 RFK born, 1925 ! 1243: 11/20 Revolution Day in Mexico ! 1244: 11/21 Announcement of 18 1/2 minute gap on Watergate tape, 1973 ! 1245: 11/21 Day of Prayer and Repentance in Federal Republic of Germany ! 1246: 11/22 Anniversary of Portuguese Aggression in Guinea ! 1247: 11/22 Independence Day in Lebanon ! 1248: 11/22 Kennedy shot in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963 ! 1249: 11/22 Total solar eclipse (visible only in southern hemisphere) ! 1250: 11/23 Labor Thanksgiving Day in Japan ! 1251: 11/23 First broadcast of Dr. Who (longest running TV series), 1963 ! 1252: 11/24 Anniversary of the New Regime in Zaire ! 1253: 11/24 Lee Harvey Oswald killed by Jack Ruby, 1963 ! 1254: 11/24 Scott Joplin born, 1868 ! 1255: 11/25 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, 1867 ! 1256: 11/25 Independence Day in Suriname ! 1257: 11/25 Johann Strauss, Jr., writes `On the Beautiful Blue Danube', 1867 ! 1258: 11/26 Charles Schulz born in Minneapolis, 1922 ! 1259: 11/26 Norbert Weiner born, 1894 ! 1260: 11/27 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize, 1895 ! 1261: 11/27 Friction match invented, England, 1826 ! 1262: 11/27 Hoosac Railroad Tunnel completed, 1873, in NW Massachusetts ! 1263: 11/28 Independence Day in Albania, Mauritania ! 1264: 11/28 Independence from Spain in Panama ! 1265: 11/28 Proclamation of the Republic in Chad ! 1266: 11/27* Thanksgiving Day in United States (4th Thursday) ! 1267: 11/29* First Sunday of Advent (4th Sunday before Christmas) ! 1268: 11/29 Day of the Republic (2 days) in Yugoslavia ! 1269: 11/29 Goodwill Day in Liberia ! 1270: 11/29 King Tut's tomb opened, 1922 ! 1271: 11/29 Liberation Day in Albania ! 1272: 11/29 National Day in Burma ! 1273: 11/30 Cleopatra died, 30 bc ! 1274: 11/30 Independence Day in Barbados, Yemen Deomcratic Republic ! 1275: 11/30 Mark Twain (Samuel Clemmens) born in Florida, Missouri, 1835 ! 1276: 11/30 National Day in Benin ! 1277: 11/30 National Heroes Day in Philippines ! 1278: 11/30 St. Andrew's Day ! 1279: ! 1280: 12 ! 1281: 12/01 Anniversary of the Restoration of Independence in Portugal ! 1282: 12/01 First national corn-husking championship, Alleman IA, 1924 ! 1283: 12/01 Independence Day in Central African Republic ! 1284: 12/01 Martin Luther King Jr., leads black boycott of Montgomery buses, 1955 ! 1285: 12/01 Rosa Parks refuses to move to back of the bus (Montgomery, AL), 1953 ! 1286: 12/01 Woody Allen (Allen Stuart Konigsberg) born in Brooklyn, NY, 1935 ! 1287: 12/02 National Holiday in United Arab Emirates ! 1288: 12/03 First neon light display, Paris, 1910 ! 1289: 12/03 First successful human heart transplant lead by Dr. Barnard, 1967 ! 1290: 12/03 National Holiday in Laos ! 1291: 12/04 Washington takes leave of his officers at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC, 1783 ! 1292: 12/05 End of Prohibition, 1933 (at least the alcohol part) ! 1293: 12/05 Mozart dies, 1791 ! 1294: 12/05 Phi Beta Kappa founded, 1776 ! 1295: 12/05 St. Nicholas' Day ! 1296: 12/05 The Eighteenth Amendment repealed, ending Prohibition, 1933 ! 1297: 12/05 Walt (Walter Elias) Disney born in Chicago, 1901 ! 1298: 12/06 First sound recording made by Thomas Edison, 1877 ! 1299: 12/06 Independence Day in Finland ! 1300: 12/07 Attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941 ! 1301: 12/07 Delaware Day in Delaware ! 1302: 12/07 Independence Day in Ivory Coast, Panama ! 1303: 12/07 Prophet Mohammed's Birthday in Fiji ! 1304: 12/08 Blessing of the Water in Uruguay ! 1305: 12/08 First Ph.D. awarded by Computer Science Dept, Univ. of Penna, 1965 ! 1306: 12/08 Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) born in Venosa (Italy), 65BC ! 1307: 12/08 James (Grover) Thurber born in Columbus, Ohio, 1894 ! 1308: 12/08 John Lennon assassinated, 1980 ! 1309: 12/08 Mother's Day in Panama ! 1310: 12/08 Our Lady of the Cacupe in Paraguay ! 1311: 12/09 Ball-bearing roller skates patented, 1884 ! 1312: 12/09 Independence Day in Tanzania ! 1313: 12/10 Emily Dickenson born, 1830 ! 1314: 12/10 Foundation of Worker's Party in Angola ! 1315: 12/10 Human Rights Day ! 1316: 12/10 Metric system established in France, 1799 ! 1317: 12/10 Nobel Peace Prize awarded each year ! 1318: 12/10 Thai Constitution Day in Thailand ! 1319: 12/10 Wyoming Day in Wyoming ! 1320: 12/11 Independence Day in Upper Volta ! 1321: 12/12 E. G. Robinson born, 1893 ! 1322: 12/12 First wireless message sent across Atlantic by Marconi, 1901 ! 1323: 12/12 Independence Day in Kenya ! 1324: 12/13 Dartmouth College chartered, 1769 ! 1325: 12/13 Geminid meteor shower (look south) ! 1326: 12/13 Republic Day in Malta ! 1327: 12/13 Apollo 17 leaves the moon, with "last" men to walk on moon aboard, 1972 ! 1328: 12/14 George Washington dies, 1799 ! 1329: 12/15 Argo Merchant oil spill, 1976 ! 1330: 12/15 Bill of Rights adopted, 1791 ! 1331: 12/15 James Naismith invents basketball, Canada, 1891 ! 1332: 12/15 Sitting Bull shot in head while submitting to arrest, 1890 ! 1333: 12/15 Statue Day in Netherlands Antilles ! 1334: 12/15 Thomas Edison receives patent on the phonograph, 1877 ! 1335: 12/16 Beethoven born, 1770 ! 1336: 12/16 Constitution Day in Nepal ! 1337: 12/16 Day of the Covenant in South Africa ! 1338: 12/16 Ludwig von Beethoven christened in Bonn, Germany, 1770 ! 1339: 12/16 National Day in Bahrain ! 1340: 12/16 Victry Day in Bangladesh ! 1341: 12/17 National Day in Bhutan ! 1342: 12/17 William Safire (Safir) born, 1929 ! 1343: 12/18 Republic Day in Niger ! 1344: 12/20 U.S. Buys ~1,000,000 sq. miles of Louisiana for ~$20/sq.mi. ! 1345: 12/21 Benjamin Disraeli born, 1804 ! 1346: 12/21 First day of winter, Winter Solstice, 11:23 am EST ! 1347: 12/21 Phileas Fogg completes his trip around the world in <80 days ! 1348: 12/21 Winter Solstice, 11:23 am EST ! 1349: 12/22 Giacomo Puccini born, 1858 ! 1350: 12/23 First G&S collaboration, Thespis, 1871 ! 1351: 12/23 Joseph Smith born, 1805 ! 1352: 12/23 Victory Day in Egypt ! 1353: 12/24 Christmas Eve ! 1354: 12/24 KKK formed in Pulaski, Tenn, 1865 ! 1355: 12/25 Birthday of Quaid-i-Azam in Pakistan ! 1356: 12/25 Children's Day in Congo ! 1357: 12/25 Christmas ! 1358: 12/25 Isaac Newton (Sir) born in Grantham, England, 1642 ! 1359: 12/26 Boxing Day ! 1360: 12/26 Chas. Babbage born, 1791 ! 1361: 12/26 DPMA founded, 1951 ! 1362: 12/26 Family Day in South Africa ! 1363: 12/26 Feast of Our Theotokos in Greece ! 1364: 12/26 St. Stephen's Day ! 1365: 12/26 Bank Holiday in Canada, Rep. of Ireland, and UK ! 1366: 12/27* First Day of Hanukkah ! 1367: 12/27 APT report published, 1956 ! 1368: 12/27 Bank Holiday in Cayman Islands ! 1369: 12/27 Constitution Day in North Korea ! 1370: 12/27 Ether first used as anesthetic in childbirth, 1845 ! 1371: 12/27 Public Holiday in Lesotho, Zimbabwe ! 1372: 12/28 Comet Kohoutek at perihelion, 1973 ! 1373: 12/28 John von Neumann born, 1903 ! 1374: 12/29 Battle of Wounded knee, 1890 ! 1375: 12/29 Civic Holidays (3 days) in Costa Rica ! 1376: 12/29 His Majesty, the King's Birthday in Nepal ! 1377: 12/30 Anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar in Madagascar ! 1378: 12/30 First Los Angeles freeway dedicated, 1940 ! 1379: 12/31 Bank Holiday in El Salvador, Honduras, Pakistan ! 1380: 12/31 Feed Yourself Day in Benin ! 1381: 12/31 New Year's Eve ! 1382: 12/31 Proclamation of the Republic in Congo ! 1383: 12/31 St. Sylvester in Switzerland
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