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Birthday July 01, 1646 Gottfried W Leibnitz, mathematician-philosopher |
Birthday July 01, 1788 Jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founder of projective geometry. |
Birthday July 01, 1804 George Sand is born |
Birthday July 01, 1804 George Sand, French Romantic novelist (Valentine, Le Figaro). |
Birthday July 01, 1807 Thomas Green Clemson, mining engineer, endowed Clemson University. |
Birthday July 01, 1853 Cecil John Rhodes, South African politician, diamond merchant. |
Birthday July 01, 1872 Louis Bleriot, 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel. |
Birthday July 01, 1879 Leon Jouhaux, French socialist, cofounder of UN's ILO (Nobel 1951). |
Birthday July 01, 1902 William Wyler, motion picture director (Mrs. Miniver). |
Birthday July 01, 1912 David Brower |
Birthday July 01, 1916 Olivia DeHaviland, in Tokyo Japan |
Birthday July 01, 1925 Farley Granger, Actor |
Birthday July 01, 1931 Leslie Caron, in Paris France |
Birthday July 01, 1934 Sydney Pollack, Movie director |
Birthday July 01, 1934 Jean Marsh, in London England |
Birthday July 01, 1936 Jamie Farr, Actor (Cpl. Klinger of TV's M*A*S*H). |
Birthday July 01, 1941 Sally Quinn, CBS News reporter |
Birthday July 01, 1941 Twyla Tharp, in Indiana Choreographer |
Birthday July 01, 1942 Genevieve Bujold, in Montreal Canada, Actress. |
Birthday July 01, 1942 Karen Black, Actress. |
Birthday July 01, 1952 Dan Akroyd, comedian, Actor (SNL) |
Birthday July 01, 1956 Lorna Patterson, in Whittier Calif |
Birthday July 01, 1960 Evelyn 'Champagne' King, Singer |
Birthday July 01, 1961 Lady Diane Spencer, in England |
Birthday July 01, 1961 Carl Lewis, US track and field star. |
History July 01, 1535 Sir Thomas More went on trial in England charged with treason |
History July 01, 1690 Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats former Roman Catholic king James II in the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland |
History July 01, 1775 Congress resolves to forge Indian alliances |
History July 01, 1776 1st vote on the Declaration of Independence |
History July 01, 1823 United Provinces of Central America gain independence from Mexico. |
History July 01, 1847 Amateur astronomer M Hencke discovers his second asteroid Hebe |
History July 01, 1847 US issues its 1st postage stamps. |
History July 01, 1847 1st adhesive US postage stamps go on sale |
History July 01, 1850 At least 626 ships lying at anchor around SF Bay |
History July 01, 1861 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington and Mason Streets S.F. |
History July 01, 1862 Congress outlaws polygamy; bad news for Utah. |
History July 01, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Pa.; Lee's northward advance halted. |
History July 01, 1863 The Battle of Gettysburg begins |
History July 01, 1867 Dominion of Canada formed from N.Bruns. N.Scotia Ontario & Qu‚bec. |
History July 01, 1867 Canadian Independence Day |
History July 01, 1873 Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province. |
History July 01, 1887 Gunfighter Clay Allison killed |
History July 01, 1898 Teddy Roosevelt & his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill |
History July 01, 1898 The Battle of San Juan Hill |
History July 01, 1899 SF City Hall turned over to city after 29 years of building |
History July 01, 1916 Dwight D. Eisenhower marries his Mamie |
History July 01, 1916 Battle of the Somme begins |
History July 01, 1916 Eisenhower married Mary ``Mamie'' Geneva Doud in Denver Colo |
History July 01, 1919 1st class postage drops to 2› from 3›. |
History July 01, 1932 NY Gov FDR nominated for president at the Dem Convention in Chicago |
History July 01, 1941 DiMaggio ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak |
History July 01, 1941 1st coml TV license granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS) NYC |
History July 01, 1942 The Battle of El Alamein begins |
History July 01, 1943 1st withholding tax from paychecks |
History July 01, 1944 Bretton Woods Conference starts establishing IMF and World Bank. |
History July 01, 1947 Mr. X article appears in Foreign Affairs |
History July 01, 1951 Feller hurls third no-hitter |
History July 01, 1959 World Refugee Year |
History July 01, 1960 Ghana becomes a republic. |
History July 01, 1960 Italian Somalia gains independence unites with Somali Republic. |
History July 01, 1961 Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii |
History July 01, 1962 Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days). |
History July 01, 1963 Beatles record "She Loves You" |
History July 01, 1965 Ball recommends compromise in Vietnam |
History July 01, 1966 Medicare goes into effect. |
History July 01, 1966 Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART |
History July 01, 1966 Bombing of North Vietnam continues |
History July 01, 1968 US Britain USSR & 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty |
History July 01, 1969 Charles Philip Arthur George invested as the Prince of Wales |
History July 01, 1971 Golden Gate Bridge paid for (so why is there still a toll?) |
History July 01, 1973 Caribbean Day |
History July 01, 1975 WEDway PeopleMover inaugurated |
History July 01, 1977 Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove for Wimbeldon's woman's singles |
History July 01, 1979 The first Sony Walkman goes on sale |
History July 01, 1982 Kosmos 1383 1st search and rescue satellite launched. |
History July 01, 1982 More than 2000 Unification Church couples married at NY MSG |
History July 01, 1984 PG-13 rating debuts |
History July 01, 1987 NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes the 1st 24 hour all sports radio replacing WHN's country music WYNY-FM adopts country music format |
History July 01, 2002 Two planes collide over Germany |
History July 01, 2003 Kobe Bryant accuser goes to police |
History July 01, 2005 Last Ford Thunderbird produced |