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Article 626 of comp.sources.misc: >From: rsk@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Rich Kulawiec) Subject: v04i086: Long list of entries for input to calendar(1) Date: 20 Sep 88 01:22:02 GMT Lines: 1598 Approved: allbery@ncoast.UUCP

Posting-number: Volume 4, Issue 86 Submitted-by: "Rich Kulawiec" <rsk@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Archive-name: cal-entries

[Non-source, but where else should it go? ++bsa]

The following is a text file containing numerous entries (about 1500 of them) to be used as input to the "calendar" program.

This collection is largely based on the work done by Richard L. Wexelblat (rlw@wxlvax.uucp) and posted to Usenet in January 1985. Here is a short excerpt from his posting:

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>From: rlw@wxlvax.UUCP (Richard L. Wexelblat)

They are not all in the same format due to the various sources from which they came and my own limited time for editing. I've tried to mark items whose annual dates vary (Easter, e.g.) so that updating for next year will be easier but I know I missed many such. Some of these are a bit off the wall and may well be put-ons from last year's correspondents. Such are to be taken as exercises for the reader.

These items are taken from: History of Programming Languages Old Farmer's (1984) Almanac The 1984 Great computer calendar The History of Music to the Death of Schubert My own misc. store of useful or useless facts

Additions and corrections were sent last year by:

ccieng6!wla, sii!mem, bunker!dick, yquem!psl, ihuxw!pector, sunybcs!colonel

I have unified the format for all the entries, and sorted them alphabetically within each day. I've also added numerous entries from a rock 'n roll "book of days", a Tolkein calendar, and other sources. Yes, I'm interested in additions or corrections.

Rich Kulawiec, rsk@mace.cc.purdue.edu, rsk@pur-ee.uucp

Jan 1 AT&T officially divests its local Bell companies (1984) Jan 1 Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution in Cuba Jan 1 Castro expells Cuban President Batista (1959) Jan 1 Churchill delivers his the "Iron Curtain" speech (1947) Jan 1 Country Joe McDonald is born in El Monte, California, 1942 Jan 1 Independence Day in Haiti, Sudan Jan 1 New Year's Day Jan 1 Paul Revere born in Boston (1735) Jan 1 The Epoch (Time 0 for UNIX systems), 1970 (Midnight GMT) Jan 1 The Epoch (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT) (1970) Jan 1 Universal Fraternity Day in Mozambique Jan 2 Ancestry Day in Haiti Jan 2 Isaac Asimov born in Petrovichi, Russian SFSR (now part of USSR) (1920) Jan 2 St. Berchtold's Day in Switzerland Jan 3 Apple Computer founded, 1977 Jan 3 New Year's Holiday in Scotland Jan 3 Revolution Day in Upper Volta Jan 3 Steven Stills is born in Dallas, 1945 Jan 4 George Washington Carver born in Missouri (1864) Jan 4 Independence Day in Burma Jan 4 Jakob Grimm born, 1785 Jan 4 Jazz great Charlie Mingus dies at 57 in Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1979 Jan 4 Martyrs Day in Zaire Jan 4 Quadrantid meteor shower (look north) Jan 4 Wilhelm Beer born, 1797, first astronomer to map Mars Jan 5 -50 degrees F, Strawberry UT, 1913 Jan 5 DeWitt B. Brace born, 1859, inventor of spectrophotometer Jan 5 Fellowship enters Moria (LOTR) Jan 5 The FCC hears the first demonstration of FM radio, 1940 Jan 5 Twelfth night Jan 6 Children's Day in Uruguay Jan 6 Epiphany Jan 6 Millard Fillmore's birthday Jan 6 Three Kings' Day in Puerto Rico Jan 7 Christmas in Ethiopia Jan 7 Pioneer's Day in Liberia Jan 8 American Telephone and Telegraph loses antitrust case (1982) Jan 8 Battle of New Orleans Jan 8 David Bowie (then David Robert Jones) is born in London, 1947 Jan 8 Herman Hollerith patents first data processing computer (1889) Jan 8 Justice Dept. drops IBM suit, 1982 Jan 9 Day of the Martyrs in Panama Jan 9 Fellowship reaches Lorien (LOTR) Jan 9 James Patrick Page (Led Zeppelin) is born in Middlesex, England, 1945 Jan 10 Blues guitarist Howlin' Wolf dies in Chicago, 1976 Jan 10 Ethan Allen born, 1738 Jan 10 First CDC 1604 delivered to Navy, 1960 Jan 10 First meeting of United Nations General Assembly in London (1946) Jan 10 Jim Croce is born in Phildelphia, 1943 Jan 10 Pat Benatar is born in Long Island, 1952 Jan 10 Rod Stewart is born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1945 Jan 11 Alexander Hamilton born in Nevis, British West Indies (1757?) Jan 11 Anniversary of the Peoples Republic of Albania Jan 11 Armed Forces Day in Liberia Jan 11 De Hostos' Birthday in Puerto Rico Jan 11 Prithvi Jayanti in Nepal Jan 11 Surgeon General condemned cigarettes, 1964 Jan 11 The Whiskey-A-Go-Go opens on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, 1963 Jan 12 "Long" John Baldry is born in London, 1941 Jan 12 Zanzibar Revolution Day in Tanzania Jan 13 Eric Clapton plays the "Rainbow Concert" in London, 1973 Jan 13 National Liberation Day in Togo Jan 13 Sophie Tucker born, 1884 Jan 13 Wilhelm Wien born, 1864, Nobel prize for blackbody radiation laws Jan 14 Albert Schweitzer born, 1875 Jan 14 Julian Calendar New Year's Day Jan 14 The first "Be-In" is held in Golden Gate Park, 1967 Jan 15 Adults Day in Japan Jan 15 Arbor Day in Jordan Jan 16 Martyrs Day in Benin Jan 16 Prohibition begins, 1920 Jan 16 Set uid bit patent issued, 1979 Jan 17 Benjamin Franklin born in Boston (1706) Jan 17 Justice Dept. begins IBM suit, 1969 Jan 17 Led Zeppelin's first album is released, 1969 Jan 17 Passing of Gandalf (LOTR) Jan 18 Grey whale migration, CA Jan 18 Revolution Day in Tunisia Jan 19 Confederate Heroes Day in Texas Jan 19 Edgar Allan Poe born in Boston (1809) Jan 19 Ethopian Epiphany in Ethiopia Jan 19 Janis Joplin is born in Port Arthur, Texas, 1943 Jan 19 Nameday of Archbishop Makarios in Cyprus Jan 19 Robert E(dward) Lee born in Stratford Estate, Virginia (1807) Jan 20 Army Day in Mali Jan 20 Geo. Burns born, 1898 Jan 20 National Heroes Day in Guinea-Bissau Jan 20 St. Agnes Eve (Ah, bitter chill it was...) Jan 20* Martin Luther King Day in New York (3rd Sunday) Jan 21 Lenin died, 1924 Jan 21 Our Lady of Altagracia in Dominican Republic Jan 21 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson born in Clarksburg, VA (1824) Jan 21* Lee-Jackson Day in Virginia (3rd Monday) Jan 21* Robert E. Lee's Birthday in Alabama & Mississippi (3rd Monday) Jan 22 Sam Cooke is born in Chicago, 1935 Jan 22 Sir Francis Bacon born, 1561 Jan 23 Ernst Abbe born, 1840, formulated diffraction theory Jan 23 Feast of St. Ildefonsus Jan 23 Humphrey Bogart born in New York City (1899) Jan 23 John Hancock born, 1737 Jan 23 Joseph Hewes born, 1730 Jan 23 National Handwriting Day Jan 23 Saml. Barber died, 1981 Jan 24 DG Nova introduced, 1969 Jan 24 Economic Liberation Day in Togo Jan 24 Gold discovered in California at Sutter's Mill (1848) Jan 24 John Belushi is born in Chicago, 1949 Jan 24 Warren Zevon is born, 1947 Jan 25 Bob Dylan plays the second "Hurricane" benefit, in the Astrodome, 1978 Jan 25 First U.S. meeting of ALGOL definition committee, 1958 Jan 25 Robert Burns born, 1759 Jan 25 Virginia Woolf born, 1882 Jan 25 W. Somerset Maugham born, 1874 Jan 26 EDVAC demonstrated, 1952 Jan 26 Republic Day in India Jan 26 Sydney Aust. settled, 1778 Jan 27 Bobby "Blue" Bland (Robert Calvin Bland) is born in Tennessee, 1930 Jan 27 Samuel Gompers born, 1850 Jan 27 Vietnam War cease-fire signed, 1973 Jan 27 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in Salzburg (1756) Jan 28 First ski tow, Woodstock VT, 1914 Jan 28 Jimi Hendrix headlines Madison Square Garden, 1970 Jan 30 Australia Day in Australia Jan 30 Franklin Delano Roosevelt born in Hyde Park, New York (1882) Jan 30 Lightnin' Hopkins, the most-recorded blues artist ever, dies, 1982 Jan 30 Mohandas Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic (1948) Jan 30 Tet Offensive, 1968 Jan 31 Explorer I launched, 1958. Van Allen Belt discovered Jan 31 Hewlett-Packard founded, 1939 Jan 31 Irving Langmuir, 1881, invented tungsten filament lamp Jan 31 The Grateful Dead are busted in New Orleans, 1970 Feb 1 Chinese New Year Holiday (3 days) in Taiwan Feb 1 First TV soap: Secret Storm, 1954 Feb 1 Forces lead by Khomeini take over Iran (1979) Feb 1 RCA Victor unveils the 45 rpm record playing system, 1949 Feb 2 Candlemas Feb 2 Graham Nash is born in Lancashire, England, 1942 Feb 3 Gertrude Stein born, 1874 Feb 3 The Day The Music Died; Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper are killed in a plane crash outside Mason City, Iowa, 1959 Feb 4 Cybernet inaugurated, 1969 Feb 4 Independence Commemoration Day in Sri Lanka Feb 5 Alex Harvey (SAHB) is born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1935 Feb 5 Constitution Day in Mexico Feb 5 Patricia Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army (1974) Feb 6 King George VI of UK dies; his daughter becomes Elizabeth II (1952) Feb 6 New Zealand Day Feb 7 Fellowship leaves Lorien (LOTR) Feb 7 Independence Day in Grenada Feb 7 Steven Stills makes the first digitally recorded rock album, 1979 Feb 7 The Beatles arrive in America for the first time, 1964 Feb 8 1963 Revolution Anniversary in Iraq Feb 8 Friedleib F. Runge born, 1795, father of paper chromatography Feb 8 Jules Verne born in Nantes, France (1828) Feb 9 -51 degrees F, Vanderbilt MI, 1934 Feb 9 Carole King (Carole Klein) is born in Brooklyn, 1941 Feb 9 George Hartmann born, 1489, designed astrolabes, timepieces, etc. Feb 9 St. Maron's Day in Lebanon Feb 10 Charles Lamb born, 1775 Feb 10 Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck (AD 60) Feb 10 William Allen White born, 1868 Feb 11 Last day of JOSS service at RAND Corp., 1966 Feb 11 National Foundation Day in Japan Feb 11 Thos. Edison born, 1847 Feb 11 William Henry Fox Talbot born, 1489, photographic pioneer Feb 12 Abraham Lincoln born, 1809 Feb 12 Charles Darwin born (1809) not created Feb 12 Charles Darwin born in Shrewsbury, England (1809) Feb 12 Pyidaungsa Day in Burma Feb 12 Santa Barbara oil leak, 1969 Feb 12 The Beatles play Carnegie Hall in New York City, 1964 Feb 14 Bombing of Dresden, 1945 Feb 14 First micro-on-a-chip patented (TI), 1978 Feb 14 St. Valentine's day Feb 15 Chicago Seven convicted, 1970 Feb 15 ENIAC demonstrated, 1946 Feb 15 Galileo Galilei born in Pisa, Italy (1564) Feb 15 Susan B. Anthony born, 1820 Feb 16 Makha Bucha Day in Thailand Feb 16 Nylon patented, 1937 Feb 16 Pierre Bouguer born, 1698, founder of photometry Feb 16 Stephen Decatur burns US frigate in Tripoli, 1804 Feb 17 Death of Boromir (LOTR) Feb 17 Federick Eugene Ives born, 1856, pioneer of halftone Feb 17 Jazz great Thelonius Monk dies in Englewood, New Jersey, 1982 Feb 17 Marion Anderson born, 1902 Feb 17 T. J. Watson, Sr. born, 1874 Feb 18 Democracy Day in Nepal Feb 18 Ernst Mach born, 1838, philosopher & optics pioneer Feb 18 Independence Day in The Gambia Feb 18 Yoko Ono Lennon is born in Tokyo, 1933 Feb 18* "President's Day" Feb 19 Nicolas Copernicus born in Thorn, Poland (1473) Feb 19 Paul McCartney's "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" is banned in Britain, 1972 Feb 19 William "Smokey" Robinson is born in Detroit, 1940 Feb 19* Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras (day before Ash Wednesday) Feb 20 J. Geils (J. Geils Band) is born, 1946 Feb 20 Ludwig Boltzmann born, 1838, atomic physics pioneer Feb 20 Meriadoc & Pippin meet Treebeard (LOTR) Feb 20 Yes sells out Madison Square Garden...without advertising, 1974 Feb 20* Ash Wednesday - first day of Lent Feb 21 Alexis De Rochon born, 1838, developed the spyglass Feb 21 Battle of Verdun begins, 1916 1M casualties Feb 21 Malcom X shot to death in Harlem (1965) Feb 22 George Washington born, 1732 Feb 22 Passing of King Ellesar (LOTR) Feb 22 Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen born, 1838, found hydrogen in the sun Feb 23 Handel born, 1685 Feb 23 Johnny Winter is born in Leland, Mississippi, 1944 Feb 23 Lt Calley confesses, implicates Cpt Medina, 1971 Feb 23 Republic Day in Guyana Feb 23 W.E.B.DuBois born, 1868 Feb 24 Ents destroy Isengard (LOTR) Feb 24 Gregorian Calendar Day Feb 24 Winslow Homer born, 1836 Feb 25 George Harrison born in Liverpool, England (1943) Feb 25 National Day in Kuwait Feb 25 Renoir born, 1841 Feb 26 Aragorn takes the Paths of the Dead (LOTR) Feb 26 Dominique Francois Jean Arago born, 1786, observed "Poisson's spot" cf June 21 Feb 27 Independence Day in Dominican Republic Feb 27 The Lionheart crowned, 1189 Feb 28 Michel de Mantaigne born, 1533 Feb 28 The "French Connection" drug bust occurs in Marseilles, 1972 Feb 29 French and Indian raid on Deerfield MA, 1704 Feb 29 Herman Hollerith born (1860) Feb 29 Jimmy Dorsey born, 1904 Mar 1 David Niven born, 1910 Mar 1 First NPL (later PL/I) report published, 1964 Mar 1 Jim Morrison is busted for obscenity in Miami, 1969 Mar 1 Samil Independence Movement Day in South Korea Mar 1 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrested for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts (1692) Mar 1 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrested for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692 Mar 2 Blues guitarist Rory Gallagher is born in Ballyshannon, Ireland, 1949 Mar 2 Peasants Day in Burma Mar 2 Texas Independence day Mar 2 Victory of Adowa in Ethiopia Mar 3 Buffalo Springfield is formed in Los Angeles, 1966 Mar 3 Throne Day in Morocco Mar 4 Antonio Vivaldi born in Venice, Italy (1678) Mar 4 Casimir Pulaski born, 1747 Mar 4 First Cray-1 shipped to Los Alamos Mar 4 First meeting of Congress, 1789, in N.Y.C. Mar 4 Vermont Admission Day (admitted as 14th state in 1791) Mar 5 Frodo & Samwise encounter Shelob (LOTR) Mar 5 Independence Day in Equatorial Guinea Mar 5 John Belushi dies in Los Angeles, 1982 Mar 6 Independence Day in Ghana Mar 7 Aristotle died, 322BC Mar 7 Last Gilbert & Sullivan opera produced, 1896 Mar 7 Sir John Frederick William Herschel born, 1792, astronomer Mar 7* Purim - Feast of Lots Mar 8 Alvan Clark born, 1804, astronomer & lens manufacturer Mar 8 Deaths of Denethor & Theoden (LOTR) Mar 8 First annual International Women's Day (1909) Mar 8 Howard Aiken born, 1900 Mar 8 International Women's Day in U.S.S.R. Mar 8 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) dies in California, 1973 Mar 8 Syrian National Day in Libyan Arab Republic Mar 8 Women's Day in Guinea-Bissau, Taiwan, Yemen Democratic Republic Mar 8 Youth Day in Zambia Mar 9 "GOTO considered harmful" published in CACM, 1968 Mar 9 Decoration Day in Liberia Mar 9 Falgun Purnima Day in Nepal Mar 9 Robin Trower is born in London, 1945 Mar 10 Labor Day in South Korea Mar 11 Johnny Appleseed Day; anniversary of the death of John Chapman Mar 11 Robert Treat Paine born, 1737 Mar 11 Vannevar Bush born, 1890 Mar 12 Commonwealth Day in Swaziland Mar 12 Gustav Robert Kirchhoff born, 1824, physicist Mar 12 Independence Day in Mauritius Mar 12 Moshoeshoe's Birthday in Lesotho Mar 12 Renovation Day in Gabon Mar 13 "Striptease" introduced, Paris, 1894 Mar 13 National Day in Grenada Mar 13 The Allman Brothers record their live album at the Fillmore East, 1971 Mar 14 Albert Einstein born, 1879 Mar 14 Casey Jones born, 1864 Mar 14 Giovanni Virginia Schiaparelli born, 1835, astronomer; named Mars "canals" Mar 14 Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier born, 1768, mathematician & physicist Mar 14 LISP introduced, 1960 Mar 14 Teddy Roosevelt excludes Japanese laborers from continental US, 1907 Mar 15 Buzzards return to Hinckley OH Mar 15 Ides of March; Julius Caesar assassinated (44 B.C.) Mar 15 J.J. Robert's Birthday in Liberia Mar 15 Julius Caesar assassinated by Brutus; Ides of March (44BC) Mar 15 Sly Stone born, 1944 Mar 15 Watts, Los Angeles, riots kill two, injure 25 (1966) Mar 16 Black Press Day; first Black newspaper founded in 1827 Mar 16 First liquid-fuel-powered rocket flight, 1926 Mar 16 George Clymer born, 1739 Mar 16 James Madison born, 1751 Mar 16 MyLai Massacre; 300 non-combatant villagers killed by U.S. infantrymen Mar 16 Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fueled rocket (1926) Mar 17 Evacuation Day in Suffolk County, Massachusetts Mar 17 Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) is born in San Francisco, 1942 Mar 17 St. Patrick's Day Mar 17 Vanguard I launched, 1958. Earth proved pear-shaped Mar 18 Destruction of the Ring (LOTR) Mar 19 St. Joseph's Day in Colombia, Costa Rica, Holy See, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Spain, Venezuela Mar 19 Tree Planting Day in Lestho Mar 20 Independence Day in Tunsia Mar 20 Radio Caroline, the original British pirate radio station, sinks, 1980 Mar 20 Youth Day in Oklahoma Mar 20* Vernal Equinox, 0525 EST Mar 21 Afghan New Year in Afghanistan Mar 21 Bach born, 1685 Mar 21 Juarez' Birthday in Mexico Mar 22 Abolition Day in Puerto Rico Mar 22 Ten Years After plays their last concert, 1974 Mar 23 Pakistan Day in Pakistan Mar 24 Construction of New York subway system begins (1900) Mar 24 Harry Houdini born, 1874 Mar 25 Aretha Franklin is born in Detroit, 1943 Mar 25 Greek Independence Day in Cyprus Mar 25 Lady Day (a.k.a. the Feast of the Annunciation) Mar 25 Maryland Day in Maryland Mar 25 National Holiday in Greece Mar 25 Triangle Shirt Waist Fire, 1911 Mar 25* Seward's Day in Alaska (last Monday) Mar 26 Benjamin Thompson born, 1753, Count Rumford; physicist Mar 26 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer record "Pictures at an Exhibition" live, 1971 Mar 26 Independence Day in Bangladesh Mar 26 Popeye statue unveiled, Crystal City TX Spinach Festival, 1937 Mar 26 Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day in Hawaii Mar 27 Armed Forces Day in Burma Mar 27 Khrushchev becomes Premier of Soviet Union (1958) Mar 27 Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen born, 1845, discoverer of X-rays Mar 28 DEC announces PDP-11, 1970 Mar 28 Pierre Simon de Laplace born, 1749, mathematician & astronomer Mar 28 Three Mile Island releases radioactive gas (1979) Mar 29 Death of President Barthelemy Boganda in Central African Republic Mar 29 Dr. Hook gets a group picture on the cover of "Rolling Stone", 1973 Mar 29 Flowering of the Mallorn (LOTR) Mar 29 Memorial Day in Madagascar Mar 29 Swedish settled Christiana (Wilmington) DE, 1638 Mar 30 Eric Clapton is born in Surrey, England, 1945 Mar 30 Five rings around Uranus discovered (1977) Mar 30 Francisco Jose de Goya born, 1746 Mar 30 Pencil with eraser patented (1858) Mar 30 Sean O'Casey born, 1880 Mar 30 Vincent Van Gogh born, 1853 Mar 31 Descartes born, 1596 Mar 31 Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp. founded, Phila, 1946 Mar 31 National Day in Malta Mar 31 Rene Descartes born, 1596, mathematician & philosopher Mar 31* Palm Sunday (7 days before Easter) Apr 1 April Fool's Day Apr 1 People of superb intelligence, savoir-faire, etc born this day. Apr 1 Yourdon, Inc. founded, 1974 (It figures.) Apr 1 Youth Day in Benin Apr 2 Malvinas Day in Argentina Apr 2 Marvin Gaye is born in Washington, D.C., 1939 Apr 2 Pascua Florida Day in Florida Apr 3 IBM 701 introduced, 1953 Apr 3 Washington Irving born, 1783 Apr 4 Ching Ming Festival in Hong Kong Apr 4 Gandalf visits Bilbo (LOTR) Apr 4 Liberation Day in Hungary Apr 4 Martin Luther King assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee (1968) Apr 4 Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) is born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, 1915 Apr 4 Muddy Waters born, 1915 Apr 4 NATO Established (1949) Apr 4 National Day in Senegal Apr 4 Tandy Corp. acquires Radio Shack, 1963 (9 stores) Apr 4* Maundy Thursday (3 days before Easter) Apr 5 Arbor Day in South Korea Apr 5 Thomas Hobbes born, 1588, philosopher Apr 5 Tomb Sweeping Day in Taiwan Apr 5* Good Friday (2 days before Easter) Apr 6 Chakri Memorial Day in Thailand Apr 6 Joseph Smith founds Mormon Church, 1830 Apr 6 Victory Day in Ethiopia Apr 6* Pesach - First Day of Passover Apr 7 Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD in Switzerland, 1943 Apr 7 Alewives run, Cape Cod Apr 7 IBM announces System/360, 1964 Apr 7* Easter Apr 8 David Rittenhouse born, 1732, astronomer & mathematician Apr 8 Fast and Prayer Day in Liberia Apr 9 ENIAC Project begun, 1943 Apr 9 Edward Muybridge born, 1830, motion-picture pioneer Apr 9 J. Presper Eckert born, 1919 Apr 9 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, 1865 Apr 9 Martyrs Day in Tunisia Apr 9 Paul Robeson born, 1898 Apr 10 Commodore Matthew calbraith Perry born, 1854 Apr 10 Paul McCartney announces that he's quitting the Beatles, 1970 Apr 10 William Booth born, 1829, founder of the Salvation Army Apr 11 National Heroes Day in Costa Rica Apr 12 Columbia launched, 1981 Apr 12 Confederate troops fire first shots of Civil War at Ft Sumter, 1861 Apr 12 Gurgarin first man in space, 1961 Apr 12 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space (1961) Apr 13 Laotian New Year (3 days) in Laos Apr 13 National Day in Chad Apr 13 Songkron Day in Thailand Apr 13 Thomas Jefferson born, 1743 Apr 13* Last day of Passover Apr 14 Christian Huygen born, 1629, physicist & astronomer; discovered Saturn's rings Apr 14 Day of the Americas in Honduras Apr 14 Lincoln shot, 1865 Apr 14 Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow) is born, 1945 Apr 14 Titanic hits iceberg and sinks, 1912 Apr 15 Bengali New Year in Bangladesh Apr 15 Leonardo da Vinci born, 1452 Apr 15* Patriot's Day in Maine & Massachusetts (3rd Monday) Apr 16 Charles (Charlie) Chaplin (Sir) born in London (1889) Apr 16 De Diego's Birthday (celebrated in Puerto Rico) Apr 16 Holy Week (5 days) in Venezuela Apr 16 Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth (1865) Apr 16 Tourist Week (5 days) in Uruguay Apr 17 An unexpected party (LOTR) Apr 17 Bay of Pigs invasion crushed by Castro forces (1961) Apr 17 Bay of Pigs, 1961 Apr 17 Burmese New Year in Burma Apr 18 Einstein's Death, 1955 Apr 18 Independence Day in Chile, Zimbabwe Apr 18 San Francisco earthquake, 1906 Apr 18 Yes breaks up after 13 years, 1981 Apr 19 Declaration of Independence in Venezuela Apr 19 Landing of the "33" in Uruguay Apr 19 Republic Day in Sierra Leone Apr 19 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, 1943 Apr 20 Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of busing (1971) Apr 21 Lyrid meteor shower Apr 21 San Jacinto Day in Texas Apr 21 Tiradentes in Brazil Apr 22 Arbor Day in Nebraska & Delaware Apr 22 Kant born, 1724 Apr 22 Oklahoma Day in Oklahoma Apr 23 Crowning of King Ellesar (LOTR) Apr 23 Hank Aaron hits his first home run, 1954 Apr 24 Victory Day in Togo Apr 25 Anniversary of the Revolution in Portugal Apr 25 Anzac Day in Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Western Samoa Apr 25 Blues guitarist Albert King is born, 1925 Apr 25 Ella Fitzgerald born, 1918 Apr 25 Liberation Day in Italy Apr 25 National Flag Day in Swaziland Apr 26 Carol Burnett born in San Antonio, Texas (1933) Apr 26 Confederate Memorial Day in Florida & Georgia Apr 26 Union Day in Tanzania Apr 26 William Shakespeare baptised in Stratford-on-Avon, England (1564) Apr 26 William Shakespeare's baptism (birthdate unknown) (1564) Apr 27 Independence Day in Togo Apr 27 Louis Victor de Broglie born, 1774, physicist Apr 27 Magellan killed in Philippines, 1521 Apr 28 James Monroe born, 1758 Apr 28 Zilog Z-80 introduced Apr 28* Daylight Savint time begins Apr 29 "Hair" premiers on Broadway, 1968 Apr 29 Emperor's Birthday in Japan Apr 29 Jules Henri Poincare born, 1854, founder of topology Apr 29 William Randolph Hearst born (1863) Apr 29 William Randolph Hearst born in San Francisco (1863) Apr 29* Arbor Day in Wyoming (last Monday) Apr 29* Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama & Mississippi (last Monday) Apr 30 Karl Friedrich Gauss born, 1777, mathematician & astronomer Apr 30 Queen's Biorthday in Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles Apr 30 The Workers Day in Uruguay May 1 Beltaine; Feast of the god Bel, sun god May 1 First BASIC program run at Dartmouth, 1964 May 1 Kate Smith born, 1909 May 1 Labor Day in many places May 1 Law Day (decl. by Eisenhower) May 1 Little Walter (Marion Walter Jacobs) is born in Alexandria, Louisiana, 1930 May 1 May Day in many places May 2 Constitution Day in Japan May 2 Dr. Benj. Spock born, 1903 May 2 King's Birthday in Lesotho May 3 Anti-war protest disrupts business in Washington (1971) May 3 Bob Seger is born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1945 May 4 4 Kent students demonstrating against Cambodia incursion are shot (1970) May 4 Four Kent State students are shot down by the National Guard, 1970 May 4 Rhode Island Independence Day May 5 Battle of Puebla in Mexico May 5 Children's Day in Japan, South Korea May 5 Coronatin Day in Thailand May 5 Liberation Day in Netherlands May 6 Bataan Day in Philippines May 6 EDSAC demonstrated, 1949 May 6* Bank Holiday in UK May 7 Brahms born, 1833 May 7 Germany Surrenders after WWII, 1945 May 7 Johannes Brahms born in Hamburg (1833) May 7 May Day in United Kingdom May 7 Tchaikowsky born, 1840 May 8 Buddha's Birthday in South Korea May 8 Elections for the National Assembly in Philippines May 8 Truman Day in Missouri May 8 US institutes mining of Haiphong Harbor, 1972 May 9 94 degrees, New York, 1979 May 9 Liberation Day in Czechoslovakia May 9 Pinza died, 1957 May 9 Victory Day in Poland, U.S.S.R. May 10 Confederate Memorial Day in South Carolina May 10 Dave Mason is born in Worcester, England, 1945 May 10 Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz) born in Omaha, Nebraska (1899) May 10 Germany invades Low Countries, 1940 May 10 Mothers Day in Guatamala May 10 Nazi bookburning (1933) May 11 Bob Marley dies in his sleep in Miami, 1981 May 11 Minnesota Day in Minnesota May 12 Florence Nightingale born in Florence, Italy (1820) May 12 Pink Floyd performs the first quadrophonic concert, 1977 May 12* Mother's Day (2nd Sunday) May 13 Arthur S. Sullivan born, 1842 May 14 Anniversary of the Founding of Guinean Deomcratic Party in Guinea May 14 Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804 May 14 Buddhist Holiday (Waisak 2528) in Indonesia May 14 Independence Day (2 days) in Paraguay May 14 Nation of Israel proclaimed (1948) May 14 Unification Day in Liberia May 15 Kamuzu Day in Malawi May 15 Mike Oldfield is born in Essex, England, 1953 May 15 Vesak Day in Singapore, Malaysia May 15 Visakha Bucha Day in Thailand May 16 Armed Forces Day May 16 Discovery Day in Cayman Islands May 16 First report on SNOBOL distributed (within BTL), 1963 May 16* Ascension Day (10 days before Pentecost) May 17 24" rain in 11 hours, Pearl River, S. China, 1982 May 17 Constitution Day in Nauru, Norway May 17 Six SLA members killed in televised gun fight, 1974 May 18 Battle of Las Piedras in Uruguay May 18 Flag Day in Haiti May 18 Napoleon crowned Emperor, 1804 May 18 Prayer Day in Denmark May 18 Rick Wakeman is born in West London, England, 1949 May 19 Armed Forces Day May 19 Arwen leaves Lorian to wed King Ellesar (LOTR) May 19 Ho Chi Minh born, 1890 May 19 Pete Townshend is born in London, 1945 May 19 Youth and Sports Day in Turkey May 20 Mecklenburg Independence Day in North Carolina May 20 National Day in Cameroon May 20 The Jimi Hendrix Experience is signed by Reprise Records, 1967 May 20 Victoria Day in Canada May 20* Memorial Day in Michigan (3rd Monday) May 21 Battle of Iquique in Chile May 21 DEC announces PDP-8 May 21 Plato (Aristocles) born in Athens(?) (427BC) May 22 Johann Sebastian Bach born in Eisenach, Germany (1665) May 22 National Heroes Day in Sri Lanka May 22 US Civil War ends (1865) May 23 Blues great Elmore James dies, 1963 May 23 Commonwealth Day in Jamaica, Belize May 23 Israeli raid into Argentina to capture Adolf Eichmann (1960) May 23 National Labor Day in Jamaica May 23 Two Yetis sighted, Mt. Everest, 1953 May 24 Battle of Pinchincha in Ecuador May 24 Bermuda Day in Bermuda May 24 Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) is born in Duluth, 1941 May 24 Day of Slav Letters in Bulgaria May 25 African Freedom Day in Zimbabwe May 25 African Liberation Day in Chad, Mauritania, Zambia May 25 Anniversary of the Revolution of 1810 in Argentina May 25 Independence Day in Jordan May 25 Memorial Day in New Mexico & Puerto Rico May 25 Oral Roberts sees 900 foot tall Jesus Christ, Tulsa OK, 1980 May 25 Revolution in the Sudan in Libyan Arab Republic May 25 Successful test of the limelight in Purfleet, England (1830) May 25 Successful test of the limelight in Purfleet, England, 1830 May 26 Al Jolson born, 1886 May 26 Congress sets first immigration quotas, 1924 May 26* First Day of Shavuot May 26* Pentecost - Whitsunday May 27 Afghanistan attains sovereignty, 1921 May 27 First joint meeting of U.S. and European ALGOL definition cte., 1958 May 27 Golden Gate Bridge opens (1937) May 27 Hubert H. Humphrey born, 1911 May 27* Bank Holiday in UK May 27* Memorial Day in various places (last Monday) May 27* Whitmonday May 28 Dionne quintuplets born, 1934 May 28 First meeting of COBOL definition cte. (eventually CODASYL), 1959 May 28 Mothers Day in Central African Republic May 29 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay climb Mt. Everest (1953) May 29 Gilbert Keith Chesterton born, 1874 May 29 John Fitzgerald Kennedy born, 1917 May 29 Patrick Henry born, 1736 May 30 Colossus Mark II, 1944 May 30 Mel (Melvin Jerome) Blanc born in San Francisco (1908) May 30 US Marines sent to Nicaragua, 1912 May 31 Memorial Day May 31 Pya Martyrs Day in Togo May 31 Republic Day in South Africa May 31 The Who perform the loudest concert ever--76,000 watts of PA, 1976 Jun 1 Brigham Young born, 1801 Jun 1 Independence Days (3 days) in Western Samoa Jun 1 Madaraka Day in Kenya Jun 1 Marilyn Monroe born, 1928 Jun 1 The Beatles release "Sgt. Pepper", 1967 Jun 1 Victory Day in Tunisia Jun 2 Corpus Christi in Paraguay Jun 2 Edward Elgar (Sir) born in Worcester, England (1857) Jun 2 First issue of Computerworld, 1967 Jun 2 Native Americans "granted" citizenship, 1924 Jun 2* Trinity Sunday (7 days after Pentecost) Jun 3 Confederate Memorial Day in Kentucky & Louisiana Jun 3 Henry James born, 1811 Jun 3 Jefferson Davis's Birthday in Alabama & Mississippi (1st Monday) Jun 3 Jefferson Davis's Birthday in Florida, Georgia, & S. Carolina Jun 3 Labor Day in Bahamas Jun 3* Bank Holiday in Rep. of Ireland Jun 4 Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong, Taiwan Jun 4 Emancipation Day in Tonga Jun 4 Queen's Birthday in New Zealand Jun 4 Roquefort cheese developed (1070) Jun 5 Constitution Day in Denmark Jun 5 Liberation Day in Seychelles Jun 5 Robert Kennedy Assasinated (1968) Jun 6 "Rock Around The Clock" makes Billboard's #1 slot, 1955 Jun 6 His Majesty, Yang Di-Pertuan Agong's Birthday in Malaysia Jun 6 Memorial Day in South Korea Jun 6 Normandy landing, 1944 Jun 6* Corpus Christi (11 days after Pentecost) Jun 7 (Eugene Henri) Paul Gaugin born, 1848 Jun 7 Blind Faith debuts in concert at London's Hyde Park, 1969 Jun 7 George Bryan "Beau" Brummel born, 1778 Jun 8 Frank Lloyd Wright born in Richland Center, Wisconsin (1869) Jun 9 Les Paul (Lester Polfus) is born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1923 Jun 9 Senior Citizen's Day in Oklahoma Jun 10 Camoes Day in Portugal Jun 10 Death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C.) Jun 10 Denver police tear gas Jethro Tull and 2000 fans at Red Rocks, 1971 Jun 10 First Apple II shipped, 1977 Jun 10 Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett) is born in West Point, Mississippi, 1910 Jun 11 Greeks seize Troy (1184BC) Jun 11 King Kamehameha I Day in Hawaii Jun 11 Queen's Birthday Jun 11 Sauron attacks Osgilliath (LOTR) Jun 12 Independence Day in Philippines Jun 12 Peace with Bolivia in Paraguay Jun 13 Alexander the Great dies (323BC) Jun 13 Bilbo returns to Bag End (LOTR) Jun 13 Corrective Movement in Yemen Arab Republic Jun 13 Pioneer flies past Neptune, and therefore out of the Solar System Jun 14 Flag Day Jun 14 Sandpaper invented by I. Fischer, Jr., 1834 Jun 15 Ben Franklin's kite experiment (1752) Jun 15 Edward (Edvard Hagerup) Grieg born in Bergen, Norway (1843) Jun 15 Harry Nilsson is born in Brooklyn, 1941 Jun 15 Magna Carta signed (1215) Jun 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) Jun 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 Jun 15 UNIVAC I delivered to the Census Bureau, 1951 Jun 16 "The Blues Brothers" premieres in Chicago, 1980 Jun 16 Bloomsday - Anniversary of Dublin events, 1904, in "Ulysses" Jun 16 Hammurabi the Great dies, Babylon, 1686 bc Jun 16 The Monterey Pop festival opens, 1967 Jun 16* Father's Day Jun 17 Bunker Hill Day in Suffolk County, Massachusetts Jun 17 China explodes its first Hydrogen bomb (1967) Jun 17 Independence Day in Iceland Jun 17 National Day in Federal Republic of Germany Jun 17 Watergate Democratic National Committee Break-In (1972) Jun 18 Evacuation Day in Egypt Jun 18 M C Escher born (1898) Jun 18 Paul McCartney born in Liverpool, England (1942) Jun 18 Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, England, 1942 Jun 18 Queen's Birthday in Fiji Jun 19 Artigas Birthday in Uruguay Jun 19 Emancipation Day in Texas Jun 19 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in Sing-Sing prison (1953) Jun 19 Labor Day in Trinidad, Tobago Jun 19 Lizzie Borden acquitted, 1893 Jun 19 Revolution Day in Algeria Jun 20 Flag Day in Argentina Jun 20 Victoria crowned, 1837 Jun 20 West Virginia Day in West Virginia Jun 21 Berlin airlift begins (1948) Jun 21 Columbia records announces the first mass production of LP's, 1948 Jun 21 Summer solstice, 12:02 am, EST Jun 21 Sun rises over Heelstone at Stonehenge Jun 22 Carl Hubbell born, 1903 Jun 22 Civil rights workers disappear in Mississippi, 1964 Jun 22 Corrective Movement in Yermen Democratic Republic Jun 22 Meryl Streep born in Summit, New Jersey (1949) Jun 22 Midsummer Eve in Finland, Sweden Jun 22 National Sovereignty Day in Haiti Jun 22 Todd Rundgren is born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, 1948 Jun 23 IBM unbundles software, 1969 Jun 23 National Holiday in Luxembourg Jun 23 Slavery abolished in England (1772) Jun 23 Turing's Birthday, 1912 Jun 23 Wedding of Ellesar & Arwen (LOTR) Jun 24 Battle of Carabobob in Venezuela Jun 24 Fisherman's Day in Madagascar, Mozambique, Somalia Jun 24 Jeff Beck is born in Surrey, England, 1944 Jun 24 Kings Day in Spain Jun 24 Peasants Day in Peru Jun 24 Senate repeals Gulf of Tonkin resolution (1970) Jun 24 St. Jean-Baptiste Day in Quebec Jun 25 Custer's Last Stand, 1876 Jun 25 Eric Arthur Blair (a.k.a. George Orwell) born, 1903 Jun 25 N. Korea invades S. Korea, 1950 Jun 26 Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 Jun 26 St. Lawrence Seaway dedicated by Eisenhower & Queen Elizabeth II, 1959 Jun 26 Toothbrush invented, 1498 Jun 27 100 degrees, Fort Yukon, 1915 Jun 27 Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East, 1971 Jun 27 Helen Keller born, 1880 Jun 28 Mothers Day in Central African Republic Jun 28 Supreme Court decides in favor of Alan Bakke (1978) Jun 29 Independence Day in Seychelles Jun 29 Last Day of Ramadan* in Algeria, Oman Jun 30 "That" explosion in Siberia, 1908 Jun 30 China and Soviet Union announce split over ideology (1960) Jun 30 Day of the Army in Guatemala Jun 30 First advanced degree on computer related topic: to H. Karamanian, Temple Univ., Phila, 1948, for symbolic diffentiation on the ENIAC Jul 1 Battle of Gettysburg begins, 1863 Jul 1 Dominion Day in Canada Jul 1 Eid-Ul-Fitr* (2 days) in Pakistan Jul 1 Freedom Day in Suriname Jul 1 Independence Day in Burundi Jul 1 National Day in Rwamda Jul 1 Republic Day in Ghana Jul 1 Union of the Somalia Republic in Somalia Jul 2 Felix Pappalardi and Leslie West form Mountain, 1969 Jul 2 National Day in Kiribati Jul 3 Dog days begin Jul 3 Franz Kafka born, 1883 Jul 3 Jim Morrison dies in Paris, 1971 Jul 3 Kafka's Birthday (1883) Jul 4 Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg won by Union forces (1863) Jul 4 Caribbean Day in Guyana Jul 4 Cloudy, 76 degrees, Philadelphia PA, 1776 Jul 4 Constitution Day in Cayman Islands Jul 4 Family Day in Lesotho Jul 4 Gandalf imprisoned by Suruman (LOTR) Jul 4 Heroes Day in Zambia Jul 4 Independence Day in United States Jul 4 John Adams and Thomas Jefferson die (1826) Jul 4 John Adams and Thomas Jefferson die on same day (1826) Jul 4 Kadooment Day in Barbados Jul 4 Nathaniel Hawthorne born in Salem, Massachusetts (1804) Jul 4 New York abstains on Declaration of Independence vote, 1776 Jul 4 Philippine-American Friendship Day in the Philippines Jul 4 Warriors Day (2 days) in Yugoslavia Jul 5 Day of Peace and Unity in Rwanda Jul 5 Independence Day in Algeria, Venezuela Jul 6 (Helen) Beatrix Potter born, 1866 Jul 6 First `talkie' (talking motion picture) premiere in New York (1928) Jul 6 John Paul Jones born, 1747 Jul 6 Lawrence of Arabia captures Aqaba, 1917 Jul 6 The Jefferson Airplane is formed in San Francisco, 1965 Jul 7 Anniversary of the P.U.N. in Equatorial Guinea Jul 7 First radio broadcast of "Dragnet", 1949 Jul 7 National Day in Malawi Jul 7 Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) born in Liverpool, England (1940) Jul 7 Ringo Starr is born in Liverpool, England, 1940 Jul 7 Saba Saba Day in Tanzania Jul 8 Bell Telephone Co. formed (predecessor of AT&T) (1877) Jul 8 CDC incorporated, 1957 Jul 8 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin born, 1838 Jul 8 First public reading of the Declaration of Independence, 1776 Jul 9 10-hour working day set by law, NH, 1847 Jul 9 Independence Day in Argentina Jul 10 Independence Day in Bahamas Jul 10 John Calvin born, 1509 Jul 11 John Quincy Adams born, 1767 Jul 11 National Holiday in the Mongolian People's Republic Jul 12 Battle of Boyne celebrated in Northern Ireland Jul 12 Chicago DJ Steve Dahl holds "Disco Demolition" at Kamisky Park, 1979 Jul 12 Henry David Thoreau born, 1817 Jul 12 The Twelfth in Northern Ireland Jul 12 Thoreau's Birthday (1817) Jul 13 Buddhist Lent in Thailand Jul 13 Women first compete in Olympic games, 1908 Jul 14 Anniversary of the Revolution in Iraq Jul 14 Bastille Day Jul 14 National Holiday in Monaco Jul 14 Woody Guthrie born, 1912 Jul 15 Clement Clarke Moore born, 1779, author of "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" Jul 15 St. Swithin's Day Jul 16 Cream forms in the U.K., 1966 Jul 16 Detonation of the first atomic bomb at Alamagordo, NM, 1945 Jul 16 Harry Chapin dies on Long Island Expressway, 1981 Jul 16 Presidents Day in Botswanna Jul 17 "Yellow Submarine" premieres at the London Pavilon, 1968 Jul 17 Constitution Day in South Korea Jul 17 Disneyland opens, 1955 Jul 17 July Revolution in Iraq Jul 17 Munoz Rivera's Birthday (celebrated in Puerto Rico) Jul 17 Public Holiday in Botswanna Jul 18 Brian Auger is born in London, 1939 Jul 18 Constitution Day in Uruguay Jul 18 Liberation Day in Nicaragua Jul 18 Ty Cobb gets 4000th base hit, 1927 Jul 19 Five Massachusetts women executed for witchcraft, 1692 Jul 19 Martyrs Day in Burma Jul 20 Armstrong and Aldrin land on moon, 1969 (Will be looked back upon as the high point of American civilization 100 years hence) Jul 20 Carlos Santana is born in Autlan, Mexico, 1947 Jul 20 Independence Day in Colombia Jul 21 National Holiday in Belgium Jul 21 Vietnam divided at 17th parallel, 1954 Jul 22 King's Birthday in Swaziland Jul 22 National Day in Poland Jul 23 Anniversary of the Revolution Egypt Jul 23 Eqyptian National Day in Syrian Arab Republic Jul 23 Ice cream cone introduced, St. Louis MO, 1904 Jul 23 Remembrance Day in Papua, New Guinea Jul 24 Pioneer Day in Utah Jul 24 Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925 Jul 24 Simon Bolivar's Day in Ecuador, Venezuela Jul 24 The ring comes to Bilbo (LOTR) Jul 25 Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, 1965 Jul 25 Constitution Day in Puerto Rico Jul 25 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young debut at the Fillmore East, 1969 Jul 25 National Rebellion Day (3 days) in Cuba Jul 25 Republic Day in Tunisia Jul 25 St. James, Patron Saint in Spain Jul 25 Steve Goodman is born in Chicago, 1948 Jul 26 Bilbo rescued from Wargs by Eagles (LOTR) Jul 26 Independence Day in Liberia Jul 26 Mick Jagger is born in Kent, England, 1943 Jul 26 National Day in Maldives Jul 27 Barbosa's Birthday (celebrated in Puerto Rico) Jul 28 Bach dies, 1750 Jul 28 Independence Days (2 days) in Peru Jul 28 The Watkins Glen "Summer Jam" opens, 1973 Jul 29 Mussolini born, 1883 Jul 29 Olsok Eve in Norway to commemorate Norway's Viking King St. Olav Jul 29 Rain Day in Waynesburg, PA Jul 30 "In God We Trust" made U.S. motto, 1956 Jul 30 Emily Bronte born, 1818 Jul 30 Henry Ford born, 1863 Jul 31 Harry S. Truman dedicates N.Y. Int'l Airport @ Idlewild Field, 1948, later JFK Jul 31 Revolution Day in Congo Aug 1 Discovery Day in Trinidad, Tobogo Aug 1 Emancipation Day in Granada Aug 1 Founding of Asuncion in Paraguay Aug 1 Freedom Day in Guyana Aug 1 Herman Melville born, 1819 Aug 1 Lughnasa; Feast of the god Lugh, a 30 day Celtic feast centers on this day Aug 1 National Day in Switzerland Aug 1 National Holidays (5 days) in El Salvador Aug 1 Parent's Day in Zaire Aug 1 The Concert for Bangla Desh takes place at Madison Square Garden, 1971 Aug 2 Our Lady of Los Angeles in Costa Rica Aug 3 Funeral of King Theoden (LOTR) Aug 3 Independence Day in Jamaica, Niger Aug 3 Lenny Bruce dies of a morphine overdose, 1966 Aug 3 Massacre du Pidjiguiti in Buinea-bissau Aug 3 Memorial Day of Archbishop Makarios in Cyprus Aug 3 USS Nautilus crosses under north polar ice cap, 1958 Aug 4 Bombing of N. Vietnam begins, 1964 Aug 4 Britain declares war on Germany starting World War I (1914) Aug 4 Freedom Day in Guyana Aug 4 John Lennon points out that "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus", 1966 Aug 5* Bank Holiday in Scotland and Northern Ireland Aug 6 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima (1945) Aug 6 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, 1945 Aug 6 Bank Holiday in Australia, Fiji, Iceland, Ireland Aug 6 Bank Holiday in Ontario, British Columbia Aug 6 Caricom in Barbados Aug 6 Cy Young pitches first game, 1890 Aug 6 Emancipation Day in Bahamas Aug 6 Independence Day in Bolivia Aug 7 Battle of Boyaca in Colombia Aug 8 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki (1945) Aug 8 Dustin Hoffman born in Los Angeles (1937) Aug 8 Montenegro declares war on Germany, 1914 Aug 8 Nixon announces resignation (1973) Aug 8 The Great Train Robbery $7,368,000 (1963) Aug 9 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki (1945) Aug 9 Helter Skelter...the Charles Manson murders take place, 1969 Aug 9 National Day in Singapore Aug 9 Persia defeats Spartan King Leonidas at Thermopylae (480 BC) Aug 9 Richard Nixon resigns the US presidency (1974) Aug 9 US/Canada border defined in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842) Aug 10 Chicago incorporated as a village of 300 people (1833) Aug 10 Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1947 Aug 10 Independence Day in Ecuador Aug 10 US and Panama agree to transfer the canal in the year 2000 (1977) Aug 11 Dog days end Aug 11 France Ends War in Indochina (1954) Aug 11 Heroes Day (2 days) in Zimbabwe Aug 11 Independence Day in Chad Aug 11 King Hussein's Accession to the Throne in Jordan Aug 11 Perseid meteor shower (look north; three days) Aug 12 Last U.S. ground troops out of Vietnam, 1972 Aug 12 Queen's Birthday in Thailand Aug 12 Thomas Mann's Death (1955) Aug 13 Annie Oakley born, 1860 Aug 13 Berlin wall erected (1961) Aug 13 Dan Fogelberg is born in Peoria, Illinois, 1951 Aug 13 Fidel Castro born, 1927 Aug 13 Li'l Abner debut, 1934 Aug 13 Proclamation of Independence in Central African Republic Aug 13 Women's Day in Tunisia Aug 14 David Crosby is born in Los Angeles, 1941 Aug 14 First Unix-based mallet created, 1954 Aug 14 IBM PC announced, 1981 Aug 14 Independence Day in Pakistan Aug 14 Social Security begins in U.S., 1935 Aug 14 VJ Day (1945) Aug 14 Waddi Dhahab in Morocco Aug 15 Founding of Ascuncion in Paraguay Aug 15 Gandhi's movement obtains independence for Pakistan and India (1947) Aug 15 Hurricane hits Plimoth Plantation, 1635 Aug 15 Independence Day in India Aug 15 Liberation Day in South Korea Aug 15 National Day in Congo Aug 15 Santa Maria in Malta Aug 15 The Beatles play Shea Stadium in New York, 1965 Aug 15 The Woodstock Music and Arts Fair begins, 1969 Aug 15 Woodstock Festival, Max Yasgur's farm, 1969 Aug 16 Bennington Battle Day in Vermont Aug 16 Independence Days (3 days) in Gabon Aug 16 Restoration Day in Dominican Republic Aug 16 Roller Coaster patented, 1898 Aug 16 Woodstock Begins, 1969 Aug 17 Admission Day in Hawaii {1984} (3rd Friday) Aug 17 Anniversary of the Death of General San Martin in Argentina Aug 17 First public bath opened in N.Y., 1891 Aug 17 Independence Day in Indonesia Aug 17 Mae West born, 1892 Aug 18 Meriwether Lewis born, 1927 Aug 19 Gail Borden patents condensed milk, 1856 Aug 19 Independence Day in Afghanistan Aug 20 Constitution Day in Hungary Aug 20 Leon Trotsky assassinated, 1940 Aug 20 Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is born in Worcestershire, England, 1948 Aug 22 CDC 6600 introduced, 1963 Aug 22 Claude Debussy born, 1862 Aug 22 Death of King Richard III, 1485, Last of the Plantagenets Aug 22 St. Columba reports seeing monster in Loch Ness, 565 Aug 23 DEC founded, 1957 Aug 23 Gene Kelly born, 1912 Aug 23 Keith Moon (The Who) is born in London, 1947 Aug 23 Liberation Days (2 days) in Romania Aug 23 Sacco and Vanzetti executed, 1927 Aug 24 "Alice's Restaurant" premieres in New York and Los Angeles, 1969 Aug 24 -126.9 F at Vostok, Antarctica (1960) Aug 24 British troops burn Washington, 1814 Aug 24 National Flag Day in Liberia Aug 25 Constitution Day in Paragual Aug 25 Gen. DeGaulle leads French forces into Paris, 1944 Aug 25 Independence Day in Uruguay Aug 26 Jimi Hendrix gives his last performance at the Isle of Wight, 1970 Aug 26 Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland Studios opens in New York, 1970 Aug 26 Susan B. Anthony Day in Massachussetts Aug 26* Bank Holiday in England and Wales Aug 27 "Tarzan of the Apes" published, 1912 Aug 27 Krakatoa, Java explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons (1883) Aug 27 Liberation Day in Hong Kong Aug 27 Lyndon B. Johnson born, 1908 Aug 28 Heroes Day in Philippines Aug 28 King leads over 200K in civil rights rally in Washington, DC (1963) Aug 29 Oliver Wendell Holmes born, 1809, physician & father of the jurist Aug 29 Star in Cygnus goes nova & becomes 4th brightest in sky, 1975; Nova Cygni 1975. Aug 29 Suruman enters the Shire (LOTR) Aug 30 75 cents a pound tariff set on opium, 1842 Aug 30 Huey P. Long Day in Louisiana Aug 30 Japan Stationery Co. sells first felt-tipped pen, 1960 Aug 30 John W. Mauchly born, 1907 Aug 30 St. Rose of Lima in Peru Aug 30 Victory Day in Turkey Aug 30 Washington-to-Moscow hot line connected (1963) Aug 31 269 people killed after Korean Airlines 747 shot down by USSR (1983) Aug 31 Independence Day in Trinidad, Tobago Aug 31 National Day in Malaysia Aug 31 Non-aggression pact signed by USSR and Afghanistan, 1926 Aug 31 Pashtoonian Day in Afghanistan Sep 1 Army Day in Chile Sep 1 Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in World Chess Match (1972) Sep 1 Joshua A. Norton proclaims himself 'Emperor Norton I' (1859) Sep 2 Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar (1752) Sep 2 Japan signs unconditional surrender aboard US battleship `Missouri' (1945) Sep 2* Labor Day (1st Monday) Sep 3 Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic in San Marino Sep 3 Independence Day in Qatar Sep 3 Memorial Day in Tunisia Sep 5 First Continental Congress, Phila, 1774 Sep 5 Kennedy orders resumption of underground nuclear tests, 1961 Sep 5 King Louis XIV of France born (1638) Sep 5 Raquel Welch born, 1942 Sep 5 The first Continental Congress was convened in Philadelphia (1774) Sep 6 149 Pilgrims set forth from Eng3and aboard the Mayflower (1620) Sep 6 Defense of Pakistan Day in Pakistan Sep 6 Pres. McKinley shot, 1901 Sep 6 Settlers Day in South Africa Sep 6 Somhlolo in Swaziland Sep 6 Word is received that Perry has reached the North Pole and died (1909) Sep 7 Independence Day in Brazil Sep 7 James Fenimore Cooper born in Burlington, NJ (1789) Sep 7 Keith Moon (The Who) dies in London of a drug overdose, 1978 Sep 7 Queen Elizabeth I of England born (1533) Sep 8 "Star Trek" debuts on NBC (1966) Sep 8 Anton Dvorak born in Nelahozeves, Czechoslovakia (1841) Sep 8 Gerald R. Ford pardons Richard M. Nixon (the slime!), 1974 Sep 8 King Richard I of England born (1157) Sep 8 Peter Sellers born in Southsea, England (1925) Sep 8 President Ford grants pardon to Nixon (1974) Sep 8 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) is born in San Bruno, California, 1945 Sep 9 Admission Day in California Sep 9 Anniversary of the Socialist Revolution (2 days) in Bulgaria Sep 9 California becomes the 31st state (1850) Sep 9 Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-Tung dies at age of 82 (1976) Sep 9 National Day in North Korea Sep 9 United Colonies is renamed the United States (1776) Sep 10 Gandalf escapes from Orthanc (LOTR) Sep 10 Korean Thanksgiving Day (Chusuk) in South Korea Sep 10 Moon Festival in Taiwan Sep 10 Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormons kill Gentile wagon train, 1857 Sep 10 National Day in Belize Sep 11 Ethiopian New Year in Ethiopia Sep 11 Grandparent's Day Sep 11 National Holiday in Chile Sep 12 Amilcar Cabral's Birthday in Guinea-Bissau Sep 12 Defender's Day in Maryland Sep 12 German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from captivity in Rome (1943) Sep 12 Germany annexes Sudentenland, 1938 Sep 12 Jesse Owens born, 1913 Sep 12 Revolution Day in Ethiopia Sep 13 136.4 F at el Azizia, Libya (1922) Sep 13 Barry Day commemorates the death of Commodore John Barry Sep 13 British defeat the French at Abraham near Quebec City (1788) Sep 13 Building of Hadrian's Wall begun, 122 Sep 13 Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China (1943) Sep 13 Walter Reed born, 1851 Sep 14 Battle of San Jacinto in Nicaragua Sep 14 Benjamin Franklin is sent to France as an American minister (1778) Sep 14 Francis Scott Key writes words to "Star Spangled Banner" (1814) Sep 14 Frodo & Bilbo's birthday (LOTR) Sep 14 Salem, Massachusetts, is founded (1629) Sep 14 The Selective Service Act establishes the first peacetime draft (1940) Sep 15 ACM founded, 1947 Sep 15 Agatha Christie born in Torquay, England (1890) Sep 15 Black riders enter the Shire (LOTR) Sep 15 Foundation of Panama in Panama Sep 15 Independence Day Sep 15 Respect for the Aged Day in Japan Sep 15 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begins his 13 day tour of the US (1959) Sep 15 The U.S. Foreign Affairs Dept. becomes the U.S. State Department (1789) Sep 16 Allen Funt born in Brooklyn, NY (1914) Sep 16 B.B. King is born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, 1925 Sep 16 Cherokee Strip Day in Oklahoma Sep 16 Independence Day in Mexico, Papua, New Guinea Sep 16 The village of Shawmut, Massachusetts, becomes the city of Boston (1630) Sep 16* First Day of Rosh Hashana Sep 17 Battle of Antietam, 1862 Sep 17 National Heroes Day in Angola Sep 18 Frodo and company rescued by Bombadil (LOTR) Sep 18 Greta Garbo born, 1905 Sep 18 Independence Day in Chile Sep 18 Jimi Hendrix dies from an overdose, 1970 Sep 18 Victory of Uprona in Burundi Sep 19 Army Day in Chile Sep 19 Simon & Garfunkel reunite to play New York's Central Park, 1981 Sep 20 Equal Rights Party nominates Belva Lockwood for President, 1884 Sep 20 First meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1848 Sep 20 First meeting of the National Research Council, 1916 Sep 20 Harlan Herrick runs first FORTRAN program, 1954 Sep 20 Jim Croce dies in a plane crash, 1973 Sep 20 Magellan leaves Spain on the first Round the World passage (1519) Sep 20 The Roxy Theater opens in Hollywood, 1973 Sep 20 Upton (Beall) Sinclair born, 1878 Sep 21 H. G. (Herbert George) Wells born in Bromley, England (1866) Sep 21 Independence Day in Belize Sep 21 Louis Joliet born, 1645 Sep 22 Alied forces form the independent nation West Germany (1953) Sep 22 Autumnal equinox, 3:33 pm, EST Sep 22 Independence Day in Mali Sep 22 National Sovereignty Day in Haiti Sep 22 President Garfield dies of wounds in Baltimore (1881) Sep 22 President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation (1862) Sep 22 Special prosecutor Leon Jeworski subpoenaes President Nixon (1974) Sep 22 The first Soviet atomic bomb explodes (1949) Sep 23 "Paul is dead" rumors sweep the country, 1969 Sep 23 Augustus (Gaius Octavius) Caesar born in Rome (63 BC) Sep 23 Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen is born in Freehold, New Jersey, 1949 Sep 23 Euripides born in Salamis, Greece (480 BC) Sep 23 Grito de Lares in Puerto Rico Sep 23 Phillippine President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law (1972) Sep 23 The New York Knickerbockers becomes the first U.S. Baseball club (1845) Sep 23 V.P. Nixon denies campaign fund fraud with his "Checkers" speech. (1952) Sep 24 Anniversary of the Third Republic in Ghana Sep 24 F. Scott Fitzgerald born, 1896 Sep 24 Independence Day in Guinea-Bissau Sep 24 National Day in Saudi Arabia Sep 24 Our Lady of Mercedes in Dominican Republic Sep 24 Republic Day in Trinidad, Tobago Sep 25 Army Day in Mozambique Sep 25 John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) dies of alcohol poisoning, 1980 Sep 25 Referendum Day in Rwanda Sep 25 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman on US Supreme Court (1981) Sep 25* Yom Kippur Sep 26 George Gershwin born in Brooklyn, NY (1989) Sep 26 Johnny Appleseed born, 1774 Sep 26 National Day in Maldives, Yemem Deomcratic Republic Sep 26 Revoluation Anniversary Day in Yemen Arab Sep 26 T.S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot born in St. Louis (1888) Sep 27 Feast of Finding the True Cross in Ethiopia Sep 27 The first passenger was hauled in a locomotive in England (1825) Sep 27 Thomas Nast born, 1840 Sep 28 "Pilgrim's Progress" published, 1678 Sep 28 A greek soldier runs 26+ miles to the Persian defeat at Marathon (490BC) Sep 28 Confucious' Day in Taiwan Sep 28 Frodo wounded at Weathertop (LOTR) Sep 28 Michelangelo Buanarroti born in Caprese, Italy (1573) Sep 28 Pompey (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) born in Rome (106BC) Sep 28 Seymour Cray born, 1925 Sep 29 Battle of Boqueron in Paraquay Sep 29 Gene Autry born, 1907 Sep 30 Botswanna Day in Botswanna Sep 30 First Day of Sukkot Sep 30 The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston, Mass (1846) Sep 30 The verdicts of the Nuremberg trials are announced (1946) Oct 1 Armed Forces Day in South Korea Oct 1 Independence Day in Nigeria Oct 1 Jimmy Carter born, 1924 Oct 1 Labor Day in Australia Oct 1 National Liberation Day (2 days) in China Oct 1 Public Holiday in Botswanna Oct 2 Anniversary of Guinean Independence in Guinea Oct 2 Aristotle dies of indigestion (322 BC) Oct 2 First robotics-based CAM, 1939 Oct 2 Mohandas K. Gandhi born at Porbandar, Kathiawad, India (1869) Oct 2 Thurgood Marshall sworn as the first black Supreme Court Justice (1967) Oct 3 Chung Yeung Festival in Hong Kong Oct 3 Francisco Morazan's Birthday in Honduras Oct 3 National Foundation Day in South Korea Oct 3 U.N. Day in Varbados Oct 4 Crimean war begins, 1853 Oct 4 First space vehicle, Sputnik I, launched (1957) Oct 4 Independence Day in Lesotho Oct 4 Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose in Hollywood, 1970 Oct 4 John V. Atanasoff born, 1903 Oct 4 Sputnik I launched, 1957 Oct 5 Anniversary of Proclamation of the Republic in Portugal Oct 5 Frodo crosses bridge of Mitheithel Oct 5 Pablo Picasso born in Malaga, Spain (1881) Oct 5 Ray Kroc (founder of McDonald's) born (1902) Oct 5 Ray Kroc (owner of McDonald's) born (1902) Oct 5 Steve Miller is born in Dallas, 1943 Oct 6 Antioch College is the first public school to admit men and women (1853) Oct 6 Anwar Sadat assassinated, 1981 Oct 6 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated in Cairo (1981) Oct 6 First GPSS manual published, 1961 Oct 6 Israel is attacked by the alliance of Egypt and Syria (1973) Oct 6 National Sports Day in Lesotho Oct 7 First Bandstand (later, American Bandstand) broadcast, 1957 Oct 7 Foundation of the GDR in 1949 in German Democratic Republic Oct 7 Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel sent to prison on fraud charges (1977) Oct 7 Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1979) Oct 7 National Heroes Day in Jamaica Oct 7 Police stop Wilbur Mills car, Fanne Fox jumps into water, 1974 Oct 8 Battle of Agamos in Peru Oct 8 Constitution Day in U.S.S.R Oct 8 Fiji Day in Fiji Oct 8 First VisiCalc prototype, 1978 Oct 8 Great Chicago Fire, 1871 Oct 8 Thanksgiving Day in Canada Oct 8* Simhat Torah Oct 9 First two-way telephone conversation (1876) Oct 9 Independence Day in Uganda Oct 9 Independence of Guayaquil in Ecuador Oct 9 John Lennon born in Liverpool, England (1940) Oct 9 John Lennon is born in Liverpool, England, 1940 Oct 9 Korean Alphabet Day in South Korea Oct 9 Leif Erikson Day commemorates the discovery of North America in AD 1000 Oct 9 Republic Day in Khmer Republic Oct 10 Agnew resigns, 1973 Oct 10 Beginning of the Wars for Independence in Cuba Oct 10 Fiji Day in Fiji Oct 10 Foundation of the Workers Party in North Korea Oct 10 Health-Sports Day in Japan Oct 10 John Prine is born in Maywood, Illinois, 1946 Oct 10 Mercury at Superior Conjunction with Sun. Moves into night sky. {1984} Oct 10 National Day in Taiwan Oct 10 Oklahoma Historical Day in Oklahoma Oct 10 Spiro T. Agnew resigns as Vice-President due to income tax fraud (1973) Oct 11 "Saturday Night Live" premiers on NBC-TV, 1975 Oct 11 Day of the Revolution in Panama Oct 11 Druger Day in South Africa Oct 11 The Gang of Four are arrested in Peking (1976) Oct 11 The first steam powered ferry ran between New York and Hoboken (1811) Oct 11 The second Vatican Eccumenical Council opens in Rome (1962) Oct 12 Columbus lands in Bahamas, 1492 Oct 12 Day of the Race in Argentina Oct 12 Discovery Day in Gahamas Oct 12 Khrushchev pounds his desk with shoe during a speech to the UN (1960) Oct 12 Man O'War's last race, 1920 Oct 12 National Day in Equatorial Guinea, Spain Oct 12 Native Americans discover Columbus of Europe lost on their shores (1492) Oct 12 Our Lady Aparecida Day in Brazil Oct 12 Pan American Day in Belize Oct 12 The Jimi Hendrix Experience is formed in London, 1966 Oct 12 Univac gives contract for SIMULA compiler to Nygaard and Dahl, 1962 Oct 13 Italy declares war on Germany (1943) Oct 13 Lenny Bruce is born in New York City, 1925 Oct 13 St. Edward's Day - patron saint of England Oct 13 U.S. Navy born, 1775, authorized by the Second Continental Congress Oct 13 Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) born near Mantua, Italy (70 BC) Oct 14 Battle of Hastings (and England) won by William the Conqueror and the Normans (1066) Oct 14 Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror and the Normans (1066) Oct 14 British Computer Society founded, 1957 Oct 14 Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier, 1947 Oct 14 Columbus Day Oct 14 Dwight David Eisenhower born, 1890 Oct 14 National Day in Yemen Arab Repyblic Oct 14 William Penn born in London (1644) Oct 14 Young People's Day in Zaire Oct 14* Thanksgiving Day in Canada Oct 15 Evacuation Day in Tunisia Oct 15 First FORTRAN Programmer's Reference Manual published Oct 15 First draft card burned (1965) Oct 15 Pelham Grenville Wodehouse born, 1881 Oct 16 Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) is born in San Francisco, 1947 Oct 16 Boromir reaches Rivendell Oct 16 National Boss Day Oct 16 Noah Webster born, 1758 Oct 16 Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills) Wilde born in Dublin (1854) Oct 17 "Hair" opens at New York's Public Theater, 1967 Oct 17 Council of Elrond Oct 17 Dessaline's Death Anniversary in Haiti Oct 17 Heroes Day in Jamaica Oct 17 Mother's Day in Malawi Oct 17 Richard Mentor Johnson born, 1780, 9th V.P. of U.S. Oct 18 Boston Shoemakers form first U.S. labor org., 1648 Oct 18 Chuck Berry is born in San Jose, California, 1926 Oct 18 Feast Day of St. Luke Oct 18 Soviets anounce their probe took photos of the Moon's far side (1959) Oct 19 Mao Tse-tung establishes the People's Republic of China (1949) Oct 19 Napoleon's beaten army beings a long retreat from Moscow (1812) Oct 20 "Saturday Night Massacre", 1973 Oct 20 Anniversary of the 1944 Revolution in Guatemala Oct 20 Kenyatta Day in Kenya Oct 20 OPEC embargo, 1973 Oct 20 Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd dies in a plane crash, 1977 Oct 20 Zurich ALGOL report published, 1958 Oct 21 Alfred Nobel born in Stockholm (1833) Oct 21 Armed Forces Day in Honduras Oct 21 Edison makes the first practical incandescent lamp (1879) Oct 21 Guggenheim Museum opens, 1959 Oct 21 Revolution Days (2 days) in Somalia Oct 22 Franz Liszt born, 1811 Oct 22 Mothers-in-Law Day Oct 23 Battle of Leyte Gulf begins, 1944 Oct 23 Chulalongkron's Day in Thsailand Oct 24 Independence Day in Zambia Oct 24 United Nations Day Oct 25 DEC announces VAX-Nov 780 Oct 25 End of War of the Ring Oct 25 Jon Anderson (Yes) is born in Lancashire, England, 1944 Oct 25 Labor Day in New Zealand Oct 25 Taiwan Restoration Day inb Taiwan Oct 25 The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1964 Oct 25 The UN removes Taiwan and admits the People's Republic of China (1971) Oct 26 Agam Day in Nauru Oct 26 Armed Forces Day in Benin, Rwanda Oct 26 National Day in Austria Oct 26 UN's World Health Organization declares smallpox eradicated (1978) Oct 27 Gerald M. Weinberg born, 1933 Oct 27 James Cook is born (1466) Oct 27 New York's Boss Tweed is arrested on fraud charges (1871) Oct 27 The first New York Subway is opened (1904) Oct 27* Daylight Savings Time Ends; Turn Clocks Back 1hr. Oct 28 Columbus discovers Cuba (1492) Oct 28 Constantine's army defeats forces of Maxentius at Mulvian Bridge (312) Oct 28 Harvard was founded in Massachusetts (1636) Oct 28 National Holiday in Greece Oct 28 OHI Day in Cyprus Oct 28 Statue of Liberty was dedicated on Bedloe's Island (1886) Oct 28* Bank Holiday in Rep. of Ireland Oct 29 Duane Allman dies in motorcycle crash near Macon, Georgia, 1971 Oct 29 Republic Day in Turkey Oct 29 Stock Market Crash, 1929 Oct 30 Grace Slick is born in Chicago, 1939 Oct 30 Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast, 1938 Oct 31 Chiang Kai-Shek born (1887) Oct 31 Dale Evans born, 1912 Oct 31 Halloween Oct 31 Luther nails 95 Theses to door of Castle Church, Wittenberg (1517) Oct 31 Nevada Day in Nevada Nov 1 All Saints Day Nov 1 Austria-Hungary become two seperate nations (1918) Nov 1 Feast of All Saints in Portugal Nov 1 Puerto Rican nationalists tried to kill Truman at the Blair House (1950) Nov 1 Samhain; Beginning of the Celtic year and most important holiday. Nov 2 All Souls Day in Bolivia, Brazil, El Salvador, Uruguay Nov 2 Daniel Boone born near Reading, PA (1734) Nov 2 Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" enters US charts at #1, 1968 Nov 2 Keith Emerson is born, 1944 Nov 2 Luftwaffe completes 57 consecutive nights of bombing of London, 1940 Nov 2 Memorial Day in Ecuador Nov 2 Two Frenchmen make the first free hot air balloon flight (1783) Nov 3 Beef rises to 3 cents a pound, IL, 1837 Nov 3 Culture Day in Japan Nov 3 Independence from Columbia in Panama Nov 3 Independence of Cuenca in Ecuador Nov 3 James Taylor and Carly Simon are married in Manhattan, 1972 Nov 3 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize, 1954 Nov 3 Sputnik II launched, 1957, bearing spacedog Laika Nov 3 Thanksgiving Day in Liberia Nov 4 Flag Day in Panama Nov 4 Iranian militants seize US embassy personnel in Teheran (1979) Nov 4 King William III of Orange born (1650) Nov 4 Soviet forces crush the anti-communist revolt in Hungary (1956) Nov 4 UNIVAC I program predicts Eisenhower victory based on 7% of votes, 1952 Nov 4 Will Rogers Day Nov 5 Guy Fawkes' Plot, 1605 Nov 5 Roy Rogers born, 1912 Nov 5* Election Day Nov 6 Anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution (2 days) in U.S.S.R. Nov 6 Green March Day in Morocco Nov 6 Prophet Mohammed's Birthday in Malaysia Nov 7 Abolitionist newspaperman Elijah P Lovejoy murdered by mob, 1837 Nov 7 Anniversary of Great October Revolution in Bulgaria Nov 7 Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson) is born in Alberta, Canada, 1943 Nov 7 Lewis and Clark Expedition in sight of the Pacific Ocean (1805) Nov 7 National Revolution Day Nov 7 October Revolution Day in Hungary Nov 8 Her Majesty, the Queen's Birthday in Nepal Nov 8 Patti Page born, 1927 Nov 9 Blackout of New York, New England, and Eastern Canada (1965) Nov 9 Carl Sagan born, 1934 Nov 9 Giant panda discovered (?!), China, 1927 Nov 9 Margaret Sanger forms American Birth Control League (1921) Nov 9 Roosevelt establishes the Civil Works Administration (1933) Nov 9 The first issue of "Rolling Stone" is published, 1967 Nov 10 41 Women arrested in suffragette demonstartions near White House (1917) Nov 10 Cpt Wirz, commandant of Andersonville Prison hanged, 1865 Nov 10 Greg Lake is born in Bournemouth, England, 1948 Nov 10 Henry Stanley asks David Livingston, "Dr. Livingston, I presume?" (1871) Nov 10 King's Birthday in Bhutan Nov 10 Martin Luther born in Eisleben, Germany (1483) Nov 10 Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev dies at age 75 (1982) Nov 11 Angola gains independence from Portugal (1975) Nov 11 Armistice Day Nov 11 Independence Day in Angola Nov 11 Independence of Cartagena in Colombia Nov 11 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr, born in Indianapolis (1922) Nov 11 Rememberance Day in Canada Nov 11 Republic Day in Maldives Nov 11 Veterans' Day Nov 11 Washington becomes the 42nd state (1889) Nov 12 Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday in Taiwan Nov 12 Neil Young is born in Toronto, 1945 Nov 12 Prince Charles' Birthday in Fiji Nov 12 U.S. first exports oil to Europe, 1861 Nov 13 Paul Simon born, 1942 Nov 13 Robert Louis Stevenson born, 1850 Nov 13 St. Augustine of Hippo born (354) Nov 13 St. Augustine of Hippo born in Numidia, Algeria (354) Nov 14 King Hussein's Birthday in Jordan Nov 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) Nov 15 Dynasty Day in Belgium Nov 15 Niagara Falls power plant startup, 1896 Nov 15 Proclamation of the Republic in Brazil Nov 15 Thatlouang Festival in Laos Nov 16 Bilbo reaches the Lonely Mountain Nov 16 Bill Ham first demonstrates his psychedelic "Light Show", 1965 Nov 16 Oklahoma Heritage Week in Oklahoma Nov 16 Opening of the Suez Canal (1869) Nov 17 46,000 meteoroids fall over AZ in 20 minutes, 1966 Nov 17 Army Day in Zaire Nov 17 Corrective Movement in Syrian Arab Republic Nov 18 Battle of Viertieres in Haiti Nov 18 First hydrogen bomb blasts Enewetok (1952) Nov 18 Imogene Coca born, 1908 Nov 18 Independence Day in Morocco Nov 18 Local standard time zones established for US (1883) Nov 18 National Days (4 days) in Oman Nov 18 William S. Gilbert born, 1836 Nov 19 Anniversary of the 1968 Coup by the Army in Mali Nov 19 Discovery Day in Puerto Rico Nov 19 Feast Day of S.A.S. Prince Rainier in Monaco Nov 19 Garifuna Settlement in Belize Nov 19 Gettysburg Address delivered, 1863 Nov 19 Prince of Wales Birthday in Fiji Nov 20 Duane Allman is born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1946 Nov 20 Joe Walsh is born in Cleveland, 1947 Nov 20 RFK born, 1925 Nov 20 Revolution Day in Mexico Nov 21 Announcement of 18 1/2 minute gap on Watergate tape (1973) Nov 21 Announcement of 18 1/2 minute gap on Watergate tape, 1973 Nov 21 Day of Prayer and Repentance in Federal Republic of Germany Nov 22 Anniversary of Portuguese Aggression in Guinea Nov 22 Independence Day in Lebanon Nov 22 Kennedy shot in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald (1963) Nov 22 Kennedy shot, 1963 Nov 23 Labor Thanksgiving Day in Japan Nov 24 Anniversary of the New Regime in Zaire Nov 24 Lee Harvey Oswald killed by Jack Ruby (1963) Nov 24 Scott Joplin born, 1868 Nov 25 "The Last Waltz" concert is played by The Band at Winterland, 1976 Nov 25 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite (1867) Nov 25 Independence Day in Suriname Nov 25 Johann Strauss, Jr., writes `On the Beautiful Blue Danube' (1867) Nov 26 Charles Schulz born in Minneapolis (1922) Nov 26 Cream performs their farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall, 1968 Nov 26 Norbert Weiner born, 1894 Nov 27 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize (1895) Nov 27 Friction match invented, England, 1826 Nov 27 Hoosac Railroad Tunnel completed, 1873, in NW Massachusetts Nov 27 Jimi Hendrix (Johnny Allen Hendrix) is born in Seattle, 1942 Nov 28 Independence Day in Albania, Mauritania Nov 28 Independence from Spain in Panama Nov 28 Proclamation of the Republic in Chad Nov 28 Thanksgiving Day in United States (4th Thursday) Nov 29 Day of the Republic (2 days) in Yugoslavia Nov 29 Goodwill Day in Liberia Nov 29 John Mayall is born in Cheshire, England, 1933 Nov 29 King Tut's tomb opened, 1922 Nov 29 Liberation Day in Albania Nov 29 National Day in Burma Nov 30 Cleopatra died, 30 bc Nov 30 Independence Day in Barbados, Yemen Deomcratic Republic Nov 30 Mark Twain (Samuel Clemmens) born in Florida, Missouri (1835) Nov 30 National Day in Benin Nov 30 National Heroes Day in Philippines Nov 30 Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) born (1835) Nov 30 St. Andrew's Day Dec 1 Anniversary of the Restoration of Independence in Portugal Dec 1 First national corn-husking championship, Alleman IA, 1924 Dec 1 Independence Day in Central African Republic Dec 1 Martin Luther King Jr., leads black boycott of Montgomery buses (1955) Dec 1 Rosa Parks refuses to move to back of the bus (Montgomery, AL) (1953) Dec 1 Woody Allen (Allen Stuart Konigsberg) born in Brooklyn, NY (1935) Dec 1* First Sunday of Advent (4th Sunday before Christmas) Dec 2 National Holiday in United Arab Emirates Dec 3 First neon light display, Paris, 1910 Dec 3 First successful human heart transplant lead by Dr. Barnard (1967) Dec 3 National Holiday in Laos Dec 3 The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert, 1971 Dec 4 Tommy Bolin dies of a heroin overdose in Miami, 1976 Dec 4 Washington takes leave of his officers at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC, 1783 Dec 5 Death of Smaug (LOTR) Dec 5 End of Prohibition, 1933 (at least the alcohol part) Dec 5 Mozart dies, 1791 Dec 5 Phi Beta Kappa founded, 1776 Dec 5 St. Nicholas' Day Dec 5 The Eighteenth Amendment repealed, ending Prohibition (1933) Dec 5 Walt (Walter Elias) Disney born in Chicago (1901) Dec 6 First sound recording made by Thomas Edison (1877) Dec 6 Independence Day in Finland Dec 6 The Rolling Stones play Altamont Speedway near San Francisco, 1969 Dec 7 Attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941 Dec 7 Delaware Day in Delaware Dec 7 Harry Chapin is born in New York City, 1942 Dec 7 Independence Day in Ivory Coast, Panama Dec 7 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor (1941) Dec 7 Pearl Harbor, 1941 Dec 7 Prophet Mohammed's Birthday in Fiji Dec 8 Blessing of the Water in Uruguay Dec 8 First Ph.D. awarded by Computer Science Dept, Univ. of Penna, 1965 Dec 8 Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) born in Venosa (Italy) (65BC) Dec 8 James (Grover) Thurber born in Columbus, Ohio (1894) Dec 8 Jim Morrison is born in Melbourne, Florida, 1943 Dec 8 John Lennon assassinated, 1980 Dec 8 John Lennon is shot and killed in New York City, 1980 Dec 8 Mother's Day in Panama Dec 8 Our Lady of the Cacupe in Paraguay Dec 8* First Day of Hanukkah Dec 9 Ball-bearing roller skates patented, 1884 Dec 9 Independence Day in Tanzania Dec 9 The Who's "Tommy" premieres in London, 1973 Dec 10 Emily Dickenson born, 1830 Dec 10 Foundation of Worker's Party in Angola Dec 10 Human Rights Day Dec 10 Metric system established in France (1799) Dec 10 Nobel Peace Prize awarded each year Dec 10 Thai Constitution Day in Thailand Dec 10 Wyoming Day in Wyoming Dec 11 Independence Day in Upper Volta Dec 12 E. G. Robinson born, 1893 Dec 12 First wireless message sent across Atlantic by Marconi (1901) Dec 12 Independence Day in Kenya Dec 13 Dartmouth College chartered, 1769 Dec 13 Geminid meteor shower (look south) Dec 13 Republic Day in Malta Dec 13 Ted Nugent, the motor city madman, is born in Detroit, 1949 Dec 14 George Washington dies, 1799 Dec 15 Argo Merchant oil spill, 1976 Dec 15 Bill of Rights adopted (1791) Dec 15 James Naismith invents basketball, Canada, 1891 Dec 15 Sitting Bull shot in head while submitting to arrest, 1890 Dec 15 Statue Day in Netherlands Antilles Dec 15 Thomas Edison receives patent on the phonograph (1877) Dec 16 Constitution Day in Nepal Dec 16 Day of the Covenant in South Africa Dec 16 Don McLean's "American Pie" is released, 1971 Dec 16 Fellowship begins Quest Dec 16 Ludwig von Beethoven christened in Bonn, Germany (1770) Dec 16 National Day in Bahrain Dec 16 Victry Day in Bangladesh Dec 17 National Day in Bhutan Dec 17 William Safire (Safir) born (1929) Dec 18 Republic Day in Niger Dec 20 U.S. Buys ~1,000,000 sq. miles of Louisiana for ~$20/sq.mi. Dec 21 Benjamin Disraeli born, 1804 Dec 21 First day of winter, Winter Solstice, 11:23 am EST Dec 21 Frank Zappa is born in Baltimore, 1940 Dec 21 Phileas Fogg completes his trip around the world in <80 days Dec 22 Giacomo Puccini born, 1858 Dec 23 First G&S collaboration, Thespis, 1871 Dec 23 Joseph Smith born (1805) Dec 23 Victory Day in Egypt Dec 24 Christmas Eve Dec 24 KKK formed in Pulaski, Tenn, 1865 Dec 25 Birthday of Quaid-i-Azam in Pakistan Dec 25 Children's Day in Congo Dec 25 Christmas Dec 25 Isaac Newton (Sir) born in Grantham, England (1642) Dec 25 Isaac Newton born (1642) Dec 26 Bank Holiday in Canada, Rep. of Ireland, and UK Dec 26 Boxing Day Dec 26 Chas. Babbage born, 1791 Dec 26 DPMA founded, 1951 Dec 26 Family Day in South Africa Dec 26 Feast of Our Theotokos in Greece Dec 26 St. Stephen's Day Dec 27 APT report published, 1956 Dec 27 Bank Holiday in Cayman Islands Dec 27 Constitution Day in North Korea Dec 27 Ether first used as anesthetic in childbirth, 1845 Dec 27 Public Holiday in Lesotho, Zimbabwe Dec 28 Comet Kohoutek at perihelion, 1973 Dec 28 Edgar Winter is born in Beaumont, Texas, 1946 Dec 28 John von Neumann born, 1903 Dec 29 Battle of Wounded knee, 1890 Dec 29 Civic Holidays (3 days) in Costa Rica Dec 29 His Majesty, the King's Birthday in Nepal Dec 30 Anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar in Madagascar Dec 30 First Los Angeles freeway dedicated (1940) Dec 31 Bank Holiday in El Salvador, Honduras, Pakistan Dec 31 Feed Yourself Day in Benin Dec 31 Jimi Hendrix introduces the Band of Gypsies at the Fillmore East, 1969 Dec 31 New Year's Eve Dec 31 Proclamation of the Republic in Congo Dec 31 St. Sylvester in Switzerland Dec 31 Winterland closes its doors, 1978