BIRTHDAYS:
1770, William Clark, explored Pacific Northwest with Lewis.

1779, Francis Scott Key, wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner".

1815, Richard Henry Dana, spent 2 years before the mast.

1922, Arthur Hill

1933, Dom De Luise, big guy!


EVENTS:
1291, The Everlasting League forms, the basis of the Swiss Confederation.

1790, First U.S. Census is taken.

1794, Whisky Rebellion begins.

1852, Black Methodists in SF establish first black church, Zion Methodist.

1873, San Francisco's first cable car begins service.

1877, The song "Chop Sticks" is written.

1881, US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island.

1901, Burial within San Francisco City limits prohibited.

1916, Hawaii National Park established.

1946, President Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission.

1953, California introduces its Sales Tax (for Education.)

1958, First Class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years.)

1961, New San Francisco Hall of Justice opens.

"There would never be a moment, in war or in peace, when I wouldn't trade all the patriots in the country for one tolerant man. Or when I wouldn't swap the vitamins in a child's lunchbox for a jelly glass of magnanimity."
- E.B. White, American author and humorist (1899-1985)