# Calendar file by Eric "E.T." Tremblay # Place this file in your local directory. # If you wish to have an automatic calendar agenda place the "calendar -" command # in the file \etc\rc.local # You can also edit the crontab file in \etc\crontab to run it automatically if your computer # is always on. Check in the unix manual for details on crontab. # January events January 1 New Years Day, 1st Rose Bowl played 1902 January 3 Apple Computer founded, 1977 January 8 Elvis Presley born in 1935 January 10 Pat Benatar is born in Long Island, 1952 January 10 Rod Stewart is born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1945 January 10 Elvis records Heartbreak Hotel in 1956 January 15 1st Super Bowl in 1967 January 16 Prohibition began in 1920 January 17 Ben Franklin born in 1706 in Boston January 20 Martin Luther King Day (3rd Sunday) January 23 Humphrey Bogart born in New York City (1899) January 24 Gold found in California in 1848 January 26 Charles Manson found guilty in 1971 January 27 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in Salzburg (1756) January 28 Jimi Hendrix headlines Madison Square Garden, 1970 January 28 Challenger shuttle explosion in 1986 January 30 Franklin Delano Roosevelt born in Hyde Park, New York (1882) January 30 Mohandas Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic (1948) January 31 1st US satellite (Explorer) in 1958 January 31 Explorer I launched, 1958. Van Allen Belt discovered January 31 Hewlett-Packard founded, 1939 January 31 Irving Langmuir, 1881, invented tungsten filament lamp # February events February 1 Forces lead by Khomeini take over Iran (1979) February 1 RCA Victor unveils the 45 rpm record playing system, 1949 Februrary 1 Lisa Marie Presley born in 1968 February 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 February 6 King George VI of UK dies; his daughter becomes Elizabeth II (1952) February 7 Steven Stills makes the first digitally recorded rock album, 1979 February 7 The Beatles arrive in America for the first time, 1964 February 8 Boy Scouts of America founded in 1910 February 8 Friedleib F. Runge born, 1795, father of paper chromatography February 8 Jules Verne born in Nantes, France (1828) February 9 -51 degrees F, Vanderbilt MI, 1934 February 11 Thomas Edison born in 1847 February 11 William Henry Fox Talbot born, 1489, photographic pioneer February 12 Abraham Lincoln born, 1809 February 12 Charles Darwin born in Shrewsbury, England (1809) February 12 The Beatles play Carnegie Hall in New York City, 1964 February 14 Valentines Day February 14 First micro-on-a-chip patented (TI), 1978 February 16 Nylon patented, 1937 February 16 Pierre Bouguer born, 1698, founder of photometry February 17 The official opening of King Tutankhamen burial chamber in 1923 February 18 Yoko Ono Lennon is born in Tokyo, 1933 February 18 Presidents Day February 19 William "Smokey" Robinson is born in Detroit, 1940 February 21 Washington Monument dedicated in 1885 February 22 George Washington born, 1732 February 22 Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen born, 1838, found hydrogen in the sun February 25 Renoir born, 1841 February 29 Leap Day # March events March 1 National Pig Day March 1 Jim Morrison is busted for obscenity in Miami, 1969 March 4 Antonio Vivaldi born in Venice, Italy (1678) March 4 First Cray-1 shipped to Los Alamos March 4 First meeting of Congress, 1789, in N.Y.C. March 4 Vermont Admission Day (admitted as 14th state in 1791) March 5 Boston Massacre in 1770 March 5 John Belushi dies in Los Angeles, 1982 March 7 Aristotle died, 322BC March 7 Sir John Frederick William Herschel born, 1792, astronomer March 8 Union Pacific RR completed in 1869 March 8 Alvan Clark born, 1804, astronomer & lens manufacturer March 8 First annual International Women's Day (1909) March 12 Girl Scouts founded in 1912 March 12 Gustav Robert Kirchhoff born, 1824, physicist March 13 Pluto discovered in 1930, Uranus discovered in 1781 March 13 Striptease introduced, Paris, 1894 March 14 Albert Einstein born in 1879 March 14 Giovanni Virginia Schiaparelli born, 1835, astronomer; named Mars "canals" March 14 Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier born, 1768, mathematician & physicist March 14 LISP introduced, 1960 March 14 Teddy Roosevelt excludes Japanese laborers from continental US, 1907 March 15 Julius Caesar assassinated by Brutus; Ides of March (44BC) March 16 Black Press Day; first Black newspaper founded in 1827 March 16 First liquid-fuel-powered rocket flight, 1926 March 16 Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fueled rocket (1926) March 17 St. Patricks Day March 17 Vanguard I launched, 1958. Earth proved pear-shaped March 21 Bach born, 1685 March 24 Harry Houdini born in 1874 March 24 Construction of New York subway system begins (1900) March 25 Aretha Franklin is born in Detroit, 1943 March 27 Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen born, 1845, discoverer of X-rays March 28 DEC announces PDP-11, 1970 March 28 Pierre Simon de Laplace born, 1749, mathematician & astronomer March 28 Three Mile Island releases radioactive gas (1979) March 30 Alaska sold to US in 1867 March 30 Five rings around Uranus discovered (1977) March 30 Pencil with eraser patented (1858) March 30 Vincent Van Gogh born, 1853 March 31 Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp. founded, Phila, 1946 # April events April 1 April Fools Day April 3 IBM 701 introduced, 1953 April 5 Daylight Savings Time forward 1 hour April 4 Martin Luther King assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee (1968) April 4 NATO Established (1949) April 4 Tandy Corp. acquires Radio Shack, 1963 (9 stores) April 6 Peary reaches North Pole in 1909 April 6 Lord Carnarvon dies after a brief illness. The mummys curse? (1923) April 7 Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD in Switzerland, 1943 April 7 IBM announces System/360, 1964 April 10 Paul McCartney announces that he's quitting the Beatles, 1970 April 10 William Booth born, 1829, founder of the Salvation Army April 12 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space (1961) April 13 Thomas Jefferson born, 1743 April 14 Christian Huygen born, 1629, physicist & astronomer; discovered Saturn's rings April 14 Titanic hits iceberg and sinks, 1912 April 15 Leonardo da Vinci born, 1452 April 16 Charles (Charlie) Chaplin (Sir) born in London (1889) April 16 Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth (1865) April 18 San Francisco earthquake in 1906, Yankee Stadium opened in 1906 April 18 Einstein's Death, 1955 April 24 Library of Congress est. in 1800 April 28 Zilog Z-80 introduced April 30 George Washington inaugurated in 1789 April 30 Elvis records the Jailhouse Rock soundtrack in 1957 # May events May 1 Empire State Building ded. 1931, May Day in many places May 1 First BASIC program run at Dartmouth, 1964 May 4 1st pro baseball game played in 1871 May 7 Tchaikowsky born, 1840 May 10 Mothers Day May 10 Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz) born in Omaha, Nebraska (1899) May 12 Florence Nightingale born in Florence, Italy (1820) May 12 Pink Floyd performs the first quadrophonic concert, 1977 May 16 Week-end test event (Personnal test event) May 17 NY Stock Exchange organized in 1792 May 18 Mt. St. Helens erupted in 1980 May 18 Napoleon crowned Emperor, 1804 May 20 Victoria Day in Canada May 21 American Red Cross founded in 1881 May 21 DEC announces PDP-8 May 21 Plato (Aristocles) born in Athens(?) (427BC) May 22 US Civil War ends (1865) May 23 Two Yetis sighted, Mt. Everest, 1953 May 24 Brooklyn Bridge opened in 1883 May 25 Memorial Day May 27 Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937 May 28 First meeting of COBOL definition cte. (eventually CODASYL), 1959 May 29 John Fitzgerald Kennedy born, 1917 May 30 Joan of Arc burned at stake in 1431 May 31 The Who perform the loudest concert ever--76,000 watts of PA, 1976 # June events June 1 Marilyn Monroe born, 1928 June 1 The Beatles release "Sgt. Pepper", 1967 June 2 First issue of Computerworld, 1967 June 2 Native Americans "granted" citizenship, 1924 June 6 "Rock Around The Clock" makes Billboard's #1 slot, 1955 June 8 Frank Lloyd Wright born in 1867 June 10 Death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C.) June10 Denver police tear gas Jethro Tull and 2000 fans at Red Rocks, 1971 June 10 First Apple II shipped, 1977 June 13 Alexander the Great dies (323BC) June 13 Pioneer flies past Neptune, and therefore out of the Solar System June 14 Flag Day June 14 Sandpaper invented by I. Fischer, Jr., 1834 June 15 Ben Franklin's kite experiment (1752) June 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) June 15 UNIVAC I delivered to the Census Bureau, 1951 June 16 Russians launch 1st woman in space in 1963 June 17 China explodes its first Hydrogen bomb (1967) June 18 Paul McCartney born in Liverpool, England (1942) June 21 Fathers Day June 21 Columbia records announces the first mass production of LP's, 1948 June 21 Sun rises over Heelstone at Stonehenge June 23 IBM unbundles software, 1969 June 24 St. Jean-Baptiste Day in Quebec June 26 Toothbrush invented, 1498 June 27 Smithsonian Institution est in 1846 June 30 First advanced degree on computer related topic: to H. Karamanian, Temple Univ., Phila, 1948, for symbolic diffentiation on the ENIAC # July events July 1 Dominion Day in Canada July 3 Jim Morrison dies in Paris, 1971 July 4 Independence Day in United States July 5 Bikini introduced in Paris in 1946 July 5 Elvis records Thats all right in 1954 July 6 First `talkie' (talking motion picture) premiere in New York (1928) July 6 Lawrence of Arabia captures Aqaba, 1917 July 7 Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) born in Liverpool, England (1940) July 8 Liberty Bell cracked in 1835 July 8 Bell Telephone Co. formed (predecessor of AT&T) (1877) July 8 First public reading of the Declaration of Independence, 1776 July 12 Julius Caesar born in 100 B.C. July 14 Bastille Day July 15 Rembrandt born in 1606 July 16 1st parking meters Tulsa OK in 1935, Apollo 11 mission launched in 1969 July 16 Detonation of the first atomic bomb at Alamagordo, NM, 1945 July 17 Disneyland opens, 1955 July 19 Five Massachusetts women executed for witchcraft, 1692 July 20 Neil Armstrong first man on the moon in 1969 One small step for man one giant step for mankind July 22 Rat Catchers Day July 23 Ice cream cone introduced, St. Louis MO, 1904 July 30 "In God We Trust" made U.S. motto, 1956 July 30 Henry Ford born, 1863 # August events August 1 First US Census in 1790 August 3 USS Nautilus crosses under north polar ice cap, 1958 August 4 Bombing of N. Vietnam begins, 1964 August 4 Britain declares war on Germany starting World War I (1914) August 4 Neptune discovered in 1846 August 4 John Lennon points out that "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus", 1966 August 6 Hiroshima bomb dropped in 1945 August 8 Nixon resigned in 1974 August 8 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki (1945) August 8 Nixon announces resignation (1973) August 8 The Great Train Robbery $7,368,000 (1963) August 9 Helter Skelter...the Charles Manson murders take place, 1969 August 9 US/Canada border defined in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842) August 12 Last U.S. ground troops out of Vietnam, 1972 August 13 V-J Day in 1945 August 14 First Unix-based mallet created, 1954 August 14 IBM PC announced, 1981 August 14 Social Security begins in U.S., 1935 August 16 Harmonic Convergence in 1987 August 16 Elvis Presley dies in 1977 August 16 Roller Coaster patented, 1898 August 19 Orville Wright born in 1871 August 22 St. Columba reports seeing monster in Loch Ness, 565 August 23 DEC founded, 1957 August 24 Mt. Vesuvius erupts in 79 A.D. August 25 Gen. DeGaulle leads French forces into Paris, 1944 August 29 Star in Cygnus goes nova & becomes 4th brightest in sky, 1975; Nova Cygni 1975. August 30 Japan Stationery Co. sells first felt-tipped pen, 1960 August 30 Washington-to-Moscow hot line connected (1963) August 31 269 people killed after Korean Airlines 747 shot down by USSR (1983) August 31 Non-aggression pact signed by USSR and Afghanistan, 1926 # September events September 2 Japan signs unconditional surrender aboard US battleship `Missouri' (1945) September 3 Viling II lands on Mars in 1976 September 5 Kennedy orders resumption of underground nuclear tests, 1961 September 6 Word is received that Perry has reached the North Pole and died (1909) September 7 Labor Day September 8 "Star Trek" debuts on NBC (1966) September 9 United Colonies is renamed the United States (1776) September 12 German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from captivity in Rome (1943) September 13 National Grandparents Day September 14 Benjamin Franklin is sent to France as an American minister (1778) September 14 Francis Scott Key writes words to "Star Spangled Banner" (1814) September 15 Agatha Christie born in Torquay, England (1890) September 15 The U.S. Foreign Affairs Dept. becomes the U.S. State Department (1789) September 17 US Constitution adopted in 1787 September 18 Jimi Hendrix dies from an overdose, 1970 September 20 Voyager 2 launched in 1977 September 22 The first Soviet atomic bomb explodes (1949) September 23 Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen is born in Freehold, New Jersey, 1949 September 24 US Supreme Court established in 1789 September 27 The first passenger was hauled in a locomotive in England (1825) September 28 Seymour Cray born, 1925 # October events October 1 Jimmy Carter born, 1924 October 2 First robotics-based CAM, 1939 October 4 First space vehicle, Sputnik I, launched (1957) October 5 Pablo Picasso born in Malaga, Spain (1881) October 5 Ray Kroc (founder of McDonald's) born (1902) October 7 Anne-Marie Racette birthday (Personnal event) October 7 First Bandstand (later, American Bandstand) broadcast, 1957 October 7 Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1979) October 8 First VisiCalc prototype, 1978 October 8 Thanksgiving Day in Canada October 9 Leif Erikson Day commemorates the discovery of North America in AD 1000 October 9 Yale College founded in 1701 October 9 First two-way telephone conversation (1876) October 9 John Lennon born in Liverpool, England (1940) October 11 "Saturday Night Live" premiers on NBC-TV, 1975 October 11 The first steam powered ferry ran between New York and Hoboken (1811) October 12 Univac gives contract for SIMULA compiler to Nygaard and Dahl, 1962 October 13 Italy declares war on Germany (1943) October 13 U.S. Navy born, 1775, authorized by the Second Continental Congress October 14 British Computer Society founded, 1957 October 14 Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier, 1947 October 14 Columbus Day October 14 Thanksgiving Day in Canada October 15 First FORTRAN Programmer's Reference Manual published October18 Soviets anounce their probe took photos of the Moon's far side (1959) October 19 Mao Tse-tung establishes the People's Republic of China (1949) October 19 Napoleon's beaten army beings a long retreat from Moscow (1812) October 20 OPEC embargo, 1973 October 21 Alfred Nobel born in Stockholm (1833) October 21 Edison makes the first practical incandescent lamp (1879) October 22 Princeton University chartered in 1746 October 25 Daylight Savings time back one hour October 25 DEC announces VAX-Nov 780 October 25 The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1964 October 25 The UN removes Taiwan and admits the People's Republic of China (1971) October 26 UN's World Health Organization declares smallpox eradicated (1978) October 26 Gunfight at O.K. Corral in 1881 October 27 The first New York Subway is opened (1904) October 28 Columbus discovers Cuba (1492) October 28 Harvard was founded in Massachusetts (1636) October 28 Harvard was founded in Massachusetts (1636) October 29 Stock market crashes in 1929 October 30 Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast, 1938 October 31 Halloween # November events November 1 1st Hbomb explodes in Eniwetok in 1952 November 2 Luftwaffe completes 57 consecutive nights of bombing of London, 1940 November 2 Two Frenchmen make the first free hot air balloon flight (1783) November 3 Sputnik II launched, 1957, bearing spacedog Laika November 4 King Tutankhamen tomb discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon November 4 UNIVAC I program predicts Eisenhower victory based on 7% of votes, 1952 November 9 Giant panda discovered (?!), China, 1927 November 9 The first issue of "Rolling Stone" is published, 1967 November 11 Rememberance Day in Canada November 11 Veterans' Day November 11 Washington becomes the 42nd state (1889) November 13 Mariner 9 orbits Mars in 1971 November14 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) November 15 Niagara Falls power plant startup, 1896 November 17 Suez Canal opened in 1869 November 18 First hydrogen bomb blasts Enewetok (1952) November 18 Local standard time zones established for US (1883) November 19 Lincoln Gettysburg Address in 1863 November 21 Announcement of 18 1/2 minute gap on Watergate tape, 1973 November 22 Kennedy shot in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald 1963 (?) November 23 Billy the Kid born in 1859 November 24 Lee Harvey Oswald killed by Jack Ruby (1963) November 25 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite (1867) November 26 Thanksgiving Day November 27 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize (1895) November 27 Friction match invented, England, 1826 November 27 Hoosac Railroad Tunnel completed, 1873, in NW Massachusetts November 27 Jimi Hendrix (Johnny Allen Hendrix) is born in Seattle, 1942 # December events December 1 Martin Luther King Jr., leads black boycott of Montgomery buses (1955) December 2 1st nuclear chain reaction in 1942 December 3 First neon light display, Paris, 1910 December 3 First successful human heart transplant lead by Dr. Barnard (1967) December 5 End of Prohibition, 1933 (at least the alcohol part) December 5 Mozart dies, 1791 December 5 The Eighteenth Amendment repealed, ending Prohibition (1933) December 5 Walt (Walter Elias) Disney born in Chicago (1901) December 6 First sound recording made by Thomas Edison (1877) December 7 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor (1941) December 8 First Ph.D. awarded by Computer Science Dept, Univ. of Penna, 1965 December 8 John Lennon is shot and killed in New York City, 1980 December 9 Ball-bearing roller skates patented, 1884 December 10 Human Rights Day December 10 Metric system established in France (1799) December 10 Nobel Peace Prize awarded each year December 12 First wireless message sent across Atlantic by Marconi (1901) December 14 George Washington dies, 1799 December 15 Bill of Rights adopted (1791) December 15 Bill of Rights takes effect in 1791 December 15 James Naismith invents basketball, Canada, 1891 December 15 Thomas Edison receives patent on the phonograph (1877) December 17 Orville and Wilbur Wright first engine powered airplane flight in 1903 December 22 1st Gorilla born in captivity in 1956 December 24 KKK formed in Pulaski, Tenn, 1865 December 25 Christmas Day December 25 Dads birthday in 1935 (Personnal event) December 25 Isaac Newton (Sir) born in Grantham, England (1642) December 31 New Years Eve