BIRTHDAYS:
1452, Leonardo da Vinci, factotum.

1707, Leonhard Euler, mathematician.

1933, Roy Clark, "Hee Haw".

1959, Emma Thompson, actress.


EVENTS:
1738, The bottle opener is invented.

1850, City of San Francisco incorporated.

1865, President Lincoln died, several hours after he was shot at Ford's Theater in Washington by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson became the nation's 17th president

1912, Titanic sinks at 2:20 AM. And the band played on . . .

1922, The famed "Poodle Dog" restaurant closes.

1923, Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics.

1928, Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf opens for business.

1955, Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants.

Whatever our creed, we feel that no good deed can by any possibility go unrewarded, no evil deed unpunished.
- Orison Swett Marden