BIRTHDAYS:
1857, Clarence Darrow, lawyer.

1947, James Woods, actor.

1954, Rick Moranis, comedian, actor.

1956, Eric Roberts, actor.

1963, Conan O'Brien, night time talk show host.

1976, Melissa Joan Hart, actress, Sabrina the Teenage witch.


EVENTS:
1775, "The British are Coming!" declares Paul Revere from horseback.

1868, San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is born.

1869, First International Cricket Match is held in San Francisco.

1906, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire.

1907, Fairmont Hotel opens.

1934, First "Washateria" (laundromat) is opened, in Fort Worth, Texas.

1936, Pan-Am's "Clipper" starts providing regular passenger flights between San Francisco and Honolulu.

1955, The first WALK/DON'T WALK signs are installed in a city.

1968, San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice is demolished.

It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country.
- Raymond Chandler