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Berkeley - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1619-12-04 |
38 colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God. Considered by many as the first Thanksgiving in the Americas. |
1796-05-14 |
English country doctor Edward Jenner administered the first inoculation against smallpox, using cowpox pus, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire |
1834-03-16 |
HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands |
1866-05-24 |
Berkeley, California named (for George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne) |
1909-12-21 |
1st junior high school established (Berkeley California) |
1910-01-02 |
1st junior high schools in US opens (Berkeley California) |
1929-11-04 |
John Baldridge' "Berkeley Square" premieres in NYC |
1936-12-24 |
1st radioactive isotope medicine administered, Berkeley, Ca |
1954-02-15 |
1st Bevatron particle accelerator in operation-Berkeley, California |
1961-02-14 |
Element 103, Lawrencium, 1st produced in Berkeley Calif |
1963-04-29 |
KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KPAT |
1964-12-03 |
Police arrests 800 sit-in students at U of Cal at Berkeley |
1971-01-06 |
Berkeley chemists announces 1st synthetic growth hormones |
1972-06-11 |
KPAT-AM in Berkeley CA returns from KRE |
1986-08-13 |
KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KBLX (now KBFN) |
1990-09-27 |
Gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkeley Calif |
2017-02-02 |
Milo Yiannopoulous' speech at UC-Berkeley canceled over protest |
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Berkeley - Notable Birthdays
Berkeley - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1685-03-12 |
George Berkeley, Ireland, philosopher/bishop of Cloyne |
1860-02-24 |
Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer (Printing Types) |
1864-06-24 |
Gertrude Berkeley, Break the News to Mother |
1881-04-01 |
Mowbray Berkeley, Fires of Faith |
1881-08-18 |
Reginald Berkeley, The World Moves On |
1888-04-17 |
Berkeley Barrington, The Violin Maker of Nuremberg |
1893-07-05 |
Anthony Berkeley, Suspicion |
1895-11-29 |
Busby Berkeley, Los Angeles CA, choreographer |
1903-05-12 |
Lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway) |
1904-08-06 |
Ballard Berkeley, In Which We Serve |
1911-03-01 |
Mowbray Berkeley, The Unearthly |
1918-12-08 |
Berkeley Smith, Episode #2.1 |
1920-07-22 |
Guy Elmes, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square |
1921-06-13 |
George Berkeley, Life Stinks |
1929-02-03 |
Russell Arms, Berkeley California, vocalist (Your Hit Parade) |
1932-07-31 |
John Searle, Berkeley in the Sixties |
1933-01-17 |
Berkeley Harris, Guiding Light |
1938-10-25 |
Robert Webster, Berkeley Cal, diver (Oly-gold-1960, 64) |
1939-12-15 |
Michael Rossman, Berkeley in the Sixties |
1940-12-10 |
William Fred Dempster, Berkeley California, crew member (Biosphere 2) |
1941-11-09 |
Tom Fogerty, Berkeley California, American rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival), (d. 1990) |
1942-12-08 |
Mario Savio, Berkeley in the Sixties |
1944-01-27 |
Nicholas Berkeley Mason, drummer (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall) |
1944-02-25 |
Karen Grassle, Berkeley, California, American actress (Caroline-Little House on Prairie) |
1945-05-28 |
John Fogerty, Berkeley California, American rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival) |
1946-12-21 |
Christopher Keene, Berkeley California, conductor (La Traviata) |
1948-05-29 |
Michael Berkeley, Ian McEwan: On Chesil Beach |
1950-10-11 |
Despoina Karvela, Berkeley to apogevma |
1951-11-22 |
Kent Nagano, Berkeley California, Conductor |
1953-08-31 |
Marcia Clark, [Kleks], Berkeley CA, LA DA (OJ Simpson Case) |
1955-12-16 |
Xander Berkeley, American actor |
1955-12-16 |
Xander Berkeley, Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
1957-06-21 |
Berkeley Breathed, Mars Needs Moms |
1962-09-02 |
Jon Berkeley, author and illustrator |
1967-08-28 |
Darren Lewis, Berkeley CA, outfielder (Chicago White Sox) |
1968-07-05 |
Molly Brock, Berkeley California, rower (Olympics-96) |
1968-09-04 |
Rick McNair, Berkeley California, water polo 2m defender (Olympics-96) |
1972-05-04 |
Mike Dirnt [Michael Ryan Pritchard], Berkeley, California, American musician (Green Day) |
1972-08-15 |
Ben Affleck, Berkeley California, actor (Armageddon, Pearl Harbor) |
1974-06-02 |
Tammy Holmes, Berkeley California, female outfielder (Colo Silver Bullets) |
1982-08-28 |
Matt Berkeley-Lobato, The Color of Magic |
1985-04-24 |
Sia Berkeley, Wild Target |
1985-04-24 |
Nick Roth, Berkeley |
Berkeley - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1678-08-28 |
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602) |
1753-03-12 |
George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday |
1931-11-06 |
Claude Berkeley, Check and Double Check |
1935-03-30 |
Reginald Berkeley, The World Moves On |
1946-06-15 |
Gertrude Berkeley, Break the News to Mother |
1948-12-28 |
Mowbray Berkeley, Fires of Faith |
1960-08-10 |
Frank Lloyd, director (Berkeley Square, Blood on the Sun), dies at 72 |
1971-03-09 |
Anthony Berkeley, Suspicion |
1976-03-14 |
Busby Berkeley, US choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80 |
1979-05-01 |
Berkeley Bertram McGarrell Gaskin, cricketer (2 Tests for WI), dies |
1984-09-17 |
Berkeley Harris, Guiding Light |
1986-12-29 |
Hylda Tyson, Berkeley Square |
1988-01-16 |
Ballard Berkeley, In Which We Serve |
1988-01-19 |
Ballard Berkeley, actor (East meets West), dies at 83 |
1989-12-26 |
Lennox Berkeley, composer, dies at 86 |
1989-12-26 |
Lennox Berkeley, Hotel Reserve |
1992-02-01 |
George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Capts & Kings), dies at 70 |
1992-02-01 |
George Berkeley, Life Stinks |
1996-11-06 |
Mario Savio, Berkeley in the Sixties |
2003-04-22 |
Berkeley Smith, Episode #2.1 |
2003-12-01 |
Clark Kerr, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (b. 1911) |
2004-09-18 |
Mowbray Berkeley, The Unearthly |
2006-05-18 |
Andrew Martinez, U.C. Berkeley's "Naked Guy" (b. 1972) |
2008-05-12 |
Michael Rossman, Berkeley in the Sixties |
