On This Day
August 26th

1629 Cambridge Agreement pledged.  Massachusetts Bay Co. stockholders agreed to migrate to          New England. 1791 John Fitch granted a US patent for his working steamboat. 1846 W. A. Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF). 1907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in seconds. 1920 19th Amendment passes - Women's Suffrage granted (about time!) 1937 Pumping to build Treasure Island finished. 1952 Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins.

Birthdays

1873 Lee De Forest, invented the Audion vacuum tube (radio tube).