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William F. NastWilliam F. Nast (born June 16 1840) was the third president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
Nast was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 16 1840. From 1861 to 1865 he served at the American Consulate in Stuttgart, Germany. Upon his return to the United States, Nast entered the brokerage business in New York, New York.
On September 2 1868, Nast became president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, a position he held for less than a month, ending on September 24 1868.
References
- Princeton University Library (2002), [http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/dayton.html William L. Dayton Papers; a finding aid]. Retrieved July 13 2005.
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June 16June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining.
Events
- 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses
- 1586 - Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir
- 1745 - British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada
- 1745 - Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia during the War of the Austrian Succession.
- 1746 - War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza
- 1755 - French and Indian War: French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians
- 1774 - Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
- 1779 - Spain declares war on Britain and the siege of Gibraltar begins
- 1815 - Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before Waterloo.
- 1836 - Formation of the London Working Men's Association begins the Chartist Movement
- 1846 - The Papal conclave of 1846 concludes. Pope Pius IX is elected pope, beginning the longest reign in the history of the post-apostolic papacy.
- 1858 - Abraham Lincoln's House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois
- 1858 - Battle of Morar, during the Indian Mutiny.
- 1871 - University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology.
- 1884 - The first roller coaster in the United States begins operation at Coney Island, New York
- 1891 - John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister.
- 1902 - Australia: Female British subjects (with the glaring exception of Asians, Aborigines and Africans) won the vote with the Uniform Franchise Act.
- 1903 - Ford Motor Company incorporates.
- 1903 - Roald Amundsen commences first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.
- 1904 - Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
- 1904 - Leopold Bloom walks around Dublin. (see Ulysses) Known as Bloomsday.
- 1911 - A 772 gram stony meteorite struck earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
- 1915 - Foundation of the British Women's Institute
- 1922 - General election in Irish Free State: large majority to pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
- 1924 - Whampoa Military Academy is founded
- 1925 - The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR, Artek established.
- 1940 - World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Premier of Vichy France
- 1940 - A Communist government is installed in Lithuania
- 1948 - The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by the Cathay Pacific airline, marks the first skyjacking of a commercial plane.
- 1955 - Pope Pius XII excommunicates Juan Perón
- 1956 - Ted Hughes marries Sylvia Plath
- 1960 - Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho opens in New York
- 1961 - Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris
- 1962 - Two U.S. Army officers are killed in Saigon,Vietnam.
- 1963 - Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space
- 1972 - Burglars are caught breaking into the United States Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building
- 1972 - Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
- 1972 - Opening of the New York Jazz Museum
- 1972 - Largest single-site hydro-electric power project starts at Churchill Falls Newfoundland
- 1976 - Apartheid: A non-violent march by 15000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd and kill 566 children.
- 1977 - Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the USSR
- 1981 - Ken Taylor honoured for helping six Americans escape from Iran during hostage crisis
- 1983 - Yuri Andropov becomes president of the USSR
- 1994 - A Chinese operated Northwest Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes 10 minutes after takeoff killing 160
- 1995 - The Astronomy Picture of the Day was born
- 1996 - First round of voting in the Russian presidential election
- 1997 - Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; some 50 people killed.
- 1999 - Thabo Mbeki elected President of South Africa.
- 2001 - George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin meet in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia
- 2002 - Politically Incorrect is cancelled (from sponsors dropping the show) after host Bill Maher makes controversial comments on air regarding the integrity of President George W. Bush.
- 2003 - The Hatfields and McCoys sign a formal truce.
Births
- 1139 - Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)
- 1313 - Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer (d. 1375)
- 1514 - John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)
- 1583 - Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1654)
- 1591 - Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)
- 1606 - Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)
- 1612 - Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1640)
- 1613 - John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)
- 1633 - Jean de Thévenot, French traveler and scientist (d. 1667)
- 1644 - Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orléans (d. 1670)
- 1713 - Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hamphsire (d. 1786)
- 1738 - Mary Katharine Goddard, American printer and publisher (d. 1816)
- 1792 - John Linnell, English artist (d. 1882)
- 1792 - Sir Thomas Mitchell, Australian explorer (d. 1855)
- 1801 - Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)
- 1806 - Edward Davy, English physician, chemist, and inventor (d. 1885)
- 1813 - Otto Jahn, German archaeologist (d. 1869)
- 1820 - Athanase Coquerel, French protestant preacher (d. 1875)
- 1826 - Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897)
- 1829 - Geronimo, Apache leader (d. 1909)
- 1836 - Wesley Merritt, American soldier (d. 1910)
- 1837 - Ernst Laas, German philosopher (d. 1885)
- 1838 - Cushman Davis, American politician (d. 1900)
- 1840 - Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d. 1913)
- 1858 - King Gustav V of Sweden (d. 1950)
- 1874 - Arthur Meighen, ninth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1960)
- 1880 - Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and historian (d. 1963)
- 1890 - Stan Laurel, British-born actor and comedian (d. 1965)
- 1896 - Murray Leinster, American author (d. 1976)
- 1897 - Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
- 1902 - Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1992)
- 1902 - George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist (d. 1984)
- 1903 - Helen Traubel, American soprano (d. 1972)
- 1907 - Jack Albertson, American actor (d. 1981)
- 1909 - Archie Fairley Carr, biologist (d. 1987)
- 1910 - Juan Velasco, President of Peru (d. 1977)
- 1912 - Enoch Powell, British politician (d. 1998)
- 1914 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete (d. 1956)
- 1916 - Hank Luisetti, baseball player (d. 2002)
- 1917 - Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001)
- 1917 - Irving Penn, American photographer
- 1920 - José López Portillo, President of Mexico (d. 2004)
- 1920 - John Howard Griffin, American writer (d. 1980)
- 1927 - Tom Graveney, English cricketer
- 1927 - Herbert Lichtenfeld, German author and playwright (d. 2001)
- 1929 - Ramon Bieri, American actor (d. 2001)
- 1930 - Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian cinematographer
- 1934 - Dame Eileen Atkins, English actress
- 1934 - William Forsyth Sharpe, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1935 - Jim Dine, American artist
- 1937 - Erich Segal, American author
- 1938 - James Bolam, English actor
- 1938 - Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist
- 1940 - Neil Goldschmidt, Governor of Oregon
- 1941 - Lamont Dozier, American record company executive
- 1942 - Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcyclist
- 1947 - -minu, Swiss columnist and writer
- 1949 - Paulo César Lima, Brazilian football player
- 1951 - Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer
- 1952 - George Papandreou, junior, Greek politician
- 1952 - Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1955 - Laurie Metcalf, American actress
- 1966 - Jan Zelezný, Czech athlete
- 1967 - John Franklin, American actor
- 1969 - Mark Crossley, Welsh footballer
- 1970 - Phil Mickelson, American golfer
- 1970 - James Shaffer, American guitarist (KoЯn)
- 1971 - Derek R. Audette, Canadian artist and poet
- 1971 - Tupac Amaru Shakur, Born Lesan Parish Crooks (Mother changes name at early age), American West Coast Gangsta Rapper
- 1972 - Hank von Helvete, Norwegian musician
- 1977 - Kerry Wood, baseball player
- 1980 - Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer
- 1980 - Nehir Erdoğan, Turkish actress
- 1988 - Keshia Chanté, Canadian singer
Deaths
- AD 1216 - Pope Innocent III
- 1397 - Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)
- 1464 - Roger van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b. 1399)
- 1468 - Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395)
- 1622 - Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)
- 1623 - Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German protestant military leader (b. 1599)
- 1666 - Richard Fanshawe, English poet, translator, and diplomat (b. 1608)
- 1671 - Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader (executed)
- 1707 - Marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and writer (b. 1625)
- 1722 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general (b. 1650)
- 1749 - Johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian trader (b. 1672)
- 1752 - Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (b. 1664)
- 1752 - Joseph Butler, English philosopher (b. 1692)
- 1777 - Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)
- 1778 - Konrad Ekhof, German actor (b. 1720)
- 1779 - Sir Francis Bernard, Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts (b. 1712)
- 1804 - Johann Hiller, German composer (b. 1728)
- 1849 - Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologian (b. 1780)
- 1855 - John Gorrie, American physician (b. 1803)
- 1858 - John Snow, English obstetrician (b. 1813)
- 1866 - Joseph Méry French poet (b. 1798)
- 1869 - Charles Sturt, English explorer (b. 1795)
- 1872 - Norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812)
- 1878 - Crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815)
- 1881 - Sir Josiah Mason, English manufacturer (b. 1795)
- 1885 - Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818)
- 1894 - William Calder Marshall, Scottish sculptor (b. 1813)
- 1925 - Chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter (b. 1870)
- 1925 - Emmett Hardy, American musician (b. 1903)
- 1930 - Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor (b. 1860)
- 1940 - DuBose Heyward, American writer (b. 1885)
- 1944 - Marc Bloch, French historian (executed) (b. 1886)
- 1953 - Margaret Bondfield, English politician and feminist (b. 1873)
- 1958 - Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895)
- 1959 - George Reeves, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1969 - Harold Alexander, British military commander (b. 1891)
- 1970 - Heino Eller, Estonian composer (b. 1887)
- 1970 - Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943)
- 1971 - Lord Reith, British broadcast executive (b. 1889)
- 1977 - Wernher von Braun, German-born rocket scientist (b. 1912)
- 1979 - Nicholas Ray, American film director (b. 1911)
- 1981 - Jule Gregory Charney, meteorologist (b. 1917)
- 1986 - Maurice Duruflé, French composer and organist (b. 1902)
- 1988 - Kim Milford, American actor (b. 1951)
- 1993 - Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer (b. 1913)
- 1996 - Mel Allen, baseball announcer (b. 1913)
- 1996 - Curt Swan, American comic book artist (b. 1920)
- 2000 - Empress Nagako of Japan (b. 1903)
- 2003 - Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish-Swedish philosopher (b. 1916)
- 2004 - Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1912)
- 2005 - Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (b. 1906)
Holidays and observances
- South Africa - Youth Day
- Roman Catholic Church - Feast of Saint John Regis, patron of medical social workers
- Bloomsday, in honour of James Joyce's Ulysses
See also
- 16 June Movement
External links
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/16 BBC: On This Day]
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1840
1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar).
Events
- January 3 - One of the predecessor papers to the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia, The Port Phillip Herald, is founded by George Cavanaugh.
- January 10 - Uniform penny postage introduced in the UK.
- January 13 - The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
- January 19 - Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
- January 20 - Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica.
- January 22 - British colonists reach New Zealand. Official founding date of Wellington.
- February 6 - Treaty of Waitangi, document granting British sovereignty in New Zealand, is signed.
- February 10 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha.
- February 11 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Regiment premieres in Paris.
- March 1 - William Hobson, first Governor of New Zealand, suffers a stroke.
- March 1 - Adolphe Thiers becomes prime minister of France.
- May 1 - Britain issues the Penny Black, world's first postage stamp.
- May 6 - The Penny Black, world's first postage stamp becomes valid for the pre-payment of postage.
- May 7 - The Great Natchez Tornado: A massive tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi during the early afternoon hours. Before it was over, 317 people had lost their lives and 209 were injured. It is the second deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
- July 4 - The Cunard Line's 700-ton wooden paddlewheel steamer RMS Britannia departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the first transatlantic passenger cruise.
- July 15 – Austria, Britain, Prussia, and Russia sign a London Treaty with the Sublime Porte, ruler of the Ottoman Empire.
- August 10 - Fortsas hoax - number of book collectors gather to Binche, Belgium to attend a non-existent book auction of the late "Count of Fortsas"
- September 10 - Ottoman and British troops bombard Beirut and land troops on the coast to pressure Egyptian Muhammad Ali to retreat from the country.
- October 7 - Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
- October 14 – Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta.
- November - William Henry Harrison defeats Martin Van Buren in the U.S. presidential election.
- David Livingstone leaves for Africa.
- Punch caricature magazine begins publication.
- Pedro II is declared "of age" prematurely and begins to reassert central control in Brazil.
- Mount Allison University is founded in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.
- Washingtonian Temperance Society is founded.
Births
- January 3 - Father Damien, Belgian missionary priest (d. 1888)
- January 23 - Ernst Abbe, German physicist (d. 1905)
- February 4 - Hiram Stevens Maxim, American firearms inventor (d. 1916)
- February 5 - John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (d. 1921)
- February 21 - Murad V, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1904)
- February 22 - August Bebel, German politician (d. 1913)
- February 23 - Carl Menger, Austrian economist (d. 1921)
- February 29 - John Philip Holland, Irish inventor (d. 1914)
- March 28 - Emin Pasha, German doctor and African administrator (d. 1892)
- April 2 - Emile Zola, French writer (d. 1902)
- April 22 - Odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916)
- April 27 - Edward Whymper, English mountaineer (d. 1911)
- May 7 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893)
- May 13 - Alphonse Daudet, French writer (d. 1897)
- June 2 - Thomas Hardy, English writer (d. 1928)
- August 4 - Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German sexologist (d. 1902)
- October 9 - Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905)
- October 16 - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900)
- November 12 - Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (d. 1917)
- November 14 - Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926)
- November 21 - Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom and Empress of Germany (d. 1901)
- November 29 - Rhoda Broughton, Welsh writer (d. 1920)
Deaths
- January 6 - Fanny Burney, English novelist (b. 1752)
- January 22 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)
- February 13 - Nicolas Joseph Maison, French marshal and Minister of War (b. 1770)
- April 25 - Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician, geometer, and physicist (b. 1781)
- May 7 - Caspar David Friedrich, German artist (b. 1774)
- May 26 - Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)
- May 27 - Nicolo Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
- June 7 - King Frederick William III of Prussia (b. 1770)
- September 7 - Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (b. 1765)
- December 11 - Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771)
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February 1859. Although the railway was named in part for the capital of New Mexico, its main line never reached there as the terrain made it too difficult to lay the necessary tracks (Santa Fe was ultimately served by a branch line from Lamy, New Mexico). The Santa Fe's first tracks reached the Kansas/Colorado state line in 1873, and connected to Pueblo, Colorado in 1876. In order to help fuel the railroad's profitability, the Santa Fe set up real estate offices and sold farm land from the land grants that the railroad was awarded by Congress; these new farms would create a demand for transportation (both freight and passenger service) that was, quite conveniently, offered by the Santa Fe.
History
Startup and initial growth
Congress
The railroad's charter, written single-handedly by Cyrus K. Holliday in January 1859, was approved by the state's governor on February 11 of that year as the Atchison and Topeka Railroad Company for the purpose of building a rail line from Topeka, Kansas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and then on to the Gulf of Mexico. On May 3, 1863, two years after Kansas gained statehood, the railroad changed names to more closely match the aspirations of its founder to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. The railroad broke ground in Topeka on October 30, 1868 and started building westward where one of the first construction tasks was to cross the Kaw River. The first section of track opened on April 26, 1869 (less than a month prior to completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad) with special trains between Topeka and Pauline. The distance was only 6 miles (10 km), but the Wakarusa Creek Picnic Special train took passengers over the route for celebration in Pauline.
Crews continued working westward, reaching Dodge City on September 5 1872. With this connection, the Santa Fe was able to compete for cattle transportation with the Kansas Pacific Railway. Construction continued, and the Santa Fe opened the last section of track between Topeka and the Colorado/Kansas border on December 23 1873. The Santa Fe's tracks reached Pueblo, Colorado on March 1 1876. Serving Pueblo opened a number of new freight opportunities for the railroad as it now could haul coal from Colorado eastward.
coal.]]
Building across Kansas and eastern Colorado may have been technologically simple as there weren't many large natural obstacles in the way (certainly not as many as the railroad was about to encounter further west), but the Santa Fe found it almost economically impossible because of the sparse population in the area. To combat this problem, the Santa Fe set up real estate offices in the area and vigorously promoted settlement across Kansas on the land that was granted to the railroad by Congress in 1863. The Santa Fe offered discounted passenger fares to anyone who travelled west on the railroad to inspect the land; if the land was subsequently purchased by the traveller, the railroad applied the passenger's ticket price toward the sale of the land.
Now that the railroad had built across the plains and had a customer base providing income for the firm, it was time for the railroad to tackle the difficult terrain of the Rocky Mountains.
Crossing the Rockies, competition with the Rio Grande
Construction over the Rocky Mountains was slow, difficult and went as far as armed conflict with competitors such as the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in Colorado and New Mexico, and after capturing Raton Pass, the Southern Pacific Railroad in Arizona and California.
The troubles for the railroad were more than just skirmishes with competitors. In the late 1880s, George C. Magoun, who had worked his way to become Chairman of the Board of Directors for the railroad, was progressively losing his own health. In 1889 the railroad's stock price, which was closely linked in the public's eye with the successes of the railroad's chairman, fell from nearly $140 per share to around $20 per share. Magoun's health continued to deteriorate along with the stock price and Magoun died on December 20 1893. The Santa Fe entered receivership three days later on December 23 1893, with J. W. Reinhart, John J. McCook and Joseph C. Wilson appointed as receivers.
Joseph C. Wilson (top) and the Santa Fe Railroad (bottom).]]
Expansion through mergers
Joseph C. Wilson promotional publication "Along Your Way."]]
A brief look at some key figures comparing the railroad's extent between 1870 and 1945 shows just how much the railroad had grown:
:Source: Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
The failed SPSF merger
1945.]]
The Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad (SPSF) was a proposed merger between the parent companies of the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads announced on December 23, 1983. As a part of the joining of the two firms, all of the rail and non-rail assets owned by Santa Fe Industries and the Southern Pacific Transportation Company was placed under the control of a holding company, the Santa Fe–Southern Pacific Corporation. The merger was subsequently denied by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) on the basis that it would create too many duplicate routes.
The companies were so confident that the merger would be be approved they began repainting locomotives and non-revenue rolling stock in a new unified paint scheme. After the ICC's denial, railfans joked that SPSF really stood for "Shouldn't Paint So Fast". While the Southern Pacific was sold off, all of the California real estate holdings were consolidated in a new company, Catellus Development Corporation, making it the State's largest private land owner. Some time later, Catellus would purchase the Union Pacific Railroad's interest in the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (LAUPT).
Merger into BNSF
On December 31, 1996 the ATSF merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway. Some of the challenges resulting from the joining of the two companies included the establishment of a common dispatching system, the unionizaton of Santa Fe's non-union dispatchers, and incorporating the Santa Fe's train identification codes throughout.
Company officers
Presidents of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway:
Burlington Northern Railroad
- Cyrus K. Holliday: 1860–1863
- Samuel C. Pomeroy: 1863–1868
- William F. Nast: September 1868
- H. C. Lord: 1868–1869
- Henry Keyes: 1869–1870
- Ginery Twichell: 1870–1873
- Henry Strong: 1873–1874
- Thomas Nickerson: 1874–1880
- T. Jefferson Coolidge: 1880–1881
- William Barstow Strong: 1881–1889
- Allen Manvel: 1889–1893
- Joseph Reinhart: 1893–1894
- Aldace F. Walker: 1894–1895
- Edward Payson Ripley: 1896–1920
- William Benson Storey: 1920–1933
- Samuel T. Bledsoe: 1933–1939
- Edward J. Engel: 1939–1944
- Fred G. Gurley: 1944–1958
- Ernest S. Marsh: 1958–1967
- John Shedd Reed: 1967–1986
- W. John Swartz: 1986–1989
- Mike Haverty: 1989–1995
Passenger train service
1995 passenger timetable. Vignettes of the American Southwest and Native American people were common in Santa Fe advertising.]]
The Santa Fe was widely known for its passenger train service in the first half of the 20th century. The Santa Fe introduced many innovations in passenger rail travel, among these the "Pleasure Domes" of the Super Chief (billed as the "...only dome car[s] between Chicago and Los Angeles" when they were introduced in 1951) and the "Big Dome"-Lounge cars and double-decker "Hi-Level" cars of the El Capitan, which entered revenue service in 1954. The Santa Fe was among the first railroads to add dining cars to its passenger train consists in 1891, following the examples of the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. Dining along the Santa Fe was often a memorable experience, whether it be on-board in a dining car, or at one of the many Harvey House restaurants that were strategically located throughout the system.
In general, the same train name was used for both directions of a particular train. The exceptions to this rule included the Chicagoan and Kansas Cityan trains (both names referred to the same service, but the Chicagoan was the eastbound version, while the Kansas Cityan was the westbound version), and the Eastern Express and West Texas Express. All of the Santa Fe's trains that terminated in Chicago did so at Dearborn Station. Trains terminating in Los Angeles arrived at Santa Fe's La Grande Station until May, 1939 when the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (LAUPT) was opened.
To reach smaller communities, the railroad often operated Rail Diesel Cars (RDCs) for communities on the railroad, and bus connections were provided throughout the system via Santa Fe Trailways buses to other locations. These smaller trains generally were not named, only the train numbers were used to differentiate services.
Regular revenue trains
Santa Fe Trailways" logos bearing the names of its trains. In terminals such as Dearborn Station, bumper posts carried the logos as well, a practice that continued long after the railroad removed observations from its roster.]]
The Santa Fe operated the following named trains on regular schedules:
- The Angel: San Francisco, California - Los Angeles, California - San Diego, California
- The Angelo: San Angelo, Texas - Fort Worth, Texas (on the GC&SF)
- The Antelope: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Kansas City, Missouri
- Atlantic Express: Los Angeles, California - Kansas City, Missouri (this was the eastbound version of the Los Angeles Express).
- California Express: Chicago, Illinois - Kansas City, Missouri - Los Angeles, California
- California Fast Mail: Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California - San Francisco, California
- California Limited: Chicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California (via Los Angeles)
- California Special: Los Angeles, California - Clovis, New Mexico
- Cavern: Clovis, New Mexico - Carlsbad, New Mexico (connected with the Scout).
- Centennial State: Denver, Colorado - Chicago, Illinois
- Central Texas Express: Sweetwater, Texas - Lubbock, Texas
- Chicagoan: Kansas City, Missouri - Chicago, Illinois (this was the eastbound version of the Kansas Cityan passenger train).
- Chicago Express: Newton, Kansas - Chicago, Illinois
- Chicago Fast Mail: San Francisco, California - Los Angeles, California - Chicago, Illinois
- Chicago-Kansas City Flyer: Chicago, Illinois - Kansas City, Missouri
- The Chief: Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California
- Eastern Express: Lubbock, Texas - Amarillo, Texas (this was the eastbound version of the West Texas Express).
- El Capitan: Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California
- El Pasoan: El Paso, Texas - Albuquerque, New Mexico
- El Tovar: Los Angeles, California - Chicago, Illinois (via Belen)
- Fargo Fast Mail/Express: Belen, New Mexico - Amarillo, Texas - Kansas City, Missouri - Chicago, Illinois
- Fast Fifteen: Newton, Kansas - Galveston, Texas
- Fast Mail Express: San Francisco, California (via Los Angeles) - Chicago, Illinois
- Golden Gate: Oakland, California - Bakersfield, California
- Grand Canyon Limited: Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California
- The Hopi: Los Angeles, California - Chicago, Illinois
- Kansas Cityan: Chicago, Illinois - Kansas City, Missouri (this was the westbound version of the Chicagoan passenger train).
- Kansas City Chief: Kansas City, Missouri - Chicago, Illinois
- Los Angeles Express: Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California (this was the westbound version of the Atlantic Express).
- The Missionary: San Francisco, California - Belen, New Mexico - Amarillo, Texas - Kansas City, Missouri - Chicago, Illinois
- Navajo: Chicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California (via Los Angeles)
Navajo. Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his "sidekick" Mortimer Snerd pose in the cab of Santa Fe #51L, an ALCO PA unit, to mark its delivery to the railroad in 1946.]]
- Oil Flyer: Kansas City, Missouri - Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Overland Limited: Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California
- Phoenix Express: Los Angeles, California - Phoenix, Arizona
- The Ranger: Kansas City, Missouri - Chicago, Illinois
- The Saint: San Diego, California - Los Angeles, California - San Francisco, California
- San Diegan: Los Angeles, California - San Diego, California
- San Francisco Chief: San Francisco, California (via Los Angeles) - Chicago, Illinois
- San Francisco Express: Chicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California (via Los Angeles)
- Santa Fe de Luxe: Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California - San Francisco, California
- Santa Fe Eight: Belen, New Mexico - Amarillo, Texas - Kansas City, Missouri - Chicago, Illinois
- The Scout: Chicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California (via Los Angeles)
- South Plains Express: Sweetwater, Texas - Lubbock, Texas
- Super Chief: Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California
- The Texan: Houston, Texas - New Orleans, Louisiana (on the GC&SF between Houston and Galveston, then via the Missouri Pacific Railroad between Galveston and New Orleans).
- Texas Chief: Dallas, Texas - Chicago, Illinois
- Tourist Flyer: Chicago, Illinois - San Francisco, California (via Los Angeles)
- The Tulsan: Tulsa, Oklahoma - Chicago, Illinois
- Valley Flyer: Oakland, California - Bakersfield, California
- West Texas Express: Amarillo, Texas - Lubbock, Texas (this was the westbound version of the Eastern Express).
West Texas Express.]]
West Texas Express.]]
One-time and special trains
Occasionally, a special train was chartered to make a high-profile run over the Santa Fe's track. These specials were not included in the railroad's regular revenue service lineup, but were intended as one-time (and usually one-way) traversals of the railroad. Some of the more notable specials include:
- Cheney Special: Colton, California - Chicago, Illinois (a one-time train that ran in 1895 on behalf of B.P. Cheney, a director of the Santa Fe).
- Clark Special: Winslow, Arizona - Chicago, Illinois (a one-time train that ran in 1904 on behalf of Charles W. Clarke, the son of then Arizona senator William Andrew Clark).
- David B. Jones Special: Lake Forest, Illinois - Los Angeles, California (a one-time, record-breaking train that ran in 1923 on behalf of the president of the Mineral Point Zinc Company).
- Death Valley Scotty Special: Los Angeles, California - Chicago, Illinois (the most well-known of Santa Fe's "specials," also known as the Death Valley Coyote or Coyote Special; a one-time, record-breaking train that ran in 1905, essentially as a publicity stunt).
- H.P. Lowe Special: Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California (a one-time, record-breaking train that ran in 1903 on behalf of the president of the Engineering Company of America).
- Huntington Special: Argentine, Kansas - Chicago, Illinois (a one-time train that ran in 1899 on behalf of Collis P. Huntington).
- Miss Nellie Bly Special: San Francisco, California - Chicago, Illinois (a one-time, record-breaking train that ran in 1890 on behalf of Nellie Bly, a reporter for the New York World newspaper).
- Peacock Special: Los Angeles, California - Chicago, Illinois (a one-time train that ran in 1900 on behalf of A.R. Peacock, vice-president of the Carnegie Steel & Iron Company).
- Wakarusa Creek Picnic Special: Topeka, Kansas - Pauline, Kansas (a one-time train that took picnickers on a 30-minute trip, at a speed of 14 miles-per-hour, to celebrate the official opening of the line on April 26, 1869).
Paint schemes & markings
Steam locomotives
1869 siding to meet an eastbound train in March, 1943.]]
1943 originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1927, passes through San Bernardino in January, 1999.]]
Diesel locomotives, passenger
1999.]]
1999
Santa Fe's first set of diesel-electric passenger locomotives was placed in service on the Super Chief in 1936, and consisted of a pair of blunt-nosed units (EMD 1800 hp B-B) designated as Nos. 1 and 1A. The upper portion of the sides and ends of the units were painted gold, while the lower section was a dark olive green color; an olive stripe also ran along the sides and widened as it crossed the front of the locomotive.
Riveted to the sides of the units were metal plaques bearing a large "Indian Head" logo, which owed its origin to the 1926 Chief "drumhead" logo. "Super Chief" was emblazoned on a plaque located on the front. The rooftop was light slate gray, rimmed by a red pinstripe. This unique combination of colors was referred to as the Golden Olive paint scheme [http://www.divisionpoint.com/photos/AT&SF_1spot/DP-3004-1Apilot.jpg] [http://www.divisionpoint.com/photos/AT&SF_1spot/DP-3004-1Apilotdetail.jpg]. Before entering service, Sterling McDonald's General Motors "Styling Department" augmented the look with the addition of red and blue striping along both the sides and ends of the units in order to enhance their appearance.
In a little over a year the EMD E1 (a new and improved streamlined locomotive) would be pulling Super Chief and other passenger consists, resplendent in the now-famous Warbonnet paint scheme devised by Leland Knickerbocker of the GM "Art and Color Section." Reminiscent of a Native American ceremonial headdress, the scheme consisted of a red "bonnet" which wrapped around the front of the unit, that was bordered by a yellow stripe and black pinstripe. The extent of the bonnet varied according to the locomotive model, and was largely determined by the shape and length of the carbody. The remainder of the unit was either painted silver or was comprised of stainless steel panels.
All units wore a nose emblem consisting of an elongated yellow "Circle & Cross" emblem with integral "tabs" on the nose and the sides, outlined and accented with black pinstripes, with variances according to the locomotive model. "SANTA FE" was displayed on the horizontal limb of the cross in black, Art Deco-style lettering. This emblem has come to be known as the "cigar band" due to its uncanny resemblance to the same. On all but the "Erie-built" units (which were essentially run as a demonstrator set), U28CGs, U30CGs, and FP45s, a three-part yellow and black stripe ran up the nose behind the band.
A "Circle & Cross" motif (consisting of a yellow field, with red quadrants, outlined in black) was painted around the side windows on "as-delivered" E1 units. Similar designs were added to E3s, E6s, the DL109/110 locomotive set, and ATSF 1A after it was rebuilt and repainted. The sides of the units typically bore the words "SANTA FE" in black, 5"– or 9"–high extra extended Railroad Roman letters, as well as the "Indian Head" logo [http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=113871] [http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=113864], with a few notable exceptions.
Railway identity on diesel locomotives in passenger service:
Source: Pelouze, Richard W. (1997). Trademarks of the Santa Fe Railway. The Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society, Inc., Highlands Ranch, CO. pp. 47–50.
In later years, Santa Fe adapted the scheme to its gas-electric "doodlebug" units [http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=97719]. The standard for all of Santa Fe's passenger locomotives, the Warbonnet is considered by many to be the most recognized corporate logo in the railroad industry. Early in the Amtrak Era, Santa Fe embarked on a program to paint over the red bonnet on its F units that were still engaged in hauling passenger consists with yellow (also called Yellowbonnets) or dark blue (nicknamed Bluebonnets) as it no longer wanted to project the image of a passenger carrier.
Image:Santa Fe F7 300C.jpg|Santa Fe #300C, an EMD F7A unit photographed in 1972, wears the conventional Warbonnet scheme. Due to space limitations, the "Indian Head" logo was omitted from FA units.
Image:ATSF Indian Head logo - F7B Unit Passenger Dec 76.jpg|An EMD F7B unit, photographed in December, 1976 carries the Santa Fe "Indian Head" logo. "SANTA FE" was added to FB units, below and just behind the icon, in 1954.
Image:ATSF 358 GE U28CG San Diego CA 1968.jpg|A GE U28CG displays a variation in the standard Warbonnet passenger scheme. Note that the "Santa Fe" logotype is displayed in large, red "billboard"-style letters and the lack of yellow and black striping.
Image:EMD F45 Santa Fe.jpg|Santa Fe #95, an EMD FP45 decked out in Warbonnet colors, including the traditional "cigar band" nose emblem. Its "as-delivered" paint job had "SANTA FE" in black, 9"-high Railroad Roman letters along each side.
Diesel locomotives, freight
EMD FP45 model RS-2) now bears the [http://www.sdrm.org/roster/diesel/d-2098/index.html #2098] and the AT&SF Zebra Stripe paint scheme.]]
Diesel locomotives used in freight service (with the exception of streamlined units) between 1934 and 1960 were painted black, with a thin white or silver accent stripe and diagonal white or silver stripes painted on the ends and cab sides to increase the visibility at grade crossings (typically referred to as the Zebra Stripe scheme). The letters "A.T.& S.F." were applied in a small font to the sides of the unit just above the accent stripe, with the standard blue and white "SANTA FE" logo below.
The years 1960 to 1972 saw non-streamlined freight locomotives sporting the Billboard color scheme (sometimes referred to as the Pinstripe scheme) wherein the units were predominately dark blue with yellow ends and trim, with a single yellow accent pinstripe. The words "Santa Fe" were applied in yellow in a large serif font (logotype) to the sides of the locomotive below the accent stripe (save for yard switchers which displayed the "SANTA FE" in small yellow letters above the accent stripe, somewhat akin to the Zebra Stripe arrangement).
From 1972 to 1996, and even on into the BNSF era, the company adopted a new paint scheme often known among railfans as the Yellowbonnet which placed more yellow on the locomotives (reminiscent of the company's retired Warbonnet scheme), the goal again to ensure higher visibility at grade crossings. The truck assemblies, previously colored black, now received silver paint.
In June, 1989 Santa Fe resurrected the Warbonnet and applied the scheme in a modified fashion to two EMD FP45 units, #5992 and #5998 (this time, displaying "Santa Fe" in large, "billboard"-style red letters across the side). The units were re-designated as #101 and #102 and reentered service on July 4, 1989 as part of the new "Super Fleet" (the first Santa Fe units to be so decorated for freight service). The six remaining FP45 units were thereafter similarly repainted and renumbered. From that point forward, all new locomotives wore the red and silver, and many retained this scheme after the Burlington Northern Santa Fe merger, some with "BNSF" displayed across their sides.
Image:Santa Fe GP-35 -3332.jpg|Santa Fe #3332, an EMD GP35, displays the blue and yellow Billboard freight color scheme as it climbs out of the Cajon Junction in 1977.
Image:Santa Fe FP45 5923.jpg|EMD FP45s, such as Santa Fe #5923 (shown here in 1972) wore the Billboard blue and yellow in much the same manner as Santa Fe's F units did.
Image:Santa CF-7 2509.jpg|Santa Fe #2509, a CF7 locomotive that has been repainted in the Yellowbonnet freight livery, pauses in Santa Ana, California in 1976.
Image:ATSF 943 Williams Junction AZ October 1994.jpg|A trio of General Electric "Dash 8" locomotives are resplendent in the silver and red Warbonnet paint scheme of the Santa Fe's "Super Fleet" (SRS) in October, 1994.
Several experimental and commemorative paint schemes emerged during the Santa Fe's diesel era. One combination was developed and partially implemented in anticipation of a merger between the parent companies of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific (SP) railroads in 1984. The red, yellow, and black paint scheme (with large red block letters "SF" on the sides and ends of the units) of the proposed Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad (SPSF) has come to be somewhat derisively known among railfans as the Kodachrome livery due to the similarity in colors to the boxes containing slide film sold by the Eastman Kodak Company under the same name (Kodachrome film was one of the preferred brands in use by railfans). A common joke among railfans is that "SPSF" really stands for "Shouldn't Paint So Fast." Though the merger application was subsequently denied by the ICC, locomotives bearing this color scheme can still be found occasionally in lease service.
ICC
ICC, leads the Super C high-speed intermodal train.]]
References
- Baker Library Historical Collections, [http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/sfa/atchison,_topeka.htm Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Records, 1879-1896]. Retrieved May 10 2005.
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- Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University (2004), [http://www.pratt.duke.edu/alumni/profiles_swartz.php Alumni Profiles: W. John Swartz]. Retrieved May 11 2005.
- Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
- Santa Fe Railroad (November 29 1942), Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System Time Tables, Rand McNally and Company, Chicago, Illinois.
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See also
- Santa Fe 3751 — A restored 4-8-4 steam locomotive
- Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad
- Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch
- Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad
- Super C
External links
- [http://www.bnsf.com/ Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway] official website
- [http://www.csrmf.org/ California State Railway Museum] official website
- [http://www.titchenal.com/atsf/ayw1946/ "Along Your Way", 1946 edition]
- [http://www.sbrhs.org/history.html History of Santa Fe 4-8-4 #3751] at the [http://www.sbrhs.org/ San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society] official website
- [http://www.atsfry.com Russell Crump's Santa Fe Archives] — a very extensive set of resources for Santa Fe history.
- [http://atsf.railfan.net/atsfpres/ Santa Fe Preserved Locomotives]
- [http://www.trainweb.org/jssand/Captive/CapSFPass.htm Santa Fe Preserved Passenger Cars]
- [http://www.atsfrr.com/ Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society] official website
- [http://www.atsfrr.com/resources/Haben/Life/5-19-47.htm "Diesel Locomotives"] article from the May 18, 1947 issue of Life Magazine featuring the Santa Fe fleet.
June 16June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining.
Events
- 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses
- 1586 - Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir
- 1745 - British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada
- 1745 - Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia during the War of the Austrian Succession.
- 1746 - War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza
- 1755 - French and Indian War: French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians
- 1774 - Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
- 1779 - Spain declares war on Britain and the siege of Gibraltar begins
- 1815 - Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before Waterloo.
- 1836 - Formation of the London Working Men's Association begins the Chartist Movement
- 1846 - The Papal conclave of 1846 concludes. Pope Pius IX is elected pope, beginning the longest reign in the history of the post-apostolic papacy.
- 1858 - Abraham Lincoln's House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois
- 1858 - Battle of Morar, during the Indian Mutiny.
- 1871 - University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology.
- 1884 - The first roller coaster in the United States begins operation at Coney Island, New York
- 1891 - John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister.
- 1902 - Australia: Female British subjects (with the glaring exception of Asians, Aborigines and Africans) won the vote with the Uniform Franchise Act.
- 1903 - Ford Motor Company incorporates.
- 1903 - Roald Amundsen commences first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.
- 1904 - Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
- 1904 - Leopold Bloom walks around Dublin. (see Ulysses) Known as Bloomsday.
- 1911 - A 772 gram stony meteorite struck earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
- 1915 - Foundation of the British Women's Institute
- 1922 - General election in Irish Free State: large majority to pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
- 1924 - Whampoa Military Academy is founded
- 1925 - The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR, Artek established.
- 1940 - World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Premier of Vichy France
- 1940 - A Communist government is installed in Lithuania
- 1948 - The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by the Cathay Pacific airline, marks the first skyjacking of a commercial plane.
- 1955 - Pope Pius XII excommunicates Juan Perón
- 1956 - Ted Hughes marries Sylvia Plath
- 1960 - Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho opens in New York
- 1961 - Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris
- 1962 - Two U.S. Army officers are killed in Saigon,Vietnam.
- 1963 - Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space
- 1972 - Burglars are caught breaking into the United States Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building
- 1972 - Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
- 1972 - Opening of the New York Jazz Museum
- 1972 - Largest single-site hydro-electric power project starts at Churchill Falls Newfoundland
- 1976 - Apartheid: A non-violent march by 15000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd and kill 566 children.
- 1977 - Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the USSR
- 1981 - Ken Taylor honoured for helping six Americans escape from Iran during hostage crisis
- 1983 - Yuri Andropov becomes president of the USSR
- 1994 - A Chinese operated Northwest Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes 10 minutes after takeoff killing 160
- 1995 - The Astronomy Picture of the Day was born
- 1996 - First round of voting in the Russian presidential election
- 1997 - Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; some 50 people killed.
- 1999 - Thabo Mbeki elected President of South Africa.
- 2001 - George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin meet in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia
- 2002 - Politically Incorrect is cancelled (from sponsors dropping the show) after host Bill Maher makes controversial comments on air regarding the integrity of President George W. Bush.
- 2003 - The Hatfields and McCoys sign a formal truce.
Births
- 1139 - Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)
- 1313 - Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer (d. 1375)
- 1514 - John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)
- 1583 - Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1654)
- 1591 - Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)
- 1606 - Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)
- 1612 - Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1640)
- 1613 - John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)
- 1633 - Jean de Thévenot, French traveler and scientist (d. 1667)
- 1644 - Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orléans (d. 1670)
- 1713 - Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hamphsire (d. 1786)
- 1738 - Mary Katharine Goddard, American printer and publisher (d. 1816)
- 1792 - John Linnell, English artist (d. 1882)
- 1792 - Sir Thomas Mitchell, Australian explorer (d. 1855)
- 1801 - Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)
- 1806 - Edward Davy, English physician, chemist, and inventor (d. 1885)
- 1813 - Otto Jahn, German archaeologist (d. 1869)
- 1820 - Athanase Coquerel, French protestant preacher (d. 1875)
- 1826 - Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897)
- 1829 - Geronimo, Apache leader (d. 1909)
- 1836 - Wesley Merritt, American soldier (d. 1910)
- 1837 - Ernst Laas, German philosopher (d. 1885)
- 1838 - Cushman Davis, American politician (d. 1900)
- 1840 - Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d. 1913)
- 1858 - King Gustav V of Sweden (d. 1950)
- 1874 - Arthur Meighen, ninth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1960)
- 1880 - Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and historian (d. 1963)
- 1890 - Stan Laurel, British-born actor and comedian (d. 1965)
- 1896 - Murray Leinster, American author (d. 1976)
- 1897 - Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. | | |
